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Discussion Groups / English Usage / September 2008"The Loooong Hot Summer,"
Paul Newman, RIP > Paul Newman, RIP Hud Cool Hand Luke Butch > > Paul Newman, RIP > > Hud > Cool Hand Luke > Butch Not to mention salad dressings, popcorn, spaghetti sauce... >> > Paul Newman, RIP >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Not to mention salad dressings, popcorn, spaghetti sauce... Piecing blue eyes, a disarming smile, calm nerves...  SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland >>>> Paul Newman, RIP >>> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Piecing blue eyes, a disarming smile, calm nerves... Auto racing. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEW lamps for OLD for email. > >>> "Arcadian Rises" <Arcadianri...@aol.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > - Show quoted text - ...and one of the most memorable quotes: "I have steak at home; why go out for hamburger?” - that secured him over 50 years of marriage to the same woman. > Paul Newman, RIP He is quite the true and real man. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20199694,00.html SignaturePurl Gurl -- So many are stumped by what slips right off the top of my mind like a man's bad fitting hairpiece. > Paul Newman, RIP ...er Am I the only one not hellish chuffed by the fact that doubling a vowel in English usually changes it into something different, so that loong is not a word I should recognise?... semiretired wrote: >> Paul Newman, RIP > ...er Am I the only one not hellish chuffed by > the fact that doubling a vowel in English usually > changes it into something different, > so that loong is not a word I should recognise?... Rahlly, Dahhhhhlin', you are so verrrrry anal. "...er" ? SignaturePurl Gurl -- So many are stumped by what slips right off the top of my mind like a man's bad fitting hairpiece. >semiretired wrote: >>>Paul Newman, RIP >>...er Am I the only one not hellish chuffed by >>the fact that doubling a vowel in English usually >>changes it into something different, >>so that loong is not a word I should recognise?... >Rahlly, Dahhhhhlin', you are so verrrrry anal. >"...er" ? Purl Gurl Ah, yes, the messenger..... semiretired wrote: >> semiretired wrote: >>>> Paul Newman, RIP >>> ...er Am I the only one not hellish chuffed by >>> the fact that doubling a vowel in English usually >>> changes it into something different, >>> so that loong is not a word I should recognise?... >> Rahlly, Dahhhhhlin', you are so verrrrry anal. >> "...er" ? Purl Gurl > Ah, yes, the messenger..... "messenger....." ? Do inform readers about this word "...er" you use. Chimney - fireplace, all that. SignaturePurl Gurl -- So many are stumped by what slips right off the top of my mind like a man's bad fitting hairpiece. >semiretired wrote: >>> semiretired wrote: >>>>> Paul Newman, RIP >>>> ...er Am I the only one not hellish chuffed by >>>> the fact that doubling a vowel in English usually >>>> changes it into something different, >>>> so that loong is not a word I should recognise?... >>> Rahlly, Dahhhhhlin', you are so verrrrry anal. >>> "...er" ? Purl Gurl >> Ah, yes, the messenger..... >"messenger....." ? > Do inform readers about this word "...er" you use. > Chimney - fireplace, all that. Purl Gurl ...er, come off it. I don't believe you are unfamiliar with the meaning Otherwise you are making a pretty fair go at diverting from the question I asked which was:- "Am I the only one not hellish chuffed by the fact that doubling a vowel in English usually changes it into something different so that "loong" is not a word I should recognise? Is it a Dutch custom? [...] > "Am I the only one not hellish chuffed by > the fact that doubling a vowel in English [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Is it a Dutch custom? If you saw "loooong" written as "lo-o-o-o-ong"[1] would you then recognize it for what it is? (The hyphenated version is used fairly frequently to symbolize a drawn-out vowel.) [1] I'm not quite sure I hyphenated that correctly. SignatureMaria C. >semireti...@my-deja.com wrote: >>"Am I the only one not hellish chuffed by >>the fact that doubling a vowel in English >>usually changes it into something different >>so that "loong" is not a word I should >>recognise? >>Is it a Dutch custom? >If you saw "loooong" written as "lo-o-o-o-ong"[1] would you then >recognize it for what it is? (The hyphenated version is used fairly >frequently to symbolize a drawn-out vowel.) >[1] I'm not quite sure I hyphenated that correctly. Maria C. It's a bit like the revolutionary government after the coup. Recognition does not imply approval! > I don't believe you are unfamiliar with the meaning > Otherwise you are making a pretty fair [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Is it a Dutch custom? Not a custom, standard spelling. 'Bas' (short a), and 'baas' long a sound. (e, ee, o, oo, u, uu idem, but i, ie.) To get the effect of exaggeration at least three 'het duurde laaang' are needed, Jan >semiretired wrote: >>I don't believe you are unfamiliar with the meaning >>Otherwise you are making a pretty fair [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >>recognise? >>Is it a Dutch custom? >Not a custom, standard spelling. >'Bas' (short a), and 'baas' long a sound. >(e, ee, o, oo, u, uu idem, but i, ie.) >To get the effect of exaggeration >at least three 'het duurde laaang' are needed, >Jan Many thanks for confirming the Dutch origin.Can you say how this became used on usenet in Englsh? I still don't like it in English, where a double vowel should create a tolally different word. eg bet, beet, lot, loot , etc > >semiretired wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > different word. > eg bet, beet, lot, loot , etc How do you deduced that there must be a Dutch origin. Adopt independent inventionism instead of diffusionism, Jan Signature"Ex Oriente Lux!" > > >semiretired wrote: > > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Jan first version cancelled > semiretired wrote: > >> Paul Newman, RIP [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > "...er" ? Anal but not perceptive. There ain't only two "o"'s in my titled word, actually I wrote "long" with more than 3 "o"'s to make sure it won't be taken for a word. The "loooong" was supposed to convey the sound in the song. semiretired@my-deja.com filted: >> Paul Newman, RIP > >...er Am I the only one not hellish chuffed by >the fact that doubling a vowel in English usually >changes it into something different, >so that loong is not a word I should recognise?... Aah!...r SignatureLittle-known fact: About 2% of the famous quotations credited to "Anonymous" were actually originated by Jasper D Anonymous, a 14th-century maker of carriage wheels. >semiretired@my-deja.com filted: >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Aah!...r Baaaa. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland >> semiretired@my-deja.com filted: >>>> Paul Newman, RIP >>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Baaaa. There you are, Chuck, bringing up sheep again. SignatureMaria C. >>> semiretired@my-deja.com filted: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >There you are, Chuck, bringing up sheep again. See how I am? SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs Near Dublin, Ireland |
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