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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« on: August 27, 2024, 11:25:40 AM »
I didn't realize it either till I saw the meme about it.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« on: August 19, 2024, 06:22:55 PM »
Thanks for your thoughts on it.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« on: August 18, 2024, 08:59:26 PM »
I pronounce it the way Merriam-Webster says. So does my spouse.
Maybe the pronounciation differences are regional?
Maybe the pronounciation differences are regional?
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« on: August 18, 2024, 11:26:56 AM »
So I saw a meme asking why we pronounce the "g" in "longevity" twice. Pretty sure I don't.
So what's the correct pronounciation?
So what's the correct pronounciation?
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English & Linguistics / Re: New column-type thingy
« on: June 18, 2024, 03:47:19 PM »
Ha, I had the same questions as rivka. 
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English & Linguistics / Re: Dear Expert
« on: February 07, 2024, 08:50:52 PM »
Ha! Yeah, something like that.
Folks use commas inappropriately a lot.
Folks use commas inappropriately a lot.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Dear Expert
« on: February 06, 2024, 06:49:49 AM »
Why on earth would someone use a comma after "include" in this sentence? (Including only the part of the sentence leading up to and after "include".)
"...pain treatment strategies during procedures for newborns and infants include, breastfeeding, skin-to-skin and..."
Am I wrong to think no comma is needed after include?
It's a quote pulled from another publication and quoted in an article I'm reviewing, so if it's wrong it was probably published wrong. Unless the article writer typed the quote incorrectly.
"...pain treatment strategies during procedures for newborns and infants include, breastfeeding, skin-to-skin and..."
Am I wrong to think no comma is needed after include?
It's a quote pulled from another publication and quoted in an article I'm reviewing, so if it's wrong it was probably published wrong. Unless the article writer typed the quote incorrectly.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Dear Expert
« on: August 23, 2023, 05:07:26 AM »m-w conjectures:Spoiler: hiding my shame in using the literal dictionary (click to show/hide)
Interesting, pooka. Which dictionary did you check?
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English & Linguistics / Re: Dear Expert
« on: August 20, 2023, 08:37:19 PM »
Why is a canard an unfounded rumor in English and a duck in French?
Is there a relationship between the two words?
Is there a relationship between the two words?
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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« on: June 28, 2023, 07:51:02 PM »
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English & Linguistics / Re: Dear Expert
« on: June 26, 2023, 10:46:01 AM »
I only know the ones Tante mentioned.
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English & Linguistics / Re: I hate journalistic writing
« on: March 03, 2023, 10:25:12 AM »
Not only is it poorly written but full of misinformation.
News flash: antibiotics are not used to treat norovirus. It's a virus. Antibiotics don't work against viruses.
News flash: antibiotics are not used to treat norovirus. It's a virus. Antibiotics don't work against viruses.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« on: December 05, 2022, 09:24:06 PM »
Yeah.
My very well-read son used to be notorious for that kind of error when he was in high school, especially: Mispronouncing words he had only seen in writing. It was amusing.
After two university degrees, I don't hear him making that type of error anymore.
My very well-read son used to be notorious for that kind of error when he was in high school, especially: Mispronouncing words he had only seen in writing. It was amusing.
After two university degrees, I don't hear him making that type of error anymore.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« on: December 05, 2022, 09:26:02 AM »
I was listening to a podcast put out by Ha'Aretz, as Israeli newspaper, today and one of the folks on the podcast pronounced hyperbole “hyperbowl”. Pretty sure that's not a legitimate variation of how to say hyperbole.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« on: October 12, 2022, 06:55:27 PM »
Interesting. And not too surprising, I guess.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« on: October 09, 2022, 10:49:26 AM »
Funny. But is it true? 
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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« on: September 10, 2022, 07:49:40 PM »
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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« on: May 26, 2022, 10:08:23 AM »
Seriously.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« on: March 17, 2022, 11:44:37 AM »
Yeah, except that "kol hakavod" does not mean "well done" in Hebrew, as in well done steak.
It means, literally, all the honor. It's used to mean well done, as in a task well done.
The phrase is never used to reference how well cooked the steak is. Or any other food, for that matter.
It means, literally, all the honor. It's used to mean well done, as in a task well done.
The phrase is never used to reference how well cooked the steak is. Or any other food, for that matter.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« on: February 23, 2022, 11:49:59 AM »
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English & Linguistics / Re: You keep on using that word
« on: February 04, 2022, 12:06:02 PM »
No nauseated emoticons at me, please. I would hide it if I could.
I removed my post. Your emoticon is now irrelevant.
I removed my post. Your emoticon is now irrelevant.
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English & Linguistics / Re: English-to-English translation
« on: January 19, 2022, 10:17:56 AM »
My theory is she didn't ask anyone or thing how to pronounce it.
Though it's true that for me the British pronunciation came up first, when I did a search.
Though it's true that for me the British pronunciation came up first, when I did a search.
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English & Linguistics / Re: English-to-English translation
« on: January 19, 2022, 06:43:27 AM »
I was listening to a story on the 5G problem and the newscaster kept saying altimeter in a way that sounded wrong to me. Turns out it was the correct Brutish pronunciation.
The unanswered question is whether she was pronouncing it that way deliberately or if she just doesn’t know the American pronunciation, hasn’t spoken the word much (or at all), and was saying it the way it looked to her.
I suspect the latter, cause she has a thoroughly American accent and it’s not unheard of for newscasters to mispronounce words.
The unanswered question is whether she was pronouncing it that way deliberately or if she just doesn’t know the American pronunciation, hasn’t spoken the word much (or at all), and was saying it the way it looked to her.
I suspect the latter, cause she has a thoroughly American accent and it’s not unheard of for newscasters to mispronounce words.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Funny English and Linguistics stuff...
« on: January 12, 2022, 10:35:03 PM »
Same.