English Appreciation Thread

[Majestic XII]

The finest english word you say? Well, that got to be pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis of course.

 

[rambler]

i prefer 'twat'

 

[el Chi]

A good answer.

 

[rambler]

just so you all know, in england twat is more like 'jerk' and 'idiot', it's used mostly as an insult.

also prat means jerk (with a splashing of 'idiot'). so ER has a character who is called Dr. jerk in effect. dr. prat.

 

[DeusExMachina]

I wanna talk about my bangs.

 

[rambler]

go go go!!!

 

[AntiAnto]

Though and thought

 

[el Chi]

just so you all know, in england twat is more like 'jerk' and 'idiot', it's used mostly as an insult.

also prat means jerk (with a splashing of 'idiot'). so ER has a character who is called Dr. jerk in effect. dr. prat.

Prat means "idiot" more than it does "jerk".
And twat means more "jerk" than it does "idiot". In fact, I'd never call someone a twat for being stupid.

Just so's everyone knows, a twat is slang for lady bits.

 

[Sulkdodds]

But which ones? It is a mystery!

The finest english word you say? Well, that got to be pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis of course.

How sesquipedalian of you!

 

[el Chi]

A friend of mine nick-named me Dr.Vocab, for my extensive lexicon.
However Sulk, in your presence I simply do not feel worthy of that moniker.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Teddy Roosevelt tried but failed in 1906 to advance the cause of simplified spelling. He tried to force his government to adopt the system, sending an order to the Public Printer to use the system in all public documents. The order was obeyed, and among the documents thus printed was the President's special message regarding the Panama Canal. Newspapers had a field day. The New York World translated the Thanksgiving Day proclamation:

When nerly three centuries ago, the first settlers kam to the kuntry which has bekom this great republik, tha confronted not only hardship and privashun, but terible risk of thar lives. . . . The kustum has now bekum nashnul and hallowed by immemorial usaj.

The reform annoyed, however, and it demanded he rescind the order, which he did. His friend literary critic Brander Matthews , one of the chief advocates of the reform, remonstrating with him for abandoning the effort. Roosevelt replied on December 16: "I could not by fighting have kept the new spelling in, and it was evidently worse than useless to go into an undignified contest when I was beaten. Do you know that the one word as to which I thought the new spelling was wrong -thru -- was more responsible than anything else for our discomfiture?" Next summer Roosevelt was watching a naval review when a launch marked "Pres Bot" chugged ostentatiously by. The President waved and laughed with delight.

 

[rambler]

ooohhh... nice use of a thesaurus chi.

 

[el Chi]

ooohhh... nice use of a thesaurus chi.

No, I just happen to have a good command and understanding of the English language (being a university English student and all) and am very liberal when it comes to using profanity, thus am aware of when it is or is not applicable.
You twat.


You see, that was proper usage.

Besides, is twat even in Roget?

 

[rambler]

oh, i'm sorry i seem to have hit a nerve.

and i think you meant 'you are a twat'

 

[el Chi]

Not so much hit a nerve, it just seemed irritatingly smarmy.

 

[Jangle]

and i think you meant 'you are a twat'

'You twat' is perfectly good English...

 

[DEATH eVADER]

Silent letters in words get me.

I don't mind words with 'th' in them

I can't stand ones with 'ph'

 

[Angry Lawyer]

Not so much hit a nerve, it just seemed irritatingly smarmy.

And now you'll never doubt me again.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[ríomhaire]

Silent letters in words get me.

I don't mind words with 'th' in them

I can't stand ones with 'ph'

'ph's in words aren't silent...

 

[Pesmerga]

Dolphin!

 

[ríomhaire]

If the ph was silent it would be pronounced
dol-in
but it's pronounced
dol-fin

 

[Angry Lawyer]

Ph, th, and f differ due to the precise way you're supposed to align your tongue, lips, and teeth for making the sound. :shh:

-Angry Lawyer

 

[Pesmerga]

If the ph was silent it would be pronounced
dol-in
but it's pronounced
dol-fin

But I didn't say the ph was silent.

 

[sHaDdoW]

I type to fast. It ends up in me making stupid mistakes, and sometimes missing out whole words.

D:

 

[xcellerate]

A non-stop flight. Never get on one of these. You'll never get down.
A hot water heater. Who heats hot water?
A hot cup of coffee. Personally I perfer a cup of hot coffee.
The movie was sub/below par. In golf, isn't being below par a good thing?

 

[rambler]

never heard of a non-stop fight
and yes, in golf below par is good, but in ratings below par is bad.

the coffee one and water one are actually good points.

 

[el Chi]

And now you'll never doubt me again.

-Angry Lawyer

*Bows head* You've shown me the light.

 

[sinkoman]

Quite, due to a plethora of spelling and grammatical mistakes being annoyingly corrected, I have taken the liberty of showcasing some of the finer moments in the English language.

Wednesday
Colonel
February - (credit-MiccyNarc)
Bologna

Please, post your most annoying mistake!

I'd like to add to this.

The words Through and Threw are NOT interchangable.

Yes, there is a diacritic mark in "don't".

Know and Now are NOT interchangable (hell, they don't even sound the same. But hell, some people are so dumb...)

Any sort of cuss word, when left alone, or without a remark of some sort, is NOT a suitable insult and or comeback.

 

[Raziaar]

I'd like to add to this.

The words Through and Threw are NOT interchangable.

Yes, there is a diacritic mark in "don't".

Know and Now are NOT interchangable (hell, they don't even sound the same. But hell, some people are so dumb...)

Any sort of cuss word, when left alone, or without a remark of some sort, is NOT a suitable insult and or comeback.

You've reminded me... same with Through, and Thorough.

 

[sinkoman]

[21:53] CyberPitz: ERR?
[21:53] CyberPitz: im on?
[21:53] sinkoman: yes
[21:53] sinkoman: oh the internets
[21:53] CyberPitz: i'd hope so
[21:53] sinkoman: now we must chat, in the english language
[21:53] sinkoman: hmm, so yes, I do suppose so
[21:53] CyberPitz: Yehaw
[21:53] sinkoman: AH, very clever remark there old fellow
[21:53] CyberPitz: lol
[21:53] sinkoman: I agree with the entire dictum that is my buttock
[21:54] sinkoman: Look at me, I have a U in my Color!
[21:54] sinkoman: colOUR
[21:54] CyberPitz: I'm english, hur hur
[21:54] sinkoman: yes, erhrmm, yes
[21:55] CyberPitz: laff

 

[el Chi]

[21:54] CyberPitz: I'm english, hur hur

Cheeky bastard :hmph:

 

[sinkoman]

Cheeky bastard :hmph:

It was like, a joke. Kind of like when they pull those illegal Italian immigrant jokes on TV, I could care less (half Italian).

In either case, I was just as cheeky a bastard as pitz, in some sort of go down with him blame me too not fault his sort of thing.

 

[bbson john]

desoxyribonucleinacid

Dioxide-carbonic-nucleic-acid?

 

[el Chi]

It was like, a joke.

I know it was
As was mine - Lordy, I appear to be a bit to be coming off as a bit TOO linguistically nationalistic. If there even is such a thing. Sounds good, though.
I'm just pedantic and conceited, that's all.

 

[bbson john]

eight is not egg't, no one can pronounce it
"says" is not "say s" or "sex"
peanuts are not penis

 

[Jangle]

I could care less (half Italian).

No!! You couldn't care less!!! You're in the English Appreciation Thread!!! Cccooouuuulllldddnnn''tttttt!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry

 

[Rupertvdb]

Yes, there is a diacritic mark in "don't".

As it's the English appreciation thread I figure you should be called out on your suggestion that the apostrophe in "don't" is diacritical. Diacritical is the same as accented. E.g. the little umlaut in naive - it's over the "i". So unless you can show me the error of my ways my new thing I hate in English is when people use the word "diacritic" in the wrong way.

 

[Sulkdodds]

I type to fast.

You type so much you forget to eat?

Any sort of cuss word, when left alone, or without a remark of some sort, is NOT a suitable insult and or comeback.

The exception to the rule: "C*nt."

peanuts are not penis

"Excuse me, can I have some penis?"

Mother of all Fruedian slips.

 

[The Brick]

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html

 

[el Chi]

No!! You couldn't care less!!! You're in the English Appreciation Thread!!!

*Hugs Jangle*
"I could care less" is a f*cking stupid phrase. We could all care less about something, that doesn't mean we do.

"I could care less that I just got married. Luckily I don't care less - indeed, I care quite a lot - but theoretically I could care less."

OR

"I could NOT care less that I just got married. You see me here? This is me not caring. Not only is this me not caring, this is me caring the least it is possible to care. No amount of effort or hard work could make me care any less about this marriage. None. This is it. This is the absolute limit of not caring. I literally could NOT care less - it's simply not possible."

You see the difference?