English Language - what "Does your head in" ??

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I'm on this thread about people saying A when the word is a. Amol Rajan on R4 is terrible for it.
Like, "I'm sitting on A chair" rather than, "I'm sitting on a chair".

Heard on the radio the other day, one of the reporters saying Again, instead of again.
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But but, did he say A-gain or A-gen?
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Mick F wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 3:45pm I'm on this thread about people saying A when the word is a. Amol Rajan on R4 is terrible for it.
Like, "I'm sitting on A chair" rather than, "I'm sitting on a chair".

Heard on the radio the other day, one of the reporters saying Again, instead of again.
Again and again are pronounced the same, again:
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Bmblbzzz wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 2:35pm An Hirondelle (being French, it has a silent h) should be clad in Schwalbe tyres.
Is that why "An humus" is (apparently) correct too??

[your Schwalbe comment has gone straight over my head, so I shan't comment for now, sorry!]
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Bmblbzzz wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 2:35pm An Hirondelle (being French, it has a silent h) should be clad in Schwalbe tyres.
And would that make a summer?

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Bmblbzzz wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 3:53pm But but, did he say A-gain or A-gen?
He said A-gain.
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mattheus wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 4:25pm
Bmblbzzz wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 2:35pm An Hirondelle (being French, it has a silent h) should be clad in Schwalbe tyres.
Is that why "An humus" is (apparently) correct too??

[your Schwalbe comment has gone straight over my head, so I shan't comment for now, sorry!]
Hirondelle and Schwalbe both mean swallow (the bird) in French and German respectively.
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Bmblbzzz wrote: 28 Mar 2023, 9:24am
mattheus wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 4:25pm
Bmblbzzz wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 2:35pm An Hirondelle (being French, it has a silent h) should be clad in Schwalbe tyres.
Is that why "An humus" is (apparently) correct too??

[your Schwalbe comment has gone straight over my head, so I shan't comment for now, sorry!]
Hirondelle and Schwalbe both mean swallow (the bird) in French and German respectively.
Doh! Thank yoiu.

(Seems a nice name for a bike, but a very strange name for a tyre ... )
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mattheus wrote: 28 Mar 2023, 9:32am
Bmblbzzz wrote: 28 Mar 2023, 9:24am
mattheus wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 4:25pm ...
[your Schwalbe comment has gone straight over my head, so I shan't comment for now, sorry!]
Hirondelle and Schwalbe both mean swallow (the bird) in French and German respectively.
Doh! Thank yoiu.

(Seems a nice name for a bike, but a very strange name for a tyre ... )
Schwalbe. Gewandt fliegender Singvogel.
Steht für Glück, Sehnsucht, Freiheit. Für uns Symbol dafür, wie wunderbar Fahrradfahren ist.
Unterwegs sein, unbeschwert und kraftvoll, natürlich und souverän.


roughly:

Swallow. Swiftly flying songbird.
Stands for happiness, longing, freedom. For us it symbolizes how wonderful cycling is.
Being on the go, carefree and powerful, natural and confident.


https://www.schwalbe.com/daten-zahlen/? ... eet_DE.pdf

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I guess
puncture-proof, grippy, goes in the direction you point it
wouldn't sound so poetic!
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Poisoned (or poison'd) chalice rather than poison chalice, please.

Two reasons: Macbeth's own words and preserving the meaning of reversal of effect.

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Jdsk wrote: 23 Jun 2023, 2:54pm Poisoned (or poison'd) chalice rather than poison chalice, please.

Two reasons: Macbeth's own words and preserving the meaning of reversal of effect.

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I might have mentioned it before, but I get annoyed by people starting sentences with "so" or "ok".
I've just seen a post on another forum that started "ok so". I had to take a deep breath and calm down before reading yet another post about squealing disc brakes.
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richardfm wrote: 30 Jun 2023, 12:52pm I might have mentioned it before, but I get annoyed by people starting sentences with "so" or "ok".
Noted.

I'll try to switch to
"Do you know what? ...."
in future. Hope that works for you.
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Jdsk wrote: 23 Jun 2023, 2:54pm Poisoned (or poison'd) chalice rather than poison chalice, please.
Which coming from the palace holds the brew that is true. Unless of course it's a flagon with a dragon. Anyone seen my pestle?

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