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"OFF FROM" I could get used to, and maybe it wouldn't even make me angry, at least there would be some logic behind its usage, but "OFF OF" is complete and utter BS. Annoys me even more than "would of", "should of" & "could of". Regards Greg | |||
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devoid - make whole, valid or full again devote - tear up your ballot paper, OR (surely this one will make some of you laugh) Add another Limerick to the Poll! Regards Greg | |||
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Greg S: AUNT[b] - My mother's sister is not an insect (ANT), she should be my AWNT by the spelling, but in Australia and probably England (where the language oddly enough actually comes from) she is our [b]ARNT The pronunciation of "aunt" is regional in the USA. Some say, "ahnt," some say "ant," as you know, and many say, "tia" until they learn Amerracun. ALUMINIUM - Why do Americans think the 2nd "I" is silent - IT ISN'T[/b] We spell it differently, and pronounce is differently as a result It's "aluminum" to us, but my late ex-father-in-law said, "aLOONYum"  NUCLEAR - How the F... do Americans turn this into NUCULAR - it defies comprehension[/b] Agreed. Only the most erudite seem to get it right, with one exception: Me. | |||
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deceit: remove from office denoted: blank sheet music Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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DENY Leave Manhattan or tell Bill the Science Guy he's wrong. DECANTER Slow the horse to a walk DERELICT Proved it's not an ancient artifact That reminds me of how scientists have found various gases in ancient glacial ice, including methane. Does that make it a fartifact? | |||
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Thanks Geoff & Bethree for your feedback. I knew they had changed the spelling of a lot of words in the US (eg. dropping the U from words like colour and favour), but never realised that they had also changed the spelling of one of Elements of the Periodic Table? I guess I'll have to forgive them for pronouncing it the way they spell it, but now I am intrigued - did they drop the I preceding the UM, in the other 50+ elements that end in -IUM (Like barium, radium, uranium, plutonium etc)? If not, why not, and why then change the spelling of Aluminium only? And as for "based off of" that is most definitely ear-shredding, reminds me of another one I came across recently - "mightn't of". I was kind of hoping one of you might have told me that NUCULAR was just a George-W-ism, and that most of the rest of America pronounces it properly. Regards Greg | |||
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I think it's Southern regional. President Carter was a leading exponent of that pron, and he served on a nuclear sub. In my many years here I beiieve I ca count on my fingers the tines anyone used "mightn't" and none with "of" appended. Others may vary. Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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I would actually be quite surprised if you haven't heard it, unless you don't have much interaction with young folk these days. When they say it they are trying to say, "might not have" which they think is "might not of". Regards Greg | |||
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Of course you are part of UK. Kids here are likely to say "may not have" or "may not of". Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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I suspect that "of" is originally a mondegreen of "might've" that became accepted as correct by many. | |||
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Mondegreens are great in a Caesar salad. Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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Is the Iberian peninsular where animals go to ibernate? What celebrity worked in a bank? Teller Savalas.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Proofreader, Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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But never on sundaes. | |||
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disrupt: a volcano collapses Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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Disraeli: an ati-Semite Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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dapple: that fruit Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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Huh? Disraeli was Jewish. He didn't want to admit it, though. | |||
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I should have made it l/c D, to make it generic. I didn't intend to specifically refer to Ben (as only his friends referred to him). Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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From comedian/actor/writer Phil Proctor's newsletter: DAFFYNITIONS CHICKENS … The only animal you eat before they are born and after they are dead. COMMITTEE … A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours. DUST … Mud with the juice squeezed out. EGOTIST … Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation. HANDKERCHIEF… Cold Storage. INFLATION… Cutting money in half without damaging the paper. MOSQUITO… An insect that makes you like flies better. RAISIN… A grape with a sunburn. SECRET… A story you tell to one person at a time. SKELETON… A bunch of bones with the person scraped off. TOOTHACHE… The pain that drives you to extraction. TOMORROW… One of the greatest labor saving devices of today. YAWN… An honest opinion openly expressed. WRINKLES… Something other people have, similar to your character lines. Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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Heard a funny one on TV: A logarthym: Lumberjack birth control Also: Best birth control: An hour with the kids before bed Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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Slighly off-point but it must be said: Toro Snowblower: a cross between a bull and a gay Eskimo Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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Learned a new word today: Nillionaire: Someone either very broke or excessively in debt. Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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Nice! I'm a member of the nilitary, as I favor deep cuts to the defense budget... And I never wear hats, I'm a nilliner. | |||
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Wiki says "It was discovered that Millennials... are less likely to strongly identify with the generational term... with only 40% of those born between 1981 and 1997 identifying as part of the Millennial Generation." Guess they're Nillennials. | |||
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Good news fr older male patients....the're now given large doses of Viagra to prevent them from rolling out of bed...or perhaps for use as a handle to turn them over. Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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coitus interruptus: Peetering on the brink. Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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Or perhaps the autological COITUS INTERRUPTUS - fornicatio | |||
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DISSIPATE Lost one's head I was worried about the possibliity of Haberdasherus interruptus! Where' ya been Hab? You ignored my non-place name, non- poll limerick round - and I missed having a limerick from you! | |||
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MYSTIFIED - had a spat with a young lady; refused to do as she instructed | |||
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Feuhrious: Hitlers pissed Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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MISOGYNIST One who serves Japanese soup only to women. | |||
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DETACH - slow down | |||
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FLANDERS - those who flunk their piloting solo flight test on the last maneuver | |||
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PETITION - I guess H+ is about as small as they get... | |||
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You remind me of the subatomic cattle, the moo meson and the cow pi meson. BTW, speaking of hydrogen, why do the folks at Lawrence Livermore or less Labs refer to their laser fusion experiment facility as the Nation Ignition Facility? I can't understand how a fusion reaction sans oxidation is ignition. | |||
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detour: Stop sight-seeing Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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The condition of becoming uncommunicative when watching a western star of yesteryear: Gene Autryism. Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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TRIGGER - the sound of three dogs snarling (yes, I know that was Roy Rogers) | |||
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Speaking of whom, DALE EVANS - one before Day Twelves | |||
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Freud: Not scrambled Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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defensible: able to remove a boundary enclosure. Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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abnormal: no, not the White House. It's an ordinary muscular six-pack. Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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I thought it was how a drunken Winnie the Pooh addressed his cat. | |||
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abstain What happens when you spill beer on your belly. abstruse When you make peace with your gut. | |||
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While we're on the subject - ABSTRACT - land owned by President Adams' wife | |||
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dissolute What the wicked witch of the north was when the solvent melted her. | |||
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dissolute: NFL players' protest. Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again. Nollidj is power. | |||
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DISSOLUTE - played by many a medieval bard | |||
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