Tamara wrote:
The BBC had a series of programmes last week or so on the English language
in the UK. It showed that language, especially among the young is changing
very rapidly. If I listen to a conversation between 15 year-olds, I've got
no idea what they're talking about - they use words I've
Joy writes
< A good thing may be the better of two or the best of three or more
Good, better best.
Never let us rest.
'til our good is better
And our better best.
Noelene in Cooma
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Sorry to be behind ...
What continues to tickle my fancy is that
in selling a house, for example,
a new furnace is newer than a "newer furnace".
Susan Webster
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A couple of regional expressions that spring to mind, from opposite ends of
the country - when I moved to west Kent (having grown up in east Kent) I was
asked one day if I had anything to go to the snob. After querying this I
discovered that it was the shoe menders. I don't know how widesprea
I've lived in north Kent all my life and although that's not an
expression I use I knew immediately what "anything to go to the snob"
meant as I read your message. A snob is a shoemaker's last. My Little
Oxford dictionary only gives the 'aspiring to social elevation'
definition of snob but it
There was an article in an Australian newspaper on Saturday (The Age in
Melbourne, Good Weekend supplement) discussing disappearing Aboriginal
languages. Thought the following may be of interest in light of the recent
linguistics discussion:
"A language expires on average every two years in Aus
Yes - I know I'm late replying, but after being away for about five weeks, I
have a lot of eMails to catch up on!
But - Malvary's note made me give a smile!I can remember the fuss and
commotion caused when a sign went up at the unmanned level crossing when we
lived in the north of England!
