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Someone that's driving me mad......
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zygurat789 wrote: »In 1066 the Normans played an away fixture in Hastings, they won and stayed and imposed their ways and language (French) on the indigenous Saxons who refused to give up their existing language. Hence the two got merged giving us the rich, full language we have today.
Isn't TV marvellous
Plus English's amazing ability to absorb words from all over the place, easily - bungalow, jodphurs, bint........much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
We've got more words than the French :T
A lot more words than any other language, as I understand it....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
When it comes to grammar I am sometimes cluefewer.
GGThere are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those that don't.0 -
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neverdespairgirl wrote: »A lot more words than any other language, as I understand it.
Does that mean we can communicate in more subtle and descriptive ways that are more precise in meaning?0 -
So who is this someone? Is it me? I'd still like to know if it's me
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Quite - why do we need Less and Fewer, can't we just have more and not more? and plus not more if there is a lot less?
why don't we do away with some of the words too and just use symbols instead. eg +!more
'Plus not more' equals less? :rotfl:
'Not more' could mean 'the same amount' though!
What a tangle and poor Graham's fretting too. 0 -
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The one that pi55es me off is the word "like" used as much as it is. As in " the man has like ten houses,"so what is that then ?? 9 !!!!!!.........................I came in to this world with nothing and I've still got most of it left. :rolleyes:0
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How about the classic 'You know what I mean'?0
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