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Nov 10, 2012 00:19:06   #
gmcase Loc: Galt's Gulch
 
"These ones".

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Nov 10, 2012 10:04:26   #
rocar7 Loc: Alton, England
 
Wellhiem wrote:
tlbuljac wrote:
I think I've "gotten" used to it


I think I've become used to it. "gotten" should be used in the same way as "obtained", as in "ill gotten gains".


Forgotten, mis-begotten.

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Nov 10, 2012 10:16:57   #
Wellhiem Loc: Sunny England.
 
Language is a funny thing. It's not like maths where there's only one right answer. In anticipation to the next question. We use maths in the plural to describe the three branches of algebra, arithmetric and geometry.

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Nov 10, 2012 10:31:01   #
treehugger Loc: Eastern Idaho Highlands
 
Conversation with one of the several American English dialects.

Whar b da brim?

Go down da big, caster by ah strub. Maybe comeupa buff.

K!

Anyone care to translate? Hint, overheard in a bait and tackle shop near Turkey Scratch TN.

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Nov 10, 2012 10:59:24   #
rocar7 Loc: Alton, England
 
Wellhiem wrote:
Language is a funny thing. It's not like maths where there's only one right answer. In anticipation to the next question. We use maths in the plural to describe the three branches of algebra, arithmetric and geometry.


"maths" is short for "mathematics" which is a plural. I'm trying to think of another plural word which has a shortened version, but my brain is blank at the moment.

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Nov 10, 2012 13:30:45   #
TchrBill Loc: Houston, TX
 
rocar7 wrote:
Wellhiem wrote:
Language is a funny thing. It's not like maths where there's only one right answer. In anticipation to the next question. We use maths in the plural to describe the three branches of algebra, arithmetric and geometry.


"maths" is short for "mathematics" which is a plural. I'm trying to think of another plural word which has a shortened version, but my brain is blank at the moment.

I don't disagree but, I don't ever recall using or even hearing the work in the singular, "I took a mathematic course this year."

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Nov 10, 2012 14:18:41   #
DennisK Loc: Pickle City,Illinois
 
treehugger wrote:
Conversation with one of the several American English dialects.

Whar b da brim?

Go down da big, caster by ah strub. Maybe comeupa buff.

K!

Anyone care to translate? Hint, overheard in a bait and tackle shop near Turkey Scratch TN.

Yeah they're looking for crappie(a type fish) to catch.

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Nov 10, 2012 14:22:21   #
jkaye65 Loc: Chico, CA
 
For those who missed it, the word East has an errant letter in the original poster's location.

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Nov 10, 2012 14:27:34   #
R.G. Loc: Scotland
 
Anyone wanting to find out where some Americanisms come from should check out Chaucer.

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Nov 10, 2012 18:05:40   #
SteveR Loc: Michigan
 
rocar7 wrote:
Wellhiem wrote:
tlbuljac wrote:
I think I've "gotten" used to it


I think I've become used to it. "gotten" should be used in the same way as "obtained", as in "ill gotten gains".


Forgotten, mis-begotten.


Most of "us guys" who grew up in blue collar states understand exactly what "I've gotten used to it" means. However, "I've grown accustomed to her face" wouldn't sound quite the same if it were "I've gotten used to her mug."

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Nov 11, 2012 04:21:23   #
rocar7 Loc: Alton, England
 
TchrBill wrote:
rocar7 wrote:
Wellhiem wrote:
Language is a funny thing. It's not like maths where there's only one right answer. In anticipation to the next question. We use maths in the plural to describe the three branches of algebra, arithmetric and geometry.


"maths" is short for "mathematics" which is a plural. I'm trying to think of another plural word which has a shortened version, but my brain is blank at the moment.

I don't disagree but, I don't ever recall using or even hearing the work in the singular, "I took a mathematic course this year."
quote=rocar7 quote=Wellhiem Language is a funny ... (show quote)


That's what I mean, really."Mathematics" is always used as a plural when it's a noun, so perhaps the shortened version should always be plural too? "Math" is an Americanism, everybody else says "maths". When it's an adjective it can be used in the singular, as in "a mathematic impossibility", though you could also say "mathematical".

It's like "physics", also always plural, but the adjective "physical" is singular.

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Nov 11, 2012 07:28:33   #
viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK
 
BWrep1 Said I can't spell east. WellI can but I do have thick fingers.Comes with age

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Nov 11, 2012 08:12:12   #
john clayton
 
Oh how I hate the french ways, example colour, centre. The German way is amusing, why use 3 words if one will do. example einbahnstrasse. or kriegsgefangener.

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Nov 11, 2012 10:16:34   #
viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK
 
The way things are going you might all be talking Spanish soon

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Nov 21, 2012 04:03:02   #
john clayton
 
WHAT ! Remember the ALAMO. How dare you.

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