Discussion Groups / British English / June 2004

Two guys go into a coffee shop and order coffee and
espresso.
The waiter delivers the first order to the wrong guy,
so he says,

I heard the following sentence in a film (the actor was British):
"I haven't got any matches",
where "got any" was pronounced as "I haven't gotney matches".  
I don't mean he made a glottal stop in lieu of the "t" (which I would not

Just heard this on BBC World.
Is it that I misinterpreted this or it is accepted
practice to use 3d person singular form with plurals?
Sergei

According to most dictionaries, the past participle of stride is
definitely stridden: I strode, I had stridden.  An exception is the
OED which also lists strode as a 'colloquial' past participle.  What
interests me is the fact that the colloquial form now seems to be

A while ago, I found myself uttering to someone
the following sentence, and feeling a little confused
while saying it.
"If you are a tall man, like I am, ..."

A lady is late for 2 appointments, and finds
two guys waiting outside her office.
She apologizes and asks which is which.
One guy says:

I'm curious as to what the rule is on this, I find myself using the
latter (Bitters): -
The Pub has a wide range of Bitters.
However it also sounds okay to say: -

As you were so helpful a few months ago, I wonder if you could help again.
Following is an exchange between two people:

I am working on a Dutch-English translation of a work related
presentation and I can't think of the English equivalent to what we
call in Dutch 'white goods', i.e. large household appliances, such as
fridges, washing machines, microwaves etc. Can anybody help me out