Enunciation

**jrandom** · 13th February 2009, 13:33

Originally Posted by vifferman

a long-time personal unfavourite is "big ask"

Apparently I made a 'big call' in the stabbed-tagger thread earlier. I think that's like a 'big ask', but done after the fact.

**Hitcher** · 13th February 2009, 13:33

Originally Posted by Beemer

Bit too close to paedophile for my liking!

And too close to being pederast for mine.

**slofox** · 13th February 2009, 13:36

Originally Posted by Beemer

Not sure you'd actually need an apostrophe when talking about more than one - after all, the Lions Club doesn't have one...

That's because the Lions are illiterate!!! ANY pedant will tell you that use of the possessive apostrophe is MANDATORY!!!

**Hitcher** · 13th February 2009, 13:38

Originally Posted by slofox

ANY pedant will tell you that use of the possessive apostrophe is MANDATORY!!!

No I wouldn't.

**jrandom** · 13th February 2009, 13:43

Originally Posted by slofox

That's because the Lions are illiterate!!! ANY pedant will tell you that use of the possessive apostrophe is MANDATORY!!!

Not in the case of plurals.

And was your local computer store offering a run-out special on exclamation marks when you bought your keyboard, or do you just suffer from a nervous twitch of the left hand?

**yungatart** · 13th February 2009, 15:05

And...ewes fullahs, secetrees, pleece, sumfink, nuffink, anyfink, assembalee, and athaletics. It fear does me ead in!

**Beemer** · 13th February 2009, 15:40

Originally Posted by slofox

That's because the Lions are illiterate!!! ANY pedant will tell you that use of the possessive apostrophe is MANDATORY!!!

Please don't make me hit you for using unnecessary capitals as well! And of course lions are illiterate - they're wild bloody animals!

**Beemer** · 13th February 2009, 15:42

Originally Posted by Hitcher

And too close to being pederast for mine.

So you're definitely not a member of AMBLA then?

**Skyryder** · 13th February 2009, 18:09

My pet hate is when some words that end with ng becomes ngk

Thingk instead of thing. Rattles my sabre that does.

Skyyder

**MSTRS:Me** · 13th February 2009, 18:16

Originally Posted by Skyryder

My pet hate is when some words that end with ng becomes ngk

Thingk instead of thing. Rattles my sabre that does.

Incorrect use of colloquialisms should be outlawed. That rips my rationbook.

**slofox** · 13th February 2009, 18:26

Originally Posted by jrandom

Not in the case of plurals.

And was your local computer store offering a run-out special on exclamation marks when you bought your keyboard, or do you just suffer from a nervous twitch of the left hand?

Not a plural - the society belongs to the pedants - hence possessive.
And yes, there was a run out special...

**Mom** · 13th February 2009, 18:32

A personal one here...

Ungyin

say what?????

Onion

Oh silly me

**Manxman** · 13th February 2009, 18:39

Originally Posted by Mom

He again said they were going on a "blow cunt", but this time the video showed what he was actually saying was they were going on a "bloke hunt".

I've heard that, in practice, this is actually very dangerous for the recipient. Allegedly.

**Ixion** · 13th February 2009, 18:42

Originally Posted by Beemer

Okey Dokey, they must be related to my late mother, whose favourite was "heighth". ...

Perhaps she was more literate than her daughter? Heighth is a perfectly valid and legitimate word.

Used by Dickens eg Great Expectations: “Pip, I wish you ever well and ever prospering to a greater and a greater heighth"

And the Bible

Romans 8:38-39
“For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heighth, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord”.

And Shakespeare Sonnet 116

"Whose worth's unknown, although his heighth be taken."

They seem quite sufficient authority for me. And I guess, your mother.