Sunray Shower  +  552663 Fri, 08 Aug 08 09:16 PM What's the difference between them? Thank you, Sunray Shower Joined on Sat, Jul 19 2008 Junior Member 95 Tomorrow is another day..

	Philip  +  552687 Fri, 08 Aug 08 10:18 PM No significant difference.  "Many a time" is somewhat stylized and not as common as "many times". Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	Tanit  +  552855 Sat, 09 Aug 08 03:04 PM This thread reminded me of something I've wanted to ask here for a long time. I've encountered the expression "Many's the time"  only once: it's the opening sentence of the song "American Tune" by Simon and Garfunkel. As far as I understand, it's a synonym for "Many times" and "Many a time". Is it an American idiom? How would you classify it (poetic/formal/stiffy...)? Would you use it an ordinary conversation? Thank you! Tanit Joined on Mon, Jul 31 2006 Senior Member 3,037 There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. (Dante) Conversations, Idioms, Synonyms, Video

	optilang  +  552858 Sat, 09 Aug 08 03:09 PM Hi I don't know how I would classify it, but many's the time I've used it. optilang Joined on Tue, May 13 2008 Poland Senior Member 2,522 OptiNative British English Speaker Wherever I may roam, I'm still a Londoner.

	Tanit  +  552970 Sat, 09 Aug 08 08:54 PM optilang “Hi I don't know how I would classify it, but many's the time I've used it. ” Hi, This is surprising to me... You're British, right? I didn't find it in the dictionaries I usually look things up (this one, for instance, where they do have only "many a time") and I only heard it in that song, so I thought it might not be used in the UK or it might be poetic, but I was wrong... Thank you! Tanit

	Avangi  +  553056 Sun, 10 Aug 08 04:40 AM I've heard "many's the time" in Irish folk songs, such as "The Same Old Shillaleigh." Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,197 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier

	Tanit  +  553108 Sun, 10 Aug 08 07:54 AM Avangi “I've heard "many's the time" in Irish folk songs, such as "The Same Old Shillaleigh." ” Hi, Thanks for this piece of info. Tanit