tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post9066511502031998876..comments2024-03-28T14:19:53.973+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Atcherleee ...Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-42725404718783561312021-10-09T21:27:49.116+01:002021-10-09T21:27:49.116+01:00Language Log had an article about "He was, li...Language Log had an article about "He was, like, etc." If I recall correctly, it turned out to be a German language filler word that had been imported into US English. (A lot of this kind of transfer happens in the US, possibly because a lot of American kids spent time on US bases in Germany, possibly from immigration.)Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-70620429457588779912021-10-05T16:35:33.327+01:002021-10-05T16:35:33.327+01:00vetusta ecclesia that is a common problem on this ...vetusta ecclesia that is a common problem on this side of the pond, probably because of a dearth of medieval cathedrals here, we might not be aware of the meaning of the root "minster".John Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352405449391514146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-34354357957543548502021-10-04T09:14:58.651+01:002021-10-04T09:14:58.651+01:00A don of my acquaintance tries to iron that habit ...A don of my acquaintance tries to iron that habit out of his teenage offspring by asking 'But what is the comparator?'PMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144651697262763099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-45547172657860598492021-10-03T10:21:13.138+01:002021-10-03T10:21:13.138+01:00A current fad is to drop the word 'like' i...A current fad is to drop the word 'like' in every few words. Also, instead of saying 'he said,' to say 'he was like.' I find it maddening.Stephen Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10035020087162868502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-3646144733786600382021-10-03T07:19:07.672+01:002021-10-03T07:19:07.672+01:00I was cured forever of using that rhetorical tic &...I was cured forever of using that rhetorical tic 'no doubt' by a tutor who observed that it usually meant 'no evidence'. PMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144651697262763099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-20445022265700047092021-10-02T22:39:47.496+01:002021-10-02T22:39:47.496+01:00Since you opened the Trump door, Father, you got w...Since you opened the Trump door, Father, you got what you wanted: Trump is gone!!<br /><br />Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-66883514118689643172021-10-02T19:29:52.917+01:002021-10-02T19:29:52.917+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.JOSEPHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13327205390813572516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-36652982013549592922021-10-02T18:58:27.240+01:002021-10-02T18:58:27.240+01:00
I heard a MP last week who thought her place of ...<br /><br />I heard a MP last week who thought her place of work was “ Westminister”.vetusta ecclesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454059029260192711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-78023643876860610102021-10-02T16:40:59.996+01:002021-10-02T16:40:59.996+01:00Dear Father, I don't suppose Tully ever wrote ...Dear Father, I don't suppose Tully ever wrote (or rather said) ut vera loquar, but it is possible that Flaccy did.Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04264379572686048595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-32840493804727791452021-10-02T15:17:38.961+01:002021-10-02T15:17:38.961+01:00Indeed. The unspoken truth.
We had a shop in our ...Indeed. The unspoken truth.<br /><br />We had a shop in our village which proclaimed in the basket on the counter "Fresh eggs". Josephus Muris Saliensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10888638147153175697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-8218297615674815602021-10-02T11:57:48.997+01:002021-10-02T11:57:48.997+01:00Ut vere loquar: Do we have Dominical warrant for t...Ut vere loquar: Do we have Dominical warrant for this with Amen soi lego, Amen dico tibi? God forbid we distrust any divine saying not prefixed with this formula- unless you are the sort of theologian who insists on hearing the tape recording first.<br />Grant Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381331872077276383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-84994785125151902732021-10-02T11:28:11.501+01:002021-10-02T11:28:11.501+01:00I particularly dislike the modern misuse of "...I particularly dislike the modern misuse of "around" when "about" is meant – after all, to talk "around" such-and-such would properly mean to avoid talking "about" that topic, but the phrase is often misused to mean precisely to focus upon and discuss it.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-25890888760940005652021-10-02T10:31:12.887+01:002021-10-02T10:31:12.887+01:00"Verily I say unto you"?"Verily I say unto you"?<br />Colin Spinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06187466247865796371noreply@blogger.com