jayles
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on: “Anglish”
Mir fehlt der Fleiss beim Biertrinken... Ich dachte dass es ...
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Teacher: ... so "a" as a prefix usually means "on" as in "at...
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"How do you mean "inherently"?' context was domestication of...
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"What will come of English?" "What is to come of English?" "...
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Anwulf: You are right about being downunder; the peach-bloss...
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"inherently" .... well of course this means "per se" or "by ...
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Aengelfolc: the word "empirical" came up again and I was won...
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Aengelfolc: "incontinence" in modern usage usually refers to...
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"The neolithic revolution had important consequences" >> "T...
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Angelfolc: so "geornnes" means "earnest" or horniness??...
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May I put forward that we build month names akin to Czech? (...
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It's pretty easy to teach the word ontology; begin with eina...
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Sometimes it seems as if "academic" means using non-English ...
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When I went to skule we called it "the old stone age" "middl...
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"instance" although perhaps taken from latin has the same ro...
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yes some languages (I think Portuguese off the cuff) have t...
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"There is more to the craft of body-thirling than meets the ...
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"Body thirlings by skilled craftsman: ear- nose- tongue- and...
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AnWulf: "He is the communications officer." There are of cou...
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AnWulf: Oh dear, opening up such a great can of worms! I me...
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Anwulf: I think you can keep "trait" as long as you pronounc...
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Ængelfolc: yes "decided" can take an object so it is okay; I...
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Or maybe I'm just a poor teacher!!...
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AEngelfolc: There are no rules; it's just a description of w...
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This: "a given name" <<<< a name which was given (note this ...
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Ængelfolc: "In German, we say "ausgestorben", which means 'e...
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Yes the point about a thesaurus is it does not provide words...
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Wanted: teacher with ten years' jobfare. Wanted: captain wi...
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I have a background in accounting and software; this is quit...
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Wanted teacher with at least ten years' experience.. The pr...
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Wanted: teacher with minimum ten years' industry ordeal.. W...
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AnWulf: yes Orwell was right. The real question is what to d...
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There! and I thought electricity was named in honor of some ...
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And I'm open to your input...
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If I may put an idea forward..... ...
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AnWulf: I'm with you; the "should" version sounds odd to me ...
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AnWulf: yes - the tricky bit is why "What are you doing this...
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Today I watched someone trying to explain the difference bet...
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Ængelfolc: from www.thefreedictionary.com/curious: "curious...
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Ængelfolc: well done for picking up on my oh so English rema...
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AnWulf: I wrote "to teach how to teach": this means teaching...
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Ængelfolc: 1) Some dictionaries give all possible meanings. ...
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This week's challenge: to teach how to teach the sounds and ...
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"curious" does not suggest any underhand earnest whereas bei...
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I was just wondering why was the cat wondering???...
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AnWulf: "I'm reviewing a paper from a Tunsian woman." A mode...
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"academic" varies in meaning from "learned", "studious", "th...
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I would like to requicken the word "earnest" in the meaning ...
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1)"Enlightened" !!! I think not! (Bedimmed would be more tr...
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A) "American inflows are far too widespread and not always o...
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AnWulf: Yourr take on academic writing is not wrong; however...
on: Stood down
"to be stood down"; is an "upsidedown" expression...
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Remembering your latin: terre, tuli, latum meaning to bear o...
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I think Chaucer is for the most part okay; but the KIng Jame...
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Oops! I meant pervasive>> widespread ...
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"The American influence is far too prevalent and not necessa...
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AnWulf: IMHO in general, good storytelling (and poetry) uses...
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"we have a good English word for "metaphor": KENNING." well ...
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Ængelfolc: metaphor << a "crossover" meaining; a "carryover"...
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Ængelfolc: "A trustworthy source would be fine." Sorry, just...
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Ængelfolc: Good. I almost put "biggen" instead of "enlarge" ...
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Ængelfolc: I have never heard the word biggen (although ther...
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Ængelfolc: you have been busy! Wasn't "wanhope" or somethi...
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Ængelfolc: "Although" can only be used as a conjunction (lik...
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"Although, you are right." ->>> You are right, though. (Sie ...
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Ængelfolc:"...in the USA the count might be lower....... " N...
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Über allen Gipfeln Ist Ruh' In allen Wipfeln Spürest Du ...
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Ængelfolc: "15,000 (words) seems rather high." I based this ...
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Ængelfolc: "Hungarian kilincs "door handle" < Old French cli...
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"it might help to teach the word-bits if one were to put the...
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Automobile >> car (yes it's welsh; why not!)...
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Ængelfolc: We get people from all over here: S America, SE A...
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Ængelfolc: prefixes we do eg expose, repose, impose, opposit...
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Ængelfolc: unfortunately the term "inappropriate behavior" h...
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Ængelfolc: As you may be aware in business the English usual...
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Ængelfolc: yes but "a bargain" suggests paying less than a f...
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Uncompromising -> unuyielding Compromise (n) -> the middle ...
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expect the other side to compromise, not me!...
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Ængelfolc: on second thoughts I think "kompromissfaehig" (we...
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Ængelfolc: Thank you; I did wonder about "flexibel"; "anpass...
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Already revived by Beatles: "She loves you, yare, yare, yare...
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Ængelfolc: "a 'school' (of Fish) is from Low Germanic schōle...
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Ængelfolc: Ich bin fast der selben Meinung; ich hasste auch ...
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Ængelfolc: "Did you do your homework already?" not wrong, ju...
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Ængelfolc: "Ich habe tatsaechlich mich gerade gefragt, ob Si...
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AnWulf:' "Did you read this book?" "Have you read this book?...
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"But we are letting British English wither." Which begs the ...
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"Stick with MAIL." Aussies do....
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Ængelfolc: "Do you mean that it is trickier to learn America...
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AnWulf: There are(or were) indeed extensive differences betw...
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AnWulf: except that "went" (commonly used as the past of "go...
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www.thecheers.org/Entertainment/article_2222_English-Politen...
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Ængelfolc: I think it was Willy Brandt (whom I heard giving ...
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Ængelfolc: "Why do these sentences come across as too sharp?...
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Stanmund: the current terms "boarding pass" and "landing car...
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Stanmund: yes indeed; but notice that in all but one case th...
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Ængelfolc: Another obvious example: "Could you tell me when ...
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Ængelfolc: "Are so many words a "must" in England?" I did ex...
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Ængelfolc: the problem with "must" in modern English is the ...
September 11, 2011, 12:04am • 1 vote
on: “Anglish”
Looked up "flattery" only to rediscover it's frankish..... s...