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Okay federica you are officially a grammar geek, here is your badge and your cookie
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
I love the badge... but treasure the cookie.... (I take it, as a Briton, you mean, 'biscuit'....? A word, French in origin, literally meaning 'twice cooked.....)
I love the badge... but treasure the cookie.... (I take it, as a Briton, you mean, 'biscuit'....? A word, French in origin, literally meaning 'twice cooked.....)
You really have taken the biscuit there Federica. Someone needs to cool this grammar skull down, maybe set fire to a few dictionaries or something
in the spirit of it being fede's thread i went ahead and ran it through spell check before i posted. She might hit me with her yard stick for spelling. . . ah, screw it!
spa-tooey!
Spittoon
Or was it spatoon? Either way I loves it I does! lol grammar all good to me knowledge
Tickitey boo, as in "My tickety couldn't be any more boo....".
The dog's bollocks. C'mon, how could this be a good thing....
Full of beans. Here in the USA it means the same as full of sh!t... not in the UK!
Blimey, barmy, bogey, buggery, bloody and blighty for the sake of alliteration...
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zombiegirlbeating the drum of the lifelessin a dry wastelandVeteran
edited March 2012
@federica Alright, I did some more research and found that I can read part of, Cunt, with Google Preview to get to the part I wanted. Yay.
Inga Musico says that she found the information from, "Barbara G. Walker's twenty-five-year research opus, The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, and found it was indeed a title, back in the day. "Cunt" is related to words from India, China, Ireland, Rome and Egypt. Such words were either titles of respect for women, priestesses and witches, or derivatives of the names of various goddesses."
Inga doesn't get into which specific ancient words were used/derivatives of cunt, but I imagine that information might be found in the book she referenced, if you're curious.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
thanks... I wasn't inferring it wasn't true.... i hope you understand that.... I'm a stickler for accuracy... and it's a fascinating subject.
@federica Alright, I did some more research and found that I can read part of, Cunt, with Google Preview to get to the part I wanted. Yay. Inga Musico says that she found the information from, "Barbara G. Walker's twenty-five-year research opus, The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, and found it was indeed a title, back in the day. "Cunt" is related to words from India, China, Ireland, Rome and Egypt. Such words were either titles of respect for women, priestesses and witches, or derivatives of the names of various goddesses."
Inga doesn't get into which specific ancient words were used/derivatives of cunt, but I imagine that information might be found in the book she referenced, if you're curious.
That said, you still may not want to use the word and say, "No, I'm being respectful of you as a woman". Instant Karma. Ouch.
Makes me wonder - given this is a US based site, do you in the UK have an American spell check?
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
No. I actually changed my language to English (UK) which is why I don't get the wiggly red line when I write 'counsellor'.... Word is automatically 'English US' unless you go in and change it. which I have done....
From the web page: "If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.
After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud."
there are dozens of sayings in the UK associated with equestrianism and the Navy - both activities we are hugely proud of....
but i think English is the language with the most idioms... i have not come across another language that is as lyrical or poetic... even though 'classic Italian is beautiful, it's got more to do with the way literature is phrased.
Is this a reply to me?
If so, I think the difference between idioms associated with equestrianism/the Navy and the word I posted is that idioms are phrases and may have had their meanings change over time (e.g. originally an equestrian term that now is used in everyday speech). The word I posted - and clumsily explained - is understood to mean "immediately" or "right away." But if you look at the individual characters/syllables, it can be literally translated to "[getting/being] on top of a horse." It isn't an idiomatic phrase.
If not, nevermind!
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
@Invincible_summer, it is a response to you, but not necessarily in direct response to your contribution. It was more of a connective consideration....
(By the way, 'necessarily' is correctly pronounced necess-rilly, and definitely NOT necess-airily.)
OMG!!! the poem linked to by @Possibilities brings back memories! Thank you so much for posting it! I put my name down to attend elocution classes at my boarding school, because i love language, literature, reading, poetry.... and the elocution teacher - a formidable woman named Mrs Finnigan who looked a lot like Mrs Doubtfire but had all of the temperamental appeal of a rusty Russian BT7 tank (actually that's unkind... she was quite nice when you got to know her....) made me read that poem during my initial assessment. Her response was terse, abrupt and final:
"Don't be ridiculous. Your rendition was impeccable. You may go. "
Ahhh.... vem wuz de days.....
(Nice to know I can make a Frenchman squirm..... )
are all words I learned at junior school (aged about seven). At my school you were expected to use a dictionary, not wait to get spoon-fed your vocabulary at an appropriate level.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
i think I'm in love......
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
edited March 2012
(I'm not sure i wholly approve of the term 'termagant' right after my post though..... !)
And by the way, the reason I sometimes put 'i' instead of 'I' or begin my sentences without a CAPITAL letter - is because my 'shift' keys have ceased to function.....)
Sounds like a lot of the script for Lord Of The Rings to me lol...
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zombiegirlbeating the drum of the lifelessin a dry wastelandVeteran
@federica I didn't read anything deeper into your inquiries. I'm just disappointed that I lost that book years ago and cannot find exactly what it was that I read (since I think it's beyond the preview). But, c'est la vie.
Has anybody said curmudgeon yet? I really like curmudgeon.
federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
edited March 2012
Ok. here's the deal...I'll add the latest contributions to the list above, (Check it out everyone!) and eventually, we'll have so many, we can compile our very own dictionary right here! How cool is that - ?!
Ok. here's the deal...I'll add the latest contributions to the list above, (Check it out everyone!) and eventually, we'll have so many, we can compile our very own dictionary right here! How cool is that - ?!
That is quite, too cool for school :cool: A list of words that never really get used, maybe we should start using some of them more and more, bring them back!
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
such a plethora or words at our disposal! We shall all sound quite erudite...
lol, You really have a love for grammar and language don't you. Like my ex, she was fascinated by it all. She could speak fluently in three languages, I don't know what she is doing now exactly, but she took it at a university level.
Can you believe it? There are no villages here, just small towns or unincorporated areas, and cottages are just small houses, or "homes" rather. Speaking of the west coast, New England may have a different tradition.
@federica thanks, this song is a beautiful example of the Faroese language, which is probably my favorite language in the world. It sounds noble, refined, elegant, and beautiful all at the same time. Actual singing starts at 1:16 in the vid.
1. Viljið tær hoyra kvæði mítt, viljð tær orðum trúgva, um hann Ólav Trygvason, hagar skal ríman snúgva.
(chorus) Glymur dansur í høll, dans sláið ring Glaðir ríða Noregs menn til Hildar ting.
3. Knørrur varð gjørdur á Noregs landi, gott var í honum evni: sjúti alin og fýra til var kjølurin millum stevni
8. Har kom maður oman við sterkum boga í hendi: “ Jallurin av Ringaríki hann meg higar sendi. ”
10. “ Einar skalt tú nevna meg, væl kann boga spenna, Tambar eitur mín menski bogi, ørvar drívur at renna. ”
11. “ Hoyr tú tað, tú ungi maður, vilt tú við mær fara, tú skalt vera mín ørvargarpur Ormin at forsvara. ”
12. Gingu teir til strandar oman, ríkir menn og reystir, lunnar brustu og jørðin skalv: teir drógu knørr úr neysti.
71. Einar spenti á triða sinni, Ætlar jall at raka, tá brast strongur av stáli stinna, í boganum tókst at braka.
72. Allir hoyrdi strongin springa, kongurin seg undrar: “ Hvat er tað á mínum skipi, sum ógvuliga dundrar ? ”
73. Svaraði Einar Tambarskelvir kastar boga sín “ Nú brast Noregi úr tínum hondum, kongurin, harri mín ! ”
# Nú skal lætta ljóðið av eg kvøði ei longur á sinni nú skal taka upp annan tátt dreingir leggi í minnið
{English tr.} 1. Will you hear the ballad of mine, Will you my words believe, About Olaf Tryggvasson, Here's how the rhyme revolves.
(chorus) Raucous dance in the Hall, Dance, form a ring, Gladly ride Norroway's men, To the Hild's[War]-Gathering† .
3. A ship was made in Norway's land, Goodly make was she: Seventy ells and four lengthwise The keel from [prow to] stern
8. Here comes a man down [from the hill] With a sturdy bow in hand: “ The Jarl of Ringaríki Has here sent me. ”
10. “ Einar shall you call me, Well can I stretch the bow, Tambar hight my manly bow, For striving at shooting arrows. ”
11. “ Listen here, young man, Will you fare away with me? You shall be my champion-arrower, The Serpent, [my longship,] to defend. ”
12. They come down on the strand, Doughty men and strong, The rails break and the earth shakes: They tug the ship from the shipyard.
71. Einar drew a third time, Meaning to strike the Jarl, Then burst the string of sturdy steel, In the bow it seemed to break.
72. All heard the string snap, The king said in wonder: “ What's that making my ship, Rumble so dreadfully? ”
73. Answered Einar Tambarskelvir [*Einarr Þambarskelfir] Casting the bow of his “ That was Norway breaking from your hand, King sire, lord of mine ! ”
# Now I will let up this song awhile, I'll recount not longer this time So I shall take up the second tale, And may it be remembered far and wide.
Can you believe it? There are no villages here, just small towns or unincorporated areas, and cottages are just small houses, or "homes" rather. Speaking of the west coast, New England may have a different tradition.
How about hamlets? Not the cigars, but settlements smaller than a village. Thankyou secondary school geography :thumbsup:
Without googling anything and TRYING to use my memory alone, I think it goes in this order. Dwelling, hamlet, village, town, city, metropolis
Nice selection A lot seem to roll off of the tongue like silk, still I quite enjoy saying 'gander' as it has it's own feel to it. I use it in it's slang form, but there is an actual meaning to the word which is not slang also.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
edited March 2012
I think the list is helpful... let's learn one new word a day, its correct meaning, and try to use it 3 times during normal conversations....@ThailandTom, this should be fun for you!!
i'm adding to the list as they come in... Spellchecker is having a field-day....! (I think it's 'catacomb'....)
I think the list is helpful... let's learn one new word a day, its correct meaning, and try to use it 3 times during normal conversations....@ThailandTom, this should be fun for you!!
i'm adding to the list as they come in... Spellchecker is having a field-day....! (I think it's 'catacomb'....)
And why Federica might this be so fun for Tom? :dunce:
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
because you're not in an English-speaking environment, and you're already dealing with a 'Farang' element. So this might prove a bit challenging for them....?
Comments
Cornucopia
Ubiquitous My freinds and I used to have a joke when we heard the word; Ubiquitous, We biquit you.
(I take it, as a Briton, you mean, 'biscuit'....? A word, French in origin, literally meaning 'twice cooked.....)
spa-tooey!
It's monkey's outside.
Bob's your uncle.
Tickitey boo, as in "My tickety couldn't be any more boo....".
The dog's bollocks. C'mon, how could this be a good thing....
Full of beans. Here in the USA it means the same as full of sh!t... not in the UK!
Blimey, barmy, bogey, buggery, bloody and blighty for the sake of alliteration...
Inga Musico says that she found the information from, "Barbara G. Walker's twenty-five-year research opus, The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, and found it was indeed a title, back in the day. "Cunt" is related to words from India, China, Ireland, Rome and Egypt. Such words were either titles of respect for women, priestesses and witches, or derivatives of the names of various goddesses."
Inga doesn't get into which specific ancient words were used/derivatives of cunt, but I imagine that information might be found in the book she referenced, if you're curious.
I wasn't inferring it wasn't true.... i hope you understand that....
I'm a stickler for accuracy... and it's a fascinating subject.
might pm you if i get time this week....
gas pains
beguiled
anti
manly
brisk
honor
detrimental
Word is automatically 'English US' unless you go in and change it.
which I have done....
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2011/12/23/english-pronunciation/
From the web page: "If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.
After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud."
If so, I think the difference between idioms associated with equestrianism/the Navy and the word I posted is that idioms are phrases and may have had their meanings change over time (e.g. originally an equestrian term that now is used in everyday speech). The word I posted - and clumsily explained - is understood to mean "immediately" or "right away." But if you look at the individual characters/syllables, it can be literally translated to "[getting/being] on top of a horse." It isn't an idiomatic phrase.
If not, nevermind!
(By the way, 'necessarily' is correctly pronounced necess-rilly,
and definitely NOT necess-airily.)
OMG!!!
the poem linked to by @Possibilities brings back memories! Thank you so much for posting it!
I put my name down to attend elocution classes at my boarding school, because i love language, literature, reading, poetry.... and the elocution teacher - a formidable woman named Mrs Finnigan who looked a lot like Mrs Doubtfire but had all of the temperamental appeal of a rusty Russian BT7 tank (actually that's unkind... she was quite nice when you got to know her....) made me read that poem during my initial assessment.
Her response was terse, abrupt and final:
"Don't be ridiculous. Your rendition was impeccable. You may go. "
Ahhh.... vem wuz de days.....
(Nice to know I can make a Frenchman squirm.....
vainglorious
termagant
gibbous
are all words I learned at junior school (aged about seven). At my school you were expected to use a dictionary, not wait to get spoon-fed your vocabulary at an appropriate level.
And by the way, the reason I sometimes put 'i' instead of 'I' or begin my sentences without a CAPITAL letter - is because my 'shift' keys have ceased to function.....)
This is what we have so far:
(Omitting foreign words, phrases and terms not yet in the online Oxford English Dictionary)
Absurd
Ajar
Anent
Argie-Bargie
Astral
Azimuth
Bahookie
Bailiwick
Bairn
Balderdash
Balm
Barmy
Battleaxe
Beguile
Blandishment
Bletherskite
Blighty
Blimey
Bloody
Bogey
Bonnie
Brisk
Brutish
Buggery
Calumny
Canny
Carfuffle
Catafalque
Caterwauling
Celestial
Chaos
Clandestine
Clishmaclaver
Cobbler
Collieshangie
Comely
Conglomerate
Conundrum
Cornucopia
Countermacious
Courting
Crepuscular
Detrimental
Dichotomy
Dither
Doohickey
Dram
Eponymous
Euphony
Festoon
Fiasco
Fickle
Flabbergasted
Flumgummerie
Free
Gauche
Gibbous
Gloaming
Gobbledegook
Goodly
Hag
Heckler
Hence
Hither
Honour
Hyperbole
Ignominy
Illuminate
Lass
Longing
Lugubrious
Lunar
Manly
Meander
Mesmerised
Mien
Moist
Muckraker
Mugwamp
Namby-Pamby
Palaver
Pilgarlic
Plethora
Proliferating
Punctilious
Pulchritude
Qualm
Quench
Ravish
Reckon
Resonant
Sagacious
Sanguine
Seldom
Semaphore
Slumber
Sombre
Spittoon
Tallywacker
Termagant
Thee
Thither
Thou
Tinky-Winkle
True
Ubiquitous
Unctuous
Vainglorious
Vicissitude
Wainscoting
Waning
Wee
Wench,
Whence
Whigmaleerie
Yonder
enjoy - and keep adding!
Sounds like a lot of the script for Lord Of The Rings to me lol...
Has anybody said curmudgeon yet? I really like curmudgeon.
here's the deal...I'll add the latest contributions to the list above, (Check it out everyone!) and eventually, we'll have so many, we can compile our very own dictionary right here!
How cool is that - ?!
We shall all sound quite erudite...
*ching!*
there's another one!
Faroese for Ballad, Song, Stanza, Verse, etc. Trivia fact: Faroese language is the closest language to ancient Norse
I like it because in many songs I enjoy starts with "Viljið tær hoyra kvæði mítt" Which roughly translates to "Will you hear this ballad of mine"
Erudite banter sounds good... (Awfully good!) but i don't think Brian or Lincoln would go for it....
cottage
village
Can you believe it? There are no villages here, just small towns or unincorporated areas, and cottages are just small houses, or "homes" rather. Speaking of the west coast, New England may have a different tradition.
Without googling anything and TRYING to use my memory alone, I think it goes in this order. Dwelling, hamlet, village, town, city, metropolis
Sapphic
Obstreperous
Meridian
Reliquary
Palindrome
Wayfarer
Moribund
Catecomb
Grimoire
i'm adding to the list as they come in...
Spellchecker is having a field-day....!
(I think it's 'catacomb'....)