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jayles
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“Anglish”
- October 16, 2011, 5:32pm
advantage >>> upside,
disadvantage >>> downside, drawbacks
“Anglish”
- October 16, 2011, 2:00pm
intentional >>> willful
pejorative >>> ???
introspective >> inward-looking
Q: is "headstrong" pejorative or not???
“Anglish”
- October 12, 2011, 12:01am
"What can I do besides complain" : sounds okay to me too
"Besides complaining,.... " Okay too.
Besides is grammatically described as both an adverb and preposition so it doesn't matter too much how one uses it. English grammar is as long as a piece of string. What sounds okay IS okay.
"Would betold be befuddled with told?" let us not forget that "bezahlen" is german for to pay, as in : "Wollen wir die Rechnung bezahlen, oder einfach....na los!!!"
One day you might need "betel/betoldl" instead of "pay/paid"??
“Anglish”
- October 9, 2011, 3:19pm
1) Isn't it strange how latinate (and greek) words sound stuffy, snobby, or one-up, whereas words like 'baksheesh' and 'bazaar' (vasar in hung) just sound colourful?
2)BTW my laptop just died... can't get Ubuntu to reinstall. Saxons never had this prob.
“Anglish”
- October 3, 2011, 5:25pm
Angelfolc: perhaps you could modernise the months; my OE is limited. Is Weod like Wednesday? Why not Midsummer month? "Easter" sometimes falls in March not April.
Anwulf: I chickened on "jock itch"; "tinea cruris" sounds less "rustic" ..... "ringworm" sounds horrible...
Txs
“Anglish”
- September 30, 2011, 5:28pm
so would you tell your girlfriend you have :
a) jock itch
b) tinea cruris
c) ringworm
d) athlete's foot
choose mindfully... you are not willing to put her off...
“Anglish”
- September 26, 2011, 9:23pm
I just meant they sound the same
“Anglish”
- September 26, 2011, 4:15pm
Sadly "hoar" is also spelt "whore"; so "whore-iness" could be misunderstood.
“Anglish”
- September 20, 2011, 6:09pm
Q: "parents" >>> "elders" or ????
"grandparents" >>> ????
"ancestors" >> forefathers
grandmother >> ??mother.
Questions
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“Anglish”
was at a fordeal >>> had the upperhand?? held sway??
was at an afterdeal >>> had lost the upperhand??
Thanks for "slighting" -- pejorative