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AHB wrote: ↑17:38 Thu 06 Dec 2018The wines on the night we’re:

AHB wrote: ↑16:01 Thu 27 Dec 2018 Remind me, are we allowed to report posts by people who have American English as their first language or is this thread just for the admonishment re-educationof the native English speaker?

DRT wrote:The current POTUS is generally excused under the general "he can't help it" rule.

PhilW wrote:"They say I used apostrophys wrong - fake news! Fake news. We have the best apostrophys, they just didnt understand what I said. Fake news, so sad."

StuartC wrote:

PhilW wrote:"They say I used apostrophys wrong - fake news! Fake news. We have the best apostrophys, they just didnt understand what I said. Fake news, so sad."

Is it childish to point out there's no "y" in apostrophe/apostrophes; or the missing punctuation in "didn't" when it's clearly a popular representation of a populist representative...?

PhilW wrote: ↑18:50 Fri 28 Dec 2018

StuartC wrote:

PhilW wrote:"They say I used apostrophys wrong - fake news! Fake news. We have the best apostrophys, they just didnt understand what I said. Fake news, so sad."

Is it childish to point out there's no "y" in apostrophe/apostrophes; or the missing punctuation in "didn't" when it's clearly a popular representation of a populist representative...?

It was, of course, deliberate satire.

AHB wrote: ↑11:43 Wed 31 Jul 2019On it's own this is a fruity and flavoursome White Port

jdaw1 wrote: ↑13:02 Wed 31 Jul 2019

AHB wrote: ↑11:43 Wed 31 Jul 2019On it's own this is a fruity and flavoursome White Port

flash_uk wrote: ↑17:11 Mon 07 Oct 2019The Monkey is here. He guesses Warre ‘77.

jdaw1 wrote: ↑21:34 Mon 07 Oct 2019 Holding Mike to a high standard.

flash_uk wrote: ↑17:11 Mon 07 Oct 2019The Monkey is here. He guesses Warre ‘77.

Andy Velebil wrote:In fairness, from someone who has had to try to program one of those sign boards on more than one occasion, I can attest they aren't always easy and they don't always allow you to enter things the way you intended. And you shouldn't take pics when you are operating a motor vehicle.

why this country now has one less soldier serving it at the White House

jdaw1 wrote: ↑15:14 Sat 08 Feb 2020 There is much that could be said about the Trump impeachment. And I realise that this may well be the least of it. Nonetheless:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51408704
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/07/trump-i ... house.html
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/07/80390441 ... awyer-says

why this country now has one less soldier serving it at the White House

DRT wrote: ↑12:19 Sun 09 Feb 2020Perhaps that mistake should be credited to David Pressman as the news organisations you ave linked to are simply quoting what he said?

mcoulson wrote: ↑12:51 Sun 10 Nov 2024

jdaw1 wrote: ↑12:37 Sun 10 Nov 2024My food correct. A pedant might suggest that it should be “Alex (pommy42)” rather than “Pommy42 (Alex)”, and “BRPetrie” rather than “BRP”.

For the sake of the well being of any pedant's and that they may sleep well at night I have correcting this hideous organisational offence .....

jdaw1 wrote:In Streatham, on Telford Avenue, at ///atom.lifts.couches, on the road:


Yes, an apostrophe can indicate missing letters. And the word “Roundabout” has been abbreviated by the omission of four letters, all vowels, none of which are where the apostrophe is.

PhilW wrote: ↑21:08 Tue 12 Nov 2024That did, in fact, make me laugh out loud! For goodness' sake!

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑23:30 Tue 12 Nov 2024 Schl’by er’rr, surely?

MigSU wrote: ↑16:09 Sat 30 Nov 2024 Portuguese doesn't use them either. Well, almost doesn't. There are some niche uses.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑19:22 Mon 02 Dec 2024

MigSU wrote: ↑16:09 Sat 30 Nov 2024 Portuguese doesn't use them either. Well, almost doesn't. There are some niche uses.

Yes, but Portuguese makes up for its lack of apostrophes by having 12 (ish) accented vowels plus an accented consonant for good measure.

á, é, í, ó, ú, â, ê, ô, ã, õ, à, and rarely ò (though I haven't seen this one yet). And apparently the language used to also have è, ì, and ù.

The consonant is, of course, ç. My understanding is that ñ is only used in Spanish.

Glenn E. wrote: ↑19:22 Mon 02 Dec 2024The consonant is, of course, ç.

MigSU wrote: ↑16:09 Sat 30 Nov 2024 Portuguese doesn't use them either. Well, almost doesn't. There are some niche uses.

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑23:31 Tue 03 Dec 2024

MigSU wrote: ↑16:09 Sat 30 Nov 2024 Portuguese doesn't use them either. Well, almost doesn't. There are some niche uses.

Perhaps a lot more when spoken than when written? Such as “….de ir”, which is only ever spoken as “…d’ir”. Caused me lots of confusion at first.

But no more confusion than the usual Portuguese practice of only saying half the syllables in a sentence. Or inventing syllables which aren’t in a sentence.

“O que estudas português?” is normally spoken as “Oo kek stoodas português?” Honestly! And people say English is a difficult language to master!!

Alex Bridgeman wrote: ↑23:31 Tue 03 Dec 2024 “O que estudas português?” is normally spoken as “Oo kek stoodas português?” Honestly! And people say English is a difficult language to master!!

MigSU wrote: ↑08:12 Wed 04 Dec 2024This has now become the unofficial Portuguese language thread.