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Posted by F.James Cripwell on June 30, 2009, 11:37 am
NDJoan (joan_erickson@und.nodak.edu) writes:
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> YIKES! Reminds me of the time when DS#1 was in 3rd grade. He came
> home with his spelling lists twice with words misspelled by the
> teacher: marshmellow and hydrophonics. She was actually glad I
> brought them to her attention, although DS wouldn't believe me until I
> talked to the teacher, the little toad!
>
> Joan
Then there was the teacher who wrote on the blackboard that someone caught
a "glimp" of something. When a student remarked that it ought to be
"glimpse", the teacher said that that was the plural. Jim.
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Posted by Trish Brown on June 30, 2009, 6:01 pm
NDJoan wrote:
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>> (You'll be pleased to know that our Eglantine is still kicking on, ,,, she's
as spry as a phly. Isn't that great?)
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> <cough> hmm, yes I s'pose, for your sake
Thenk yew! That was a great concession! I gave her a pea last night in
your name.
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>> A propos of two vowels, what about 'gaol', then? Hm?
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> You mean "jail"???? LOLOL! Same rule applies! HA! (Unless you
> pronounce "gaol" differently than our spelling? When I first saw that
> word *eons* ago, I thought, "What's gay-ole?")
>
>> And 'cough' (koffkoff)?
>
> ROTFL! I *knew* you'd come up with the exceptions!!!!
erm... it's 'aeons', isn't it?
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Advantage, receiver! Your shot! ;->
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>> I mean, it's not that hard to remember apostrophes are used
>> for contractions and for ownership. Is it?
>
> Obviously, it is!
Grumble. My friend, PDC reckons she's going to start carrying a red
marker pen and correct things! (She's a teacher by trade and another
pedant by nature so...)
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>> I nearly fainted when DD's principal did it *three times* on the
>> front page of the school newsletter! Urgh!
>
> YIKES! Reminds me of the time when DS#1 was in 3rd grade. He came
> home with his spelling lists twice with words misspelled by the
> teacher: marshmellow and hydrophonics. She was actually glad I
> brought them to her attention, although DS wouldn't believe me until I
> talked to the teacher, the little toad!
O boy! I can remember how scary it was when Mum wanted to talk to the
teacher over stuff like that. I thought I was imminently going to die of
Assassination By Nun, but I never did. Well, obviously, since I'm here
to tell the tale! LOL!
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Trish Brown
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Posted by NDJoan on June 30, 2009, 7:07 pm
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> erm... it's 'aeons', isn't it?
We're speaking English here, not Latin, m'dear!!!!
Again from Dictionary.com:
eon-noun
1. an indefinitely long period of time; age.
2. the largest division of geologic time, comprising two or more
eras.
3. Astronomy. one billion years.
Also, aeon.
Origin:
see aeon
[Late Latin ae=F4n,
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> Grumble. My friend, PDC reckons she's going to start carrying a red
> marker pen and correct things!
Don't tempt me! I once saw a sign in one of the grocery aisles for
"ethic" food!
J
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Posted by Trish Brown on June 30, 2009, 7:32 pm
NDJoan wrote:
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>> erm... it's 'aeons', isn't it?
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> We're speaking English here, not Latin, m'dear!!!!
> Again from Dictionary.com:
>
> eon-noun
> 1. an indefinitely long period of time; age.
> 2. the largest division of geologic time, comprising two or more
> eras.
> 3. Astronomy. one billion years.
> Also, aeon.
>
> Origin:
> see aeon
>
> [Late Latin aeôn,
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>> Grumble. My friend, PDC reckons she's going to start carrying a red
>> marker pen and correct things!
>
> Don't tempt me! I once saw a sign in one of the grocery aisles for
> "ethic" food!
>
> J
LOL! I've seen a woman given a pubic service award in the local newspaper.
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Trish Brown
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Posted by ellice on June 30, 2009, 12:32 pm
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> NDJoan wrote:
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>>> I've heard lots of US folk say 'scone' to rhyme with 'stone' instead of
>>> 'shone' (which ought to rhyme with 'john' but often doesn't).
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>> Butbutbut.....words that end with e make the previous vowel a long
>> sound! If it were to rhyme with john, it would be spelled scon!
>>
>> Take *that*, Trish! :)
>>
>> Joan (not john! -- two vowels make the first one long: moan, mean,
>> jean, boar, receipt, etc. )
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>
> Pbblllfffttt! *Nothing* is regular in the English language and it's the
> exceptions to the rules that make it interesting. Hence, we have one
> mouse, two mice; one house, two houses. And so on. (You'll be pleased to
> know that our Eglantine is still kicking on, even after all this time. I
> have to give her a hot water bottle at night, since she's alone, but
> other than that, she's as spry as a phly. Isn't that great?)
English isn't the only language with rules of exception, so to speak. But,
it is certainly confusing for those whose background is romance language
first.
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> A propos of two vowels, what about 'gaol', then? Hm? And 'cough' (koffkoff)?
>
> Getting back to scones, did you ever see a film by the name 'The Stone
> of Destiny'? It has Robert Carlyle ('Hamish MacBeth' and 'The Full
> Monty') in it and is about the kidnapping of the Stone of Scone from
> beneath the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey and its subsequent
> return to Scotland. We enjoyed it enormously!
Well, thanks for the film ref. I'll have to look for it.
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> FWIW, I cannot make decent scones to save my life! When I make 'em, they
> weigh a ton and would qualify as decent ammunition rounds rather than
> light, fluffy treats. Snif! I have scone dyslexia!
One of the few things I do actually bake myself. Scones. Usually make a
batch that lasts a few days - in an airtight canister. Not great with some
other things - but I think 'cause I really like scones, and got quite
addicted when living in the UK. Plus, I made the hotel owner when I lived
in Southend (well, really Westcliff) show me how she did them, as well as
the wife of a beloved colleague. Seems whenever I would be posted overseas
I'd end up weaseling family recipes from some colleagues' wives (have a
fabulous chocolate mousse recipe - handed down from the family restaurant
oustide of Lyon). Funnily enough, at Caribou they just changed the bakery
recipe/style for the scones, and have gone to a round version - but they
don't quite look like scones to me - although closer in texture to what I
think of. Now, for some lovely Clotted cream (hardly good for my Weight
Watchers plan - and tonight is meeting night). Ah, well. It's nice to
think about.
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> Getting back to the subject at hand, another peeve of mine is the almost
> universal use of an apostrophe to form plurals. Where on earth did that
> come from? I mean, it's not that hard to remember apostrophes are used
> for contractions and for ownership. Is it? I nearly fainted when DD's
> principal did it *three times* on the front page of the school
> newsletter! Urgh!
I think it's just that people just spell check without checking it
thoroughly for grammar. Honestly, as far as I can remember, people have
misused the apostrophe WRT plurals. The other thing - how about
remembering to put a period inside of a final quote? That's always popping
up.
Ellice
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> home with his spelling lists twice with words misspelled by the
> teacher: marshmellow and hydrophonics. She was actually glad I
> brought them to her attention, although DS wouldn't believe me until I
> talked to the teacher, the little toad!
>
> Joan