On Fri, 30 Jul 2021 20:04:17 +0100
Rowland Penny via Dng wrote:
> On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 13:55 -0500, o1bigtenor wrote:
> ... at least we don't describe things as male or
> female as some of the European languages do.
We're starting to.
There's this push that "man" doesn't mean "human".
On Saturday 31 July 2021 at 00:27:16, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2021 23:14:36 +0200, Antony wrote in meesage:
>
> > I also caused some confusion when asking for directions to
> > "Schenectady" in New York State, USA, some years ago.
>
> ..aouch. What sort of shenanigans did that
On Fri, 30 Jul 2021 23:14:36 +0200, Antony wrote in message
<202107302314.36917.antony.st...@devuan.open.source.it>:
> I also caused some confusion when asking for directions to
> "Schenectady" in New York State, USA, some years ago.
..aouch. What sort of shenanigans did that cause? ;o)
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Antony Stone said on Fri, 30 Jul 2021 23:14:36 +0200
>On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:50:22, Antony Stone wrote:
>
>> On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:30:34, Rowland Penny via Dng wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 22:18 +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
>> > > On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:04:28, Hendrik
Sorry in advance, it was too hard to resist the following "correction."
I'm from the America, so when I hear noun used without article, it's
like fingernails on blackboard (or for those too young to know what
blackboard is, nasty screeching out of malfunctioning sound card).
Steve Litt wrote:
>
On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:50:22, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:30:34, Rowland Penny via Dng wrote:
> > On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 22:18 +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
> > > On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:04:28, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 07:13:43PM +0100,
On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:30:34, Rowland Penny via Dng wrote:
> On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 22:18 +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
> > On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:04:28, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 07:13:43PM +0100, Rowland Penny wrote:
> > > > We also have a habit of having letters
On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 22:18 +0200, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:04:28, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 07:13:43PM +0100, Rowland Penny via Dng
> > wrote:
> >
> > > This is sort of what I was getting at, English is a language that
> > > changes over time,
On Friday 30 July 2021 at 22:04:28, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 07:13:43PM +0100, Rowland Penny via Dng wrote:
>
> > This is sort of what I was getting at, English is a language that
> > changes over time, unfortunately not all English speaking nations keep
> > up, for
On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 07:13:43PM +0100, Rowland Penny via Dng wrote:
> On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 13:57 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > Hendrik Boom said on Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:31:26 -0400
> >
> >
> > > And it's kind of amazing how these different versions have
> > > grammatical
> > > differences, not
On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 13:55 -0500, o1bigtenor wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 1:13 PM Rowland Penny via Dng <
> dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 13:57 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > > Hendrik Boom said on Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:31:26 -0400>
> > >
> > >
> > > > And it's kind
On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 1:13 PM Rowland Penny via Dng
wrote:
> On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 13:57 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > Hendrik Boom said on Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:31:26 -0400>
> >
> >
> > > And it's kind of amazing how these different versions have
> > > grammatical
> > > differences, not kust
On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 13:57 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> Hendrik Boom said on Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:31:26 -0400
>
>
> > And it's kind of amazing how these different versions have
> > grammatical
> > differences, not kust spelling and vocabulary.
> >
> > Unfortunately, it's currently not accessible,
Hendrik Boom said on Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:31:26 -0400
>And it's kind of amazing how these different versions have grammatical
>differences, not kust spelling and vocabulary.
>
>Unfortunately, it's currently not accessible, so I can't give you any
>examples.
London: He's in hospital.
Chicago:
On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 11:59 +0200, John Hughes wrote:
> On 30/07/2021 09:39, Rowland Penny via Dng wrote:
> > No, Chaucer == Old English
> > There is no one in England that speaks Old English in normal life
> >
> > You are quite right though, the only real English is from England,
> > the
> >
On Fri, 2021-07-30 at 11:56 +0200, Harald Arnesen wrote:
> Rowland Penny via Dng [30.07.2021 09:39]:
>
> > No, Chaucer == Old English
> > There is no one in England that speaks Old English in normal life
> >
> > You are quite right though, the only real English is from England,
> > the
> > rest
On Thu, 2021-07-29 at 18:07 -0400, . via Dng wrote:
> On 7/29/21 6:00 AM, dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote:
> > American != English
> >
> > Rowland
>
> Also,
>
> British != English
>
> Canadian != English
>
> Indian != English
>
> Australian != English
>
> Ugandan !=
On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 06:07:31PM -0400, . via Dng wrote:
>
> On 7/29/21 6:00 AM, dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote:
> > American != English
> >
> > Rowland
>
> Also,
>
> British != English
>
> Canadian != English
>
> Indian != English
>
> Australian != English
>
>
On 7/29/21 6:00 AM, dng-requ...@lists.dyne.org wrote:
> American != English
>
> Rowland
Also,
British != English
Canadian != English
Indian != English
Australian != English
Ugandan != English
Chaucer == English
-Bob,mon.
On Wed, 2021-07-28 at 17:48 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE via Dng said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:42:51 -0400
>
> > On Mittwoch, 28. Juli 2021 15:47:24 -04 Steve Litt wrote:
> > > Hendrik Boom said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:04:10 -0400
> > >
> > > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at
On Wednesday 28 July 2021 at 23:48:37, Steve Litt wrote:
> - Ate it: Fell down, presumably while trying something challenging on a
> skateboard, roller skates, bicycle, surf board, or while body surfing.
>
> - Ate concrete: Subset of ate it: Fell off a bicycle, roller skates or
> skateboard,
Steve Litt [28/07/2021 21.47]:
Don't forget Southern California Coastal English:
- Ate it
- Ate concrete
- Wiped out
- Got Maytagged
- Faceplant
- Roadrash
- Stoked
- Gnarly (antideluvian from 80's)
And then the Jamaicans, and the English-speaking Indians, the Aussies,
the Kiwis...
Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE via Dng said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:42:51 -0400
>On Mittwoch, 28. Juli 2021 15:47:24 -04 Steve Litt wrote:
>> Hendrik Boom said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:04:10 -0400
>>
>> >On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:06:46PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote in the
>> >signature:
>> >
>> >I was aware
On Mittwoch, 28. Juli 2021 15:47:24 -04 Steve Litt wrote:
> Hendrik Boom said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:04:10 -0400
>
> >On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:06:46PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote in the
> >signature:
> >
> >I was aware of chips, pavement, and pissed.
> >The confusion about pint and gallon is why
Hendrik Boom said on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 07:04:10 -0400
>On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:06:46PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote in the
>signature:
>> --
>> A few words to be cautious of between American and English:
>> - momentarily
>> - suspenders
>> - chips
>> - pants
>> - jelly
>> - pavement
>> -
Anno domini 2021 Wed, 28 Jul 07:04:10 -0400
Hendrik Boom scripsit:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:06:46PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote in the signature:
> > --
> > A few words to be cautious of between American and English:
> > - momentarily
> > - suspenders
> > - chips
> > - pants
> > - jelly
>
On Wednesday 28 July 2021 at 13:04:10, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:06:46PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote in the
> signature:
> >
> > A few words to be cautious of between American and English:
> > - momentarily
> > - suspenders
> > - chips
> > - pants
> > - jelly
> > -
On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:06:46PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote in the signature:
> --
> A few words to be cautious of between American and English:
> - momentarily
> - suspenders
> - chips
> - pants
> - jelly
> - pavement
> - vest
> - pint (and gallon)
> - pissed
I was aware of chips,
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