tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post4193899811845380799..comments2024-03-28T22:56:16.016+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: PhilologyFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-46090431031317353082020-04-30T19:40:25.142+01:002020-04-30T19:40:25.142+01:00Singular they is first cited by the OED from 1375,...Singular they is first cited by the OED from 1375, making it older than singular you. Therefore, if thou objectest to it as a novelty, thou must for consistency revive the second person singular. Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967143115506520306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-66984189801179093622020-04-30T19:36:46.307+01:002020-04-30T19:36:46.307+01:00I applaud your commitment to precision, Father Hun...I applaud your commitment to precision, Father Hunwicke, as I too am easily irritated by incorrect use of language. So you will understand why I was puzzled by the fact that on two recent occasions (your blog posts of 17 and 25 April) you referred to BBC Radio 4 as the “Home Service”. Why the inexactitude? The BBC Home Service was a relatively short-lived phenomenon that only lasted for 28 years Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551041799064065025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-48515241959611533662020-04-29T00:43:09.031+01:002020-04-29T00:43:09.031+01:00I'm not used to reading praise for the diction...I'm not used to reading praise for the diction of North Americans! Maybe you had only Canadians in mind? (I'm in the U.S.A.) I'm wondering what you think of the theory that the Scots/Irish Appalachians spake, and still speak, an authentic form of Elizabethan English that is no longer spoken in Britain. Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12292589658566923014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-36097961414469148862020-04-28T14:38:50.417+01:002020-04-28T14:38:50.417+01:00Professor Higgins has an epic rant in "My Fai...Professor Higgins has an epic rant in "My Fair Lady":<br /><br />'This is what the British population / Calls an elementary education?!<br />'Hear a Yorkshireman, or worse / Hear a Cornishman converse -<br />'l'd rather hear a choir singing flat.'<br /><br />'An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.<br />'The moment he talks he makes frjustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109539584303934489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-22267285027514365542020-04-28T14:09:09.382+01:002020-04-28T14:09:09.382+01:00I think the American 'So...' has a differe...I think the American 'So...' has a different origin. I believe it comes through German influence, and is the equivalent of the German 'Also', nearly, but more than, the Latin 'ergo'. 'Therefore' doesn't really do it justice, whatever the dictionary may say. It is not a filler, but means precisely: "I have listed to your question carefully, and Josephus Muris Saliensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10888638147153175697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-78683152461520369612020-04-28T12:42:57.965+01:002020-04-28T12:42:57.965+01:00@Atticus – I agree wholeheartedly! When tempted – ...@Atticus – I agree wholeheartedly! When tempted – as one inevitably is – I mentally note: ‘none’ = ‘no one’, which reinforces correctness.GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-9033523994318470962020-04-28T10:00:10.589+01:002020-04-28T10:00:10.589+01:00"The presence of antibodies don't guarant..."The presence of antibodies don't guarantee immunity ...".<br /><br />Mishearing, perhaps. Clearly the antibodies are bearing gifts. daldredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16536691352877083778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-68725644604620856562020-04-28T08:21:07.315+01:002020-04-28T08:21:07.315+01:00"None of us are perfect.""None of us are perfect."Atticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03537205387276510875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-203883296728926892020-04-28T03:32:33.612+01:002020-04-28T03:32:33.612+01:00It could also be a natural evolution to more disti...It could also be a natural evolution to more distinctive dialects of English; but that still leaves open what might trigger one of the more pervasive dialects around the globe to be established as "High English", even as Dante triggered his regional use of Italian to achieve "High Italian" status (and that it was also the native tongue of St. Francis of Assisi helped as well -Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833345391579579562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-32906977946057464172020-04-28T01:56:25.714+01:002020-04-28T01:56:25.714+01:00Loose vowel syndrome has also spread out from the ...Loose vowel syndrome has also spread out from the Estuary. Not quite a pandemic but....Ceile Dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00231797721908473008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-42893275107510222512020-04-27T16:59:00.328+01:002020-04-27T16:59:00.328+01:00Well, you never know. You know.
and then there'...Well, you never know. You know.<br />and then there's "now ... at the hour of our death". I doubt that you'll hear the missing "and".WGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11048963132711468045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-80071836012439094592020-04-27T16:55:29.576+01:002020-04-27T16:55:29.576+01:00Fr. you missed the new european country idalyFr. you missed the new european country idalyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-1298508590267484882020-04-27T15:19:30.479+01:002020-04-27T15:19:30.479+01:00Wotcha, Favver.
Standards are most definitely fal...Wotcha, Favver.<br /><br />Standards are most definitely falling and with the full knowledge and approval of those who should be protecting those standards. When I mark examination scripts and encounter a novel spelling I am not to reject it. I am expected to say out loud the word the pupil has offered and if its sounds phonetically correct I am to accept it.<br /><br />There are no examinations PDLeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11171018485666034406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-59458964499067560242020-04-27T15:14:10.235+01:002020-04-27T15:14:10.235+01:00Overheard in Rhyl: 'I'm goin' into Pre...Overheard in Rhyl: 'I'm goin' into Presta:n with Na:alie to ge: a ta::oo.' Clever Radio 4 'personalities' also insert the occasional glottal stop for 'woke' credibility into their endless stream of banalities. While on the subject of grammar, I notice that the awkward expression 'his or her', created as a sop to wimmin, has now been universally replaced by Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04264379572686048595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-8330418048687671122020-04-27T13:35:46.439+01:002020-04-27T13:35:46.439+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.frjustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10109539584303934489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-3589926796836374542020-04-27T13:15:58.821+01:002020-04-27T13:15:58.821+01:00Dear Father, Americans have become infected with t...Dear Father, Americans have become infected with the disease of beginning every repose to a question with <i>So</i><br /><br />Thus, <i> Governor Desantis (holy) why are you risking the lives of your constituents by letting Church services continue</i><br /><br /><b> So,</b> I am doing that because ....Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-80176995324188406082020-04-27T10:49:17.972+01:002020-04-27T10:49:17.972+01:00"Has "Universal Education" achieved..."Has "Universal Education" achieved anything other than irritating logorrhea among the intellectually challenged?"<br /><br />Nah. Innit ?Zephyrinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179350648709554049noreply@blogger.com