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John Byrne
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And 'maths' instead of 'math'. 'Maths is my favourite subject.'It's 'mathematics', not 'mathsematic'.••• Ah, but mathematicS is clearly a plural, suggesting its abbreviated form should also be a plural!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 30 December 2014 at 12:07pm | IP Logged | 2
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Years ago, a British acquaintance, challenge on the dropping if the definite article in front of "hospital" responded "Well, you don't go to the school, do you?"
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Peter Martin
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| Posted: 30 December 2014 at 12:09pm | IP Logged | 3
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Yep, just like meths for methylated spirits and meth for methamphetamine.
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John Byrne
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"The" is another one that vexes me. I was taught it had two distinct ways of being pronounced, the equivalent of "a" and "an". Thus, one would say thuh train, or thuh car, but thee apple, or thee orange. Falls upon my ear like a dull thud whenever someone says "thuh apple."
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Brian Rhodes
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| Posted: 30 December 2014 at 12:22pm | IP Logged | 5
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...not 'mathsematic'.
I not mathsematic unless I exercise in cold air.
So..."jumped the shark" is no longer popular? How apropos.
And "niggardly" should probably be used as such, just to avoid confusion and hurt feelings.
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Brian O'Neill
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| Posted: 30 December 2014 at 12:39pm | IP Logged | 6
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The expression 'Jump the Shark' didn't exist until that web site started, in 1997. And considering that site 'jumped itself' quite some time ago-becoming a section of TV Guide's site after only a few years, at the height of its popularity-it's not surprising that people have already begun to forget the saying. The current TV Guide site still has a section for 'JTS', but it seems to be dedicated only to shows currently on the air, and it hasn't even been updated since July.
Edited by Brian O'Neill on 30 December 2014 at 12:46pm
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Brian O'Neill
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Years ago, a British acquaintance, challenge on the dropping if the definite article in front of "hospital" responded "Well, you don't go to the school, do you?"
Fair enough. 'Going to market' would also fit in here, although that one eventually evolved into having a definite article...then just 'going marketing/shopping/to the supermarket'. People on both sides of the Atlantic these days are more likely to just say 'I'm going to (Name of supermarket chain)
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Stephen Churay
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I find some words are regional. In the Pittsburgh area,
instead of saying "you guys" or "y'all", they say "yens".
I heard this all the time, growing up. If I'm in town these
days, I may hear it, but it's just about become a
forgotten word.
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Brian O'Neill
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| Posted: 31 December 2014 at 3:52pm | IP Logged | 9
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A few months back, I read that Canada's seemingly-immortal 'eh?' is falling out of favor with the younger generation, many of whom prefer 'right?' as their end-of-sentence comment. Times change, eh?
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Leigh DJ Hunt
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Sorry but I would say I was 'going to THE hospital', sounds normal to me. Writing this at ten to eight by the way!
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Brian O'Neill
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The usage mentioned here is 'So and so is "in hospital" '.
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Bill Collins
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Here`s one...`Thank you` in this day of virtually everyone owning an internet enabled mobile phone,only one of the nephews and nieces we gave Xmas presents to bothered to send a thank you,and that was the comic obsessed mini-me...maybe comics do make you a better person!
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