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Discussion Groups / English Usage / December 2007MANCHESTER
Can anyone tell me what is the adjective of MANCHESTER? Thanks > Can anyone tell me what is the adjective of MANCHESTER? Thanks Mancunian  SignatureLes >> Can anyone tell me what is the adjective of MANCHESTER? Thanks > > Mancunian And, more recently, in a slang usage - 'manc' (which also does service as a noun) SignatureJohn Dean Oxford > >> Can anyone tell me what is the adjective of MANCHESTER? Thanks > > > > Mancunian > > And, more recently, in a slang usage - 'manc' (which also does service as a > noun) With plural "mancs"? Couldn't that confuse the inhabitants of a certain island? >> >> Can anyone tell me what is the adjective of MANCHESTER? Thanks >> > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >With plural "mancs"? Couldn't that confuse the inhabitants of a >certain island? Or cats that can't spell. SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL > >> >> Can anyone tell me what is the adjective of MANCHESTER? Thanks > >> > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Or cats that can't spell. Like a linc, the singular _Felis canadensis_? SignatureOdysseus >>>>> Can anyone tell me what is the adjective of MANCHESTER? Thanks >>>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Or cats that can't spell. And thereby hangs a tale ... SignatureJohn Dean Oxford > > > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > With plural "mancs"? Mancs are natives of Manchester. >Couldn't that confuse the inhabitants of a > certain island? Why? DC -- > > > Can anyone tell me what is the adjective of MANCHESTER? Thanks > > > > Mancunian > > And, more recently, in a slang usage - 'manc' (which also does > service as a noun) There's also 'Manky' - vaguely crap - "Bad, inferior, defective; dirty, disgusting, unpleasant" (OED) which I've always thought was derived from cheap goods manufactured in Manc, though OED doesn't agree with that etymology... DC Manc resident, but Sotonian, not Mancunian. -- >>>> Can anyone tell me what is the adjective of MANCHESTER? Thanks >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > derived from cheap goods manufactured in Manc, though OED doesn't > agree with that etymology... That'll be because we didn't manufacture cheap goods. You want to dress to the Manc standard of elegance? You pay through the nose. The Germans were particularly fond of corduroy kecks which they called Manchesterhosen and even incorporated into their military uniform. BTW, I see OED also has Manchesterian and Manchestrian as appropriate adjectives "1897 Essays in Liberalism 70 'Sordid inhuman wretch', 'brutal Manchesterian', are the terms applied to those who demonstrate the national loss of wealth which must result from the substitution of 'Fair' for Free Trade." SignatureJohn Dean Oxford CAN YOU RECOMMEND ME A VEEEEERY GOOD INTERNET ADDRESS TO LEARN ENGLISH GRAMMAR FROM? Also, I am interested in where I can find interesting reading stories in English for my high-school students of English. Thanks |
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