English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Drug as the past tense of drag seems to be more or less in line with other verbs that use a vowel shift to indicate tense: ring, rang, rung; fall, fell; and of course colloquially, bring, brung...
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It is. And AIUI one of the theories for the current dialectal US English usage is that it became/was thought to be a strong verb although it hadn't started out that way in British English.
Jonathan
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Mentioning "real estate" when not talking about real estate (property consisting of land or buildings).
For example: "If you are someone who has a 4-inch iPhone and is considering to upgrade to an iPhone X, then one of the things you will be gaining is more screen real estate".
This is used all over the place, here's a bicycle related one (typically about how much room one has on their handlebars):
"I’ve been running the Wolf Tooth Fat Paw grips, which measure 5.3” long, but will switch to the longer ESI grips after I wear these out to give my hands some more real estate to work with."
You must have big hands!
For example: "If you are someone who has a 4-inch iPhone and is considering to upgrade to an iPhone X, then one of the things you will be gaining is more screen real estate".
This is used all over the place, here's a bicycle related one (typically about how much room one has on their handlebars):
"I’ve been running the Wolf Tooth Fat Paw grips, which measure 5.3” long, but will switch to the longer ESI grips after I wear these out to give my hands some more real estate to work with."
You must have big hands!
We'll always be together, together on electric bikes.
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I think that's an Americanism. In USA, an estate agent is a 'realtor'.
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
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Who would have thunk it?!
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Thanks for that. I hadn't noticed it before, but there's plenty of it out there.Manc33 wrote: ↑11 Jan 2022, 9:05am Mentioning "real estate" when not talking about real estate (property consisting of land or buildings).
For example: "If you are someone who has a 4-inch iPhone and is considering to upgrade to an iPhone X, then one of the things you will be gaining is more screen real estate".
I imagine that real estate is being thought of as a single thing, and that probably is the most common usage of estate.
But screen estate is very useful. And different from screen size.
Jonathan
PS: There's a widespread myth about the etymology of real estate...
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There's an IT-related term that's annoying me, probably cos I don't properly understand it!
"build out" - it was used to describe some sort of spreadsheet upload facility for part of a website calendar.
I think I've heard other integration-related usage.
"build out" - it was used to describe some sort of spreadsheet upload facility for part of a website calendar.
I think I've heard other integration-related usage.
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When I was at school in geography lessons the word 'drumlin' used to annoy me, for no good reason other than I thought it looked very strange written down.
Now it's a favourite! I wonder if words are like wine, our palate changes as we get older?
Now it's a favourite! I wonder if words are like wine, our palate changes as we get older?
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Did any other words have the same effect, please?Slowtwitch wrote: ↑14 Jan 2022, 6:59am When I was at school in geography lessons the word 'drumlin' used to annoy me, for no good reason other than I thought it looked very strange written down.
There's a possible explanation...
Jonathan
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What a lovely analogy. And diametrically opposed to the worst aspect of this thread: the view of some that all change is for the worse.Slowtwitch wrote: ↑14 Jan 2022, 6:59amI wonder if words are like wine, our palate changes as we get older?
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'inexplicable' used to annoy me, because it was often used in the wrong context. Now I rather like it. Inexplicably
Of course with age, comes wisdom. Oh, wait a minute, that can't be right...!
Of course with age, comes wisdom. Oh, wait a minute, that can't be right...!
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Drumlin always makes me think of a bird. Some sort of wading bird, perhaps like a bittern. I really don't know why.Slowtwitch wrote: ↑14 Jan 2022, 6:59am When I was at school in geography lessons the word 'drumlin' used to annoy me, for no good reason other than I thought it looked very strange written down.
Now it's a favourite! I wonder if words are like wine, our palate changes as we get older?
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You are thinking of "dunlin", which is a wading bird.
I like the word drumlin, I am fascinated by how the land surface got the way it is.
There is a drumlin field left by glaciation in County Down. There are many small characteristic hills and they extend into Strangford Lough and the Irish Sea where they become islands and reefs called pladdies.
https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/ks3/gsl/educ ... e4000.html
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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Thank you.