tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post4675626090841290471..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Yester dayZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-53425580112659539572011-02-14T23:54:52.687+00:002011-02-14T23:54:52.687+00:00Siobhan, was it? Katriona? Hermione? Or Penelope...Siobhan, was it? Katriona? Hermione? Or Penelope, perhaps?<br /><br />Language-simplifiers get my goat, because you don't just lose the richness of the language, and the thread of the evolution, you lose an important way of being able to think about the relationship between words and their meaning. Such people are in my view ignorami, and should shut up and get on with reading the Sun, instead of trying to bring us all down to their level.Dandelionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302932867084357713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-11134006119048919372011-02-14T20:13:31.409+00:002011-02-14T20:13:31.409+00:00No, come on darling, you live the right side of th...No, come on darling, you live the right side of the North/South divide. I'm sure I blogged that when I visited KL a few months ago.<br /><br />It does show, however, the impossibility of phonetic spelling in this country, Because I Larf and you Laff.<br /><br />Received, understood and appreciated, Anon!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-72399199661308547892011-02-14T20:04:20.129+00:002011-02-14T20:04:20.129+00:00"Laugh" is pronounced "laff". ..."Laugh" is pronounced "laff". Actually.<br /><br />I bet you say grarce too.Eddie 2-Soxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14663438334446202114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-21321834163503193432011-02-14T02:24:21.539+00:002011-02-14T02:24:21.539+00:00There is one bagger at the local store whose parti...There is one bagger at the local store whose parting words are always "have a good one". A good what? Why can't he say thank you and leave it at that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-49142601343732754832011-02-12T19:17:37.921+00:002011-02-12T19:17:37.921+00:00So I've heard, Mago. Language should evolve, ...So I've heard, Mago. Language should evolve, not be subject to decree. Of course, the French try to keep their language pure and not allow new words, especially if they're Anglicised, but that goes to the other extreme.<br /><br />You're right, it was an impulse. When I started writing, I didn't know how the post was going to take over. Duodecimalisation is a far more sensible concept than decimalisation except for the fact that most of us have ten digits - apart from lucky Norfolk natives, of course.<br /><br />there's always something that really jars, isn't there - I've got several words that really annoy me and I'm working on not minding them!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-34207121362053749692011-02-12T17:56:28.534+00:002011-02-12T17:56:28.534+00:00"Gotta" gets me so rankled.
Mares eat o..."Gotta" gets me so rankled.<br /><br />Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy. Kids will eat ivy too wouldn't you?luckyzmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176703683321469118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-4510573625562211952011-02-12T01:23:46.143+00:002011-02-12T01:23:46.143+00:00Variation (and I think art in general is variation...Variation (and I think art in general is variation) is only possible on the basis of a given foundation, a set of rules; for example grammar and orthography: A writer should be able to use these tools. In Germany we had I-lost-count-how-many "reforms" of orthography in the last twenty years: It's terrible. <br />Big shots like Grass and others made absolutely clear that their texts are not to be touched. Others have to face re-editions or "Bearbeitungen".<br /><br />An interesting topic: basics and variations; standards and standardization - thank you for the impulse.<br /><br />By the way, decimalization was introduced into Germany after 1871 as part of the unification and, yes, prussification. In Bavaria and Franconia systems based on twelve and twentyfour had been in use in daily live: Money, measures of capacity, weights, distances. Only through WWI these old measures were finally abandoned when the Supreme Command (OHL) took over and practised "Kriegswirtschaft", based on total unification.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-10346073426824336692011-02-11T16:05:14.673+00:002011-02-11T16:05:14.673+00:00There are so many song lyrics that I have got wron...There are so many song lyrics that I have got wrong for years, Martina!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-14987327208043579772011-02-11T15:50:18.316+00:002011-02-11T15:50:18.316+00:00Good comeback Z! Here we pronounce Laughton..Lawto...Good comeback Z! Here we pronounce Laughton..Lawton. I used to think the line in the DoReMe song was "tea, a drink with Janet Red" instead of "tea, a drink with jam and bread". Wondered who this popular girl named Janet Red was.martinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-75460809324264926622011-02-11T15:21:55.536+00:002011-02-11T15:21:55.536+00:00So was the second. She replied "Eve."So was the second. She replied "Eve."Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-8887955662697832302011-02-11T15:05:18.630+00:002011-02-11T15:05:18.630+00:00By the way Dave, my second daughter tells me that ...By the way Dave, my second daughter tells me that the first ever human remark was almost certainly a palindromic one. When Adam first saw Eve, he introduced himself by saying "Madam, I'm Adam".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-27829854132583882342011-02-11T14:56:55.667+00:002011-02-11T14:56:55.667+00:00Sorry about yesterday, Mike, I was impressed by al...Sorry about yesterday, Mike, I was impressed by all the Latin that turned up in the comment box, as well as other languages. <br /><br />I love playing about with numbers, glad I'm not alone.<br /><br />Dave, we need a few extra fingers to allow for those we lose in agricultural or engineering accidents. Of course, the webbing between the digits helps too, in understanding the concept of fractions.<br /><br />BTW, for non-native English speakers, Laughton is pronounced Lorton - obviously you'll know that laugh is pronounced larf.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-29226796559472115552011-02-11T14:04:30.079+00:002011-02-11T14:04:30.079+00:00Excuse me, I'm heavily drugged-up.Excuse me, I'm heavily drugged-up.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-26494890838760466032011-02-11T14:03:27.376+00:002011-02-11T14:03:27.376+00:00Of course, M&A, today is a palindrome: 11.02.2...Of course, M&A, today is a palindrome: 11.02.2011.<br /><br />Oddly, only last week I was discussing times tables and calculators with my daughter (who learned her tables - it was she who was moaning about modern youngster's inability to multiply.<br /><br />Of course, many folk in Norfolk found the 12 times table easier, having been born with 12 fingers.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-27380989039780108282011-02-11T13:49:29.720+00:002011-02-11T13:49:29.720+00:00P.s. Glad to see your blog is back in English, Z. ...P.s. Glad to see your blog is back in English, Z. Latin's a bit of a strain, after sixty years of trying to forget it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-84372163508668849112011-02-11T13:43:50.313+00:002011-02-11T13:43:50.313+00:00Yesterday I wrote a cheque, and as I wrote the dat...Yesterday I wrote a cheque, and as I wrote the date (10.2.11)I realised that it was ten to eleven all day, which must be quite an unusual day ? <br /><br />Connexion :- misleading pronunciation of words.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.com