English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
The cannons fired.
That seems correct, but I reckon that's a plural plural.
If there are a few/many ships, and they all fired, there would be cannons firing.
However, the plural of cannon ............ as a few/many of them sitting in the gun-deck of a (singular) ship are cannon.
Hence my suggestion of grass vs grasses maybe?
That seems correct, but I reckon that's a plural plural.
If there are a few/many ships, and they all fired, there would be cannons firing.
However, the plural of cannon ............ as a few/many of them sitting in the gun-deck of a (singular) ship are cannon.
Hence my suggestion of grass vs grasses maybe?
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
PS:
I'm having salmon for tea today.
Maybe I could have two salmons?
I'm having salmon for tea today.
Maybe I could have two salmons?
Mick F. Cornwall
-
- Posts: 36781
- Joined: 9 Jan 2007, 2:44pm
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Give it a restMick F wrote: ↑9 Nov 2022, 3:41pm The cannons fired.
That seems correct, but I reckon that's a plural plural.
If there are a few/many ships, and they all fired, there would be cannons firing.
However, the plural of cannon ............ as a few/many of them sitting in the gun-deck of a (singular) ship are cannon.
Hence my suggestion of grass vs grasses maybe?
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Listening to R4 PM prog just now.
The presenter cappy said Wed nes day and sec ret ary.
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
.......... and just said rec-og-nised.
Not reckonized.
Not reckonized.
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
........... and just said "fy-nance" instead of fin-ance.
He may say "adver-tize-ment" instead of ad-vert-izment later?
He's not perfect, like wot I iz.
He may say "adver-tize-ment" instead of ad-vert-izment later?
He's not perfect, like wot I iz.
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
My grannie couldn't say 'spaghetti'. Enthusiastically she would say 'We're having pisgetti tonight!' and we'd roll around laughing. Happy days!
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
It was "basgetti' in our house when the children were little
Richard M
Cardiff
Cardiff
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Notice the common factor: double consonants that are mechanically hard to enunciate. Same as in Wednesday and February upthread.
Jonathan
PS: It's not all double consonants that are hard to enunciate.
Jonathan
PS: It's not all double consonants that are hard to enunciate.
-
- Posts: 753
- Joined: 24 Feb 2019, 5:37pm
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
: - )DaveReading wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 11:29pmI've heard that some Brazilian brothers in Bradford can manage February without any problem.
Jonathan
- Chris Jeggo
- Posts: 584
- Joined: 3 Jul 2010, 9:44am
- Location: Surrey
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
... and I've heard talk of badness in Orford Ness.DaveReading wrote: ↑13 Nov 2022, 11:29pmI've heard that some Brazilian brothers in Bradford can manage February without any problem.
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
The old grannie also found both the concept and the pronunciation of 'DVD' nigh on impossible.
It usually came out as 'Will you get me one of those Frank Sinatra VDD's at the Asda son!' And also 'DVVideos'. Bless.
It usually came out as 'Will you get me one of those Frank Sinatra VDD's at the Asda son!' And also 'DVVideos'. Bless.
- simonineaston
- Posts: 8078
- Joined: 9 May 2007, 1:06pm
- Location: ...at a cricket ground
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
The collective UK media appears to have undergone aversion therapy for the repeated use of the empty and pointless word 'double-down' - mimicing our sound-bite addicted & useless politicians - and switched instead to their latest empty and pointless promise, to "grip" issues...
I realise of course that this is an indication more that politics does my head in, rather than our lovely and ever changing language!Sunak, who has come under intense pressure from Conservative MPs to reduce the number of unofficial crossings into the UK, said he believed voters’ biggest policy priority was for him to “grip” the issue.
S
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)