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Discussion Groups / British English / June 2006Where is everybody?
Dear all, After having been cut off for several months I am now back on-line and it would seem that in the meantime the lively community that was here when I lost contact has gone into hibernation. After looking briefly at the Google archives I can see no reason for this. So: Is anybody out there? ;-) Regards, Einde O'Callaghan > Dear all, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > at the Google archives I can see no reason for this. So: Is anybody > out there? ;-) Well, I'm still around. Or rather I'm back again, like you, after a bout of computer trouble a few weks ago. And, like you, I'm wodering why it's so quiet here.  SignatureMike Stevens nb Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk No man is an island. So is Man. > > Dear all, > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > looking briefly at the Google archives I can see no reason for > > this. So: Is anybody out there? ;-) > Well, I'm still around. Or rather I'm back again, like you, after a > bout of computer trouble a few weks ago. And, like you, I'm > wodering why it's so quiet here. Everyone has keyboard problems? Okay, looks around for subject to chat about...I know, let's have a discussion on "way". I hear it way too much and its use really is way over the top these days. I know we used to use way more words - and way better in many respects - but they do seem to have gone the way of all fish. SignatureDavid - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop uk http://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/ >>Dear all, >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > computer trouble a few weks ago. And, like you, I'm wodering why it's so > quiet here. Your all too good at what you do? I am just a native English speaker with a love of the language and its literature, and can be a bit intimidated by the expertise and knowledge demonstrated here, especially of the more esoteric variety. Many times i have had an opinion on a post but hesitate to reply just cause i know others will do a better job of it. But i do enjoy 'lurking' here. --- JL > Your all too good at what you do? "You're" SignatureJohn Briggs >>Your all too good at what you do? > > "You're" See:) But im still unclear about it, is not "your" an attributive adjective? "of or pertaining to people in general" course i got that from an American dictionary. --- JL Joseph Littleshoes schrieb: >>> Your all too good at what you do? >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > "of or pertaining to people in general" course i got that from an > American dictionary. In this case it's "you're", the short form of "you are", since your sentence is "You are all too good ..." Regqards, Einde O'Callaghan > Joseph Littleshoes schrieb: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Regqards, Einde O'Callaghan Back to remedial English for me. I spent 20 minutes the other day trying to figure out the past tense of read. --- JL >> Joseph Littleshoes schrieb: >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Back to remedial English for me. I spent 20 minutes the other day > trying to figure out the past tense of read. Road? SignatureRay. UK. >>> Joseph Littleshoes schrieb: >>> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Road? I instinctually wanted to write "red" but i knew that was wrong. --- JL > I instinctually wanted to write "red" but i knew that was wrong. That should be "instinctively" and "I". >>I instinctually wanted to write "red" but i knew that was wrong. > > That should be "instinctively" and "I". i have always been a big fan of e. e. cummings. --- JL >>>I instinctually wanted to write "red" but i knew that was wrong. >> >> That should be "instinctively" and "I". > i have always been a big fan of e. e. cummings. But obviously not a disciple, or you wouldn't have used a full stop after each "e". Don't let the pedantry of some us discourage you from posting. It's just that we are fans of "plain English" and believe that following the rules is usually the best way to ensure that you are understood by the most people. >>>>I instinctually wanted to write "red" but i knew that was wrong. >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > the rules is usually the best way to ensure that you are understood by > the most people. I looked up the difference between 'instinctively' and instinctually and could not find a definitive difference, is it just usage? English vs. American? I used to have a style manual on my computer but seem to have misplaced it. --- JL >>>>>I instinctually wanted to write "red" but i knew that was wrong. >>>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > American? I used to have a style manual on my computer but seem to have > misplaced it. I had assumed that "instinctually" is not a word but having checked my dictionary it appears that both are valid. Sorry. However, to me it doesn't sound English at all, despite my dictionary (Collins) not marking it as an American variant. >Back to remedial English for me. I spent 20 minutes the other day >trying to figure out the past tense of read. It's surprising how many people seem to think that the past tense of "lead" is "lead". SignatureJohn Hall "The covers of this book are too far apart." Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) > It's surprising how many people seem to think that the past tense of > "lead" is "lead". Is the past tense of "zinc" "zanc"? Paul Burke >> It's surprising how many people seem to think that the past tense of >> "lead" is "lead". > >Is the past tense of "zinc" "zanc"? Past participle "zunc". SignaturePeter Duncanson UK (posting from u.c.l.e) >>>It's surprising how many people seem to think that the past tense of >>>"lead" is "lead". >> >>Is the past tense of "zinc" "zanc"? > > Past participle "zunc". Shouldn't it be zinc, zought, zought? ;) Regards, Einde O'Callaghan > >> It's surprising how many people seem to think that the past tense > >> of "lead" is "lead". > > > >Is the past tense of "zinc" "zanc"? > > > Past participle "zunc". Despite my diving into the depths of my dictionaries, I can find no trace of that. SignatureDavid - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop uk http://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/ >> It's surprising how many people seem to think that the past tense of >> "lead" is "lead". > > Is the past tense of "zinc" "zanc"? > > Paul Burke How does the line from the old Groucho Marx movie go? Son to Father: Will there be any thing further Father? Father to Son: Shouldn't that be Father further? Or the line in the E. F. Benson 'Mapp & Lucia' book Miss Mapp: I would hate to have found you had been fined. --- JL >> It's surprising how many people seem to think that the past tense of >> "lead" is "lead". > > Is the past tense of "zinc" "zanc"? I don't zinc so, zanc you. > After having been cut off for several months I am now back on-line and > it would seem that in the meantime the lively community that was here > when I lost contact has gone into hibernation. After looking briefly at > the Google archives I can see no reason for this. So: Is anybody out > there? ;-) I'm here, and yes, it has been quiet. I tend to lurk and respond to items that interest me, but seldom start a thread myself. Perhaps there are too many of us like that! Cheers Tony SignatureTony Mountifield Work: tony@softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony@mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org At 09:13:57 on Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de> wrote in <4esla1F1fkj2kU1@individual.net>: >After having been cut off for several months I am now back on-line and >it would seem that in the meantime the lively community that was here >when I lost contact has gone into hibernation. After looking briefly at >the Google archives I can see no reason for this. So: Is anybody out >there? ;-) I'm still here, and waiting for something interesting to happen! Most of the traffic lately has been EFL people wanting help with translations, job application letters etc., none of which led to any real get-yer-teeth-into-it discussion. It's pretty quiet all over Usenet, though, these days. Even my busiest groups are less busy than they used to be. I blame those web forums, myself. (Web fora? What's the consensus on this?) SignatureMolly Mockford They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin (My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.) > At 09:13:57 on Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Einde O'Callaghan > <einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de> wrote in [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > groups are less busy than they used to be. I blame those web forums, > myself. (Web fora? What's the consensus on this?) I think some are driven away or discouraged by the seasonal trollery during the school holidays. Maybe moderation, in more than one sense of the word, is the answer. |Dear all, | [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] |the Google archives I can see no reason for this. So: Is anybody out |there? ;-) This is a uk newsgroup and the weather in the UK is glorious and sunny, to the extent that the Met Office has issued a ?bad? weather warning yesterday. Maybe everyone is out in the garden, on holiday, out walking, or have found something more appropriate to do in the sunshine, than posting to usenet. SignatureDave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> Google Groups is IME the *worst* method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies. |
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