2007/3/4, splay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On Mar 4, 4:09 pm, "Petr Hrubis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > > > Oh, I didn't know "to with". Thank you! > > "To wit," not "with."
Sorry, a typo. The senso-motorical paths in my brain are trained to put an "h" after "wit" :-))) > It's a kind of mummified form; you never see > this "wit" anywhere else (I think it originally meant something like > "to know"). I thought so. Akin to Latin /videre/, Czech /vide^t/ etc. I prefer it to "i.e." or "id est" simply because it's > English. It is in current use. "Namely" works, too. I thought I could use "namely", but I wasn't sure about its usage... > > > > "...its reconstruction is still in its infancy but may soon be > > > improved...". > > > > I see, so this is the phrase... > > Yup. Another cliche, by the way. > > >originally, I wanted to write "in the > > napkin", but didn't know whether it was used in English at all. :-) > > Translated into American English, that would be "in diapers," which > would be understood even though it's not a stock phrase. It would be > pretty funny, too. So, I can use it? > > > > The other page looks OK. > > > > > > That's cool! Moc dekuju za pomoc ;-) > > > > "Moc dekuju za pomoc", pronounced approximately [mots jeck-oo-yoo zah > > pom-mots], means "Thank you a lot for (your) help", but I'm sorry, > > I've got no idea what the following might mean, however familiar it > > might look to me... :-))) > > > > > Avehay anhay icenay aday. > > Well, no wonder. I misspelled "ahay" and "ayday." (It's Pig Latin-- > child's wordplay. You take the initial consonant sound(s), move it to > the end and add "ay." If the word starts with a vowel, you simply add > "hay." It's usually only spoken. That's a sample of my sense of humor; > I thought it would be funny to answer a Czech linguist with that and > see if you knew what it was. Too bad I blew it.) Hehe, never mind ;-) Try another one. Best, Petr --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Correct my English" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/correct-my-english -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
