On 4/17/2011 21:19, Igor Roshchin wrote:
A pair of binoculars - is this two binoculars or just one _binocular_?
;-)
Igor, look for the answer within... In our native language we don't say
a pair of binoculars but we definitely say a pair of pants...
Boris
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Boris Liberman wrote:
On 4/17/2011 21:19, Igor Roshchin wrote:
A pair of binoculars - is this two binoculars or just one _binocular_?
;-)
Igor, look for the answer within... In our native language we don't say
a pair of binoculars but we definitely say a pair
On 5/4/2011 14:32, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Boris, I understand what you mean, and I thought about that.
I don't say a pair of pants in any language: My guts curl up in the
opposite direction every time I hear any of these expressions.
:-)
Igor
My lips are sealed... If only for sake of proper
Well try a pair of monoculars, then. :-)
2011/5/4 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com:
On 4/17/2011 21:19, Igor Roshchin wrote:
A pair of binoculars - is this two binoculars or just one _binocular_?
;-)
Igor, look for the answer within... In our native language we don't say a
pair of
BTW, AFAIK, OED is focused more on British English. . .
Um, no, it's not. It tries with great energy to span all the
Englishes, and doesn't do a bad job. I worked on the OED for some
years starting in 1987 and have to shut up right here lest I become
boring on the topic. -T
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Joseph,
Sorry, I don't think I understand you here.. Are you referring to the
abbreviations I used? Why? I missed the connection.
Igor
Igor, did you look up at the same time the definitions of the
internet-ese you used in posting this message?
The English and my distant relative Webster
I guess the reason I posted that was the humorous juxtaposition of a discussion
of the correct use of one word or words, and the alphabet soup representing the
current use of terms online using first letters only of the phrases one wants
to convey.
An assault on the senses of many who take
A pair of binoculars - is this two binoculars or just one _binocular_?
;-)
My ears/eyes are irritated even when people use pair of ... with the
nouns which are usually not used in a singular form (at least in the
contemporary language), such as pants (pantaloons), trousers,
shorts, etc,
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 02:19:30PM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote:
A pair of binoculars - is this two binoculars or just one _binocular_?
;-)
But one optical device in question is called a binocular, not binoculars!
Not in English.
It may not be accurate, or rational. But it is correct
Similar usage as a pair of pants. The binoculars have two oculars, pants have
two legs.
stan
On Apr 17, 2011, at 3:32 PM, John Francis wrote:
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 02:19:30PM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote:
A pair of binoculars - is this two binoculars or just one _binocular_?
;-)
But
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Igor Roshchin
A pair of binoculars - is this two binoculars or just one
_binocular_?
;-)
it's a pair of binoculars.
My ears/eyes are irritated even when people use pair of ... with the
nouns which are usually
On Apr 17, 2011, at 12:32 , John Francis wrote:
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 02:19:30PM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote:
A pair of binoculars - is this two binoculars or just one _binocular_?
;-)
But one optical device in question is called a binocular, not binoculars!
Not in English.
A pair of binoculars - is this two binoculars or just one _binocular_?
No, that would be a couple of pairs of binoculars. I am personally
holding out for multiple binoculi.
;-)
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:
A pair of binoculars - is this two binoculars
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:
But one optical device in question is called a binocular, not binoculars!
(Binocular is a pair of monoculars or telescopes.)
You are correct, and this usage is observed by professionals in the
field. For example, on Zeiss's
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Subject: Pair of binoculars (Was: OT: Possible enablement - Pentax
binoculars?)
A pair of binoculars - is this two binoculars or just one _binocular_?
;-)
My ears/eyes are irritated even when people use pair of ... with the
nouns which are usually not used
Igor, did you look up at the same time the definitions of the internet-ese you
used in posting this message?
The English and my distant relative Webster would be beside themselves. :-)
On Apr 17, 2011, at 19:59 , Igor Roshchin wrote:
[See the most interesting for PDML finging on this
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 10:59:10PM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote:
BTW, AFAIK, OED is focused more on British English. . .
Well, of course it is.
But who else are you going to accept as the authority on the language?
An anectode I fondly remember from my past:
At one of the Cambridge Union
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