tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post273259358837172434..comments2024-03-28T14:19:53.973+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Dictionary MakersFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-56298708511132145132021-01-04T20:21:36.514+00:002021-01-04T20:21:36.514+00:00Umbilical is another one.
(Do we tithe parsley and...Umbilical is another one.<br />(Do we tithe parsley and cummin, or parsley and kewmin?)Little Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-64277028201429919822020-12-30T23:46:35.713+00:002020-12-30T23:46:35.713+00:00"Cervical" was clearly pronounced with a..."Cervical" was clearly pronounced with a short "i" by Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner. If you recall his snicker-snee "cut cleanly through the cervical vertebrae" of Nanki-Poo. But then he was only the cheap tailor of Titipu.Oliver Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187098939500953848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-81002045321577442852020-12-30T13:53:48.705+00:002020-12-30T13:53:48.705+00:00I was brought up to pronounce 'culinary' w...I was brought up to pronounce 'culinary' with a long 'u'. My 1964 Chambers confirms that this is correct. Nowadays everyone makes the 'u' short, and the latest edition of Chambers only gives this version - the older pronunciation is not even given as an alternative.<br /><br />Pronouncing 'lather' to rhyme with 'father' would appear to date from TV soap John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-6594659548171817992020-12-29T18:46:20.001+00:002020-12-29T18:46:20.001+00:00John the Mad is clearly in need of a language cour...John the Mad is clearly in need of a language course: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Lk7qivXbwOliver Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187098939500953848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-37345292539896977592020-12-29T16:10:52.538+00:002020-12-29T16:10:52.538+00:00John the Mad is clearly in need of a language cour...John the Mad is clearly in need of a language course: <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Lk7qivXbwOliver Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187098939500953848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-6802900233848684982020-12-29T04:11:43.395+00:002020-12-29T04:11:43.395+00:00My paternal grandmother RIP was from Baillieston a...My paternal grandmother RIP was from Baillieston and I, her Drumheller Alberta (i.e., the badlands) born grandson, understood only a wee bit of what she said. The Glaswegian accent is not easily decipherable to humans not from Scotland even for Celtic Canucks.John the Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899858119936750764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-19879310877408387412020-12-28T18:57:54.839+00:002020-12-28T18:57:54.839+00:00
How about the horrible mélange of Latin and Frenc...<br />How about the horrible mélange of Latin and French in the common way of speaking of Claustridium Difficile?vetusta ecclesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454059029260192711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-65941062198593328062020-12-28T13:50:20.514+00:002020-12-28T13:50:20.514+00:00It can be rather amusing to watch American TV prog...It can be rather amusing to watch American TV programmes and see where they have provided subtitles for a native British (first language) English speaker. I too sometimes find it helpful if (say) a broad Glaswegian accent is involved, but find it hard to believe anyone needs subtitles for an East Midlander or a Kentish Man (or was he a Man of Kent?) Greyman 82https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472976732157444972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-25101182460211436122020-12-28T12:45:32.027+00:002020-12-28T12:45:32.027+00:00The example of your choice, Father, the word cervi...The example of your choice, Father, the word <b>cervix</b>, has more than one trap for the unwary. In anatomical terms, <b>cervix</b> is used simply to mean "neck", as in "neck of womb" in obstetrics/gynaecology, eg "the cervix is <i>x</i> cm dilated"; and in orthopaedics/trauma we have "cervical vertebrae" as in "the patient suffered a high cervical&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-24502920394253093192020-12-28T11:30:18.648+00:002020-12-28T11:30:18.648+00:00Wee is surely universal for urine (here in locked ...Wee is surely universal for urine (here in locked down little Ireland).Prayerfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01561992635589480308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-52866552027071852232020-12-28T10:14:55.140+00:002020-12-28T10:14:55.140+00:00Oh my goodness! I understood very little of what y...Oh my goodness! I understood very little of what you said in this post. But admittedly I did not look up the words I did not know as I usually do because it is the wee hours of the morning where I am and the post seemed too be of a light nature and not s0oething that I might find helpful in understanding my faith or life's deeper mysteries. But I do want to comment about the calls for platohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429282716197202042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-89657466556347832872020-12-27T19:27:46.205+00:002020-12-27T19:27:46.205+00:00Amused at your problem with understanding someone ...Amused at your problem with understanding someone from the Indian sub-continent. The last time I spoke to someone who was obviously in India, I also had to keep on asking her to repeat what she had said. Eventually I was too embarrassed to continue so I told her I was very deaf and rang off.Pelerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242844701379703515noreply@blogger.com