Gynecologist's Assistant
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... and a path across a stream... --edit-- oh come on people, put it together! :) --edit-- OK, I give up, its a 'ford' OK? A path across a stream. And this one is where Oxen used to cross, hence Oxford.
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modified on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 9:47 AM
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
No, they just had oxen then.
And interestingly 'oxen' is one of a few words in English which uses the Germanic plural form instead of the French.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
No, they just had oxen then.
And interestingly 'oxen' is one of a few words in English which uses the Germanic plural form instead of the French.
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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Kine and Housen? OK, Kine I had tolook up, its a word for a group of animals not a plural, and doesnt end in 'en' so its not a Germanic plural. Housen? When was the last time and place that was used in Britain. 1580? In Winchester?
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct from natural variation." Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
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Kine and Housen? OK, Kine I had tolook up, its a word for a group of animals not a plural, and doesnt end in 'en' so its not a Germanic plural. Housen? When was the last time and place that was used in Britain. 1580? In Winchester?
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As I stated, it is not the Germanic, but Old English Weak Declension. Try looking that up! And any it is implied by the sounding that it is the same, there tended not to be consistant spelling in those days, so it was all aural. Shoon!
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IIRC, Old English tended to use "M" not "N" as the final consonant of many plurals, while using "N" as the final consonant for the infinitive form of verbs.
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IIRC, Old English tended to use "M" not "N" as the final consonant of many plurals, while using "N" as the final consonant for the infinitive form of verbs.
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As I stated, it is not the Germanic, but Old English Weak Declension. Try looking that up! And any it is implied by the sounding that it is the same, there tended not to be consistant spelling in those days, so it was all aural. Shoon!
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What do verb declensions have to do with nouns Dave? (You are talking to someone who learnt Dutch by the way, which has much of the same structure as old english) As for 'shoon', whats that supposed to be? --edit-- OK, got the link from your reponse to Oakman: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3754675/Re-Gynecologists-Assistant.aspx[^] So schoon is a bastardisation of schoenen, makes sense, but kine? Well, thats Scots so is it really English? ;) Eyren has also been attested in kent (Dutch is eiren by comparison) so its not only northern dialect as the wikipage says.
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You were not wrong, even about "kine" What i want to know is if the plural of mouse is mice, and the plural of louse is lice, why isn't the plural of spouse. . .
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You were not wrong, even about "kine" What i want to know is if the plural of mouse is mice, and the plural of louse is lice, why isn't the plural of spouse. . .
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The plural of spouse is jail.
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The plural of spouse is jail.
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Deyan Georgiev wrote:
The plural of spouse is jail.
I've been married three times. Are you suggesting that the "three-time loser" laws have been extended?
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Deyan Georgiev wrote:
The plural of spouse is jail.
I've been married three times. Are you suggesting that the "three-time loser" laws have been extended?
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Nope, you’ve been punished enough.
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