English Language Question
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...and what about the difference between "sin" and "pity" ? ;P SkyWalker
Another is Pork (from the French) and pig. At one time they both meant the same, the animal, now their meanings have changed, but the phrase 'porker' is still used in some areas todescibe the animal.
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Why is it "Label" and "Table", not "Lable" and "Tabel" ? _________________________________ Vote '1' if you're too lazy for a discussion
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Just 'cause ;) --Mike-- LINKS~! Ericahist | 1ClickPicGrabber | CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ | You Are Dumb Strange things are afoot at the U+004B U+20DD
One of my favorite English language oddities is the way a grammatically correct sentence can be constructed with one word repeated consecutively an unusual number of times. An easy to understand example is a sentence containing five consecutive instances of the word "and". A more convoluted but still grammatically correct sentence exists which contains eleven consecutive instances of the word "had". Any takers? .. Steve T
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If you come from Scotland (as I do) food and good do rhyme. :) Gary Rich Cook: "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."
Gary Thom wrote: food and good do rhyme That's what I was thinking. Gary Thom wrote: If you come from Scotland (as I do) Me too, but... What accents pronounce food and good so they don't rhyme? I can't think of any.
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One of my favorite English language oddities is the way a grammatically correct sentence can be constructed with one word repeated consecutively an unusual number of times. An easy to understand example is a sentence containing five consecutive instances of the word "and". A more convoluted but still grammatically correct sentence exists which contains eleven consecutive instances of the word "had". Any takers? .. Steve T
FlyingTinman wrote: Any takers? .. To generate the sentence, or to parse the sentence?
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Hmm, dunno. You would think the american spelling would have been "rationalised", they did to to centre and center, not there though. English english spelling isn't meant to make sense, it's designed as a trap for the unschooled and foriegners. Thank the lord for computer spell checking. On a side note, I often accidentaly used the American spellings of programming related words (color,center,randomize,program) when I was in school which drove my english teacher up the wall. Ryan
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markstu wrote: Guess that's why the English language is one of the hardest to learn. It's actually one of the simplest to learn. You should take a look at Malayalam :rolleyes:
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Believe it or not, the name for the unit of measure you are looking for is U, as in a 1U rack (Google this and see what pops up). 1U is 1.75 inches (44.3 mm); multiples of this is the standard height of most rack-mount devices nowadays. 'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
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Really ?!? What about ... German ? :-) ( not mentioning the ... Vienerish - cool, how should I put this into English?) SkyWalker
Huh, well I don't think German is that difficult:-D By the way, it's originally called "Wienerisch", not "Vienerish". And yes, this is a very difficult language. Many people frm northern Germany fail when they try to talk like this. Most important sentence in wienerisch: "Mei Bier is net deppat":laugh:
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Ryan Roberts wrote: centre and center Which one is right then? :doh:
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'Centre' is correct in British English. 'Center' is correct in US English. So to answer your question, 'centre' ;-). -- Andrew.
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'Centre' is correct in British English. 'Center' is correct in US English. So to answer your question, 'centre' ;-). -- Andrew.
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Huh, well I don't think German is that difficult:-D By the way, it's originally called "Wienerisch", not "Vienerish". And yes, this is a very difficult language. Many people frm northern Germany fail when they try to talk like this. Most important sentence in wienerisch: "Mei Bier is net deppat":laugh:
Ja, ich weiss. Ich wollte nur "Wienerisch" irgendwie im Englischen schreiben :-) SkyWalker
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Actually, English is one o the simplest to learn.. well, that is what I've been told by lots of German people, and eastern European people who can speak 3 or 4 languages. Regards, Brian Dela :-) Now Bloging![^]
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Ja, ich weiss. Ich wollte nur "Wienerisch" irgendwie im Englischen schreiben :-) SkyWalker
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Why is it "Label" and "Table", not "Lable" and "Tabel" ? _________________________________ Vote '1' if you're too lazy for a discussion
Why does German have 16 ways of saying "the" and 16 ways of saying "a" .... why not one way for each? Regards, Brian Dela :-) Now Bloging![^]
