On Saturday 08 October 2005 09:29 am, Duncan Smith wrote:
> Yes, although I'm not actually sure where the 'royal we' comes from;
I have heard the explanation, that the "royal we" refers to two people,
the office of the monarch being one, and the person of the monarch
being the other. But I only r
Duncan Smith wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
>
>>There are special rules for the monarchs, who are expected to refer to
>>themselves in the first person plural.
>>
>
> Yes, although I'm not actually sure where the 'royal we' comes from;
I was under the (probably misinformed) impression that since
Steve Holden wrote:
> Duncan Smith wrote:
>
>> Rocco Moretti wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>
>> So English is spoken only in the South East of England, except London?
>> I think you should also disbar the queen (unless she's already
>> classified as a Londoner), due to her apparent confusion between the 1
Duncan Smith wrote:
> Rocco Moretti wrote:
[...]
>
> So English is spoken only in the South East of England, except London?
> I think you should also disbar the queen (unless she's already
> classified as a Londoner), due to her apparent confusion between the 1st
> person singular and 1st person p
Rocco Moretti wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
>
>>> On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:33:43 -, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> wrote:
>
>
For example: In British English one uses a plural verb when the
subject consists of more than one person. Sports teams,
government departments, st
On 2005-07-02, Andrew Durdin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/1/05, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On 2005-06-30, Delaney, Timothy (Tim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Tom Anderson wrote:
>> >
>> >> How about carrier?
>> >
>> > Ends in an "a" (Australian ;)
>>
>> Right, but due to s
On 7/1/05, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2005-06-30, Delaney, Timothy (Tim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Tom Anderson wrote:
> >
> >> How about carrier?
> >
> > Ends in an "a" (Australian ;)
>
> Right, but due to some wierd property requiring conservation of
> consonants, when sp
Grant Edwards wrote:
> Right, but due to some wierd property requiring conservation of
> consonants, when speaking Strine you've got to take the r's
> removed from words like "carrier" and "order", and add them to
> the ends of other words like Amanda.
The distinction is rhotic vs. non-rhotic acc
Delaney, Timothy (Tim) wrote:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>
>>On 2005-06-30, Delaney, Timothy (Tim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Due to some wierd property requiring conservation of
>> consonants, when speaking Strine you've got to take the r's
>> removed from words like "carrier" and "order", a
Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2005-06-30, Delaney, Timothy (Tim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Tom Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> How about carrier?
>>
>> Ends in an "a" (Australian ;)
>
> Right, but due to some wierd property requiring conservation of
> consonants, when speaking Strine you've got to take
On 2005-06-30, Delaney, Timothy (Tim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tom Anderson wrote:
>
>> How about carrier?
>
> Ends in an "a" (Australian ;)
Right, but due to some wierd property requiring conservation of
consonants, when speaking Strine you've got to take the r's
removed from words like "carr
Tom Anderson wrote:
> How about carrier?
Ends in an "a" (Australian ;)
Tim Delaney
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