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John Briggs    641190 Sun, 17 Sep 06 11:30 PM

"Why do you think I didn't notice it, and why do you think it is curious?"

"Your question makes me think that, even though you noticed the quotes, to the extent that you used them in ... of quotes to question the concept of good English. This is presumably just the opposite of what the OP intended."

Presumably single quotation marks are less 'scary' than double quotation marks?
He could simply have been indicating awareness that the concept of 'good' English is not universally accepted: that there are those who simply regard it as hieratic rather than demotic.

John Briggs
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BusyGuy    824641 Mon, 18 Sep 06 03:45 AM

""Good English"? Nope. Sorry. No such thing. No adjective of quality can be used with 'English'."

"He cooks a good English."

LOL
UC trumped again
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BusyGuy  , 3 yr 66 days ago

""Good English"? Nope. Sorry. No such thing. No adjective of ... no "good Pope Pius X" or "bad Pope Pius X"."

"Just what planet are you on, chum? DC. 'She speaks Good English and invites you up into her room'."

And trumped again!
BusyGuy  , 3 yr 66 days ago

"Is there "good Mt. Rushmore" and "bad Mt. Rushmore"?"

"No idea, I've never been. Is there good coffee and bad coffee? Your turn."

And again
Anonymous    824692 Mon, 18 Sep 06 09:33 AM

"I'm sure you can find examples, especially in Bulgaria..."

"What have the Wombles to do with this?"

I was wondering what Bulgaria had to do with this. Could it be WC, having previously dubbed me 'Lord Django', now thinks I'm actually Djangovski Norabollockoff?
DC
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xifer    641229 Mon, 18 Sep 06 11:47 AM

""Good English"? Nope. Sorry. No such thing. No adjective of ... no "good Pope Pius X" or "bad Pope Pius X"."

"Just what planet are you on, chum? DC. 'She speaks Good English and invites you up into her room'."

Absolutely. And another thing 'She speaks well English'.

As in 'She is well hard.'
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Django Cat    641244 Mon, 18 Sep 06 01:24 PM

"Just what planet are you on, chum? DC. 'She speaks Good English and invites you up into her room'."

"Absolutely. And another thing 'She speaks well English'. As in 'She is well hard.'"

Ah. A bit tasty, know what I mean?
That WC... 'Is e 'avin' a laarf wiv us?'
DC
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John Briggs  , 3 yr 65 days ago

"Just what planet are you on, chum? DC. 'She speaks Good English and invites you up into her room'."

"Absolutely. And another thing 'She speaks well English'. As in 'She is well hard.'"

To read makes our speaking English good.

John Briggs
Nick Wagg  , 3 yr 65 days ago

"To read makes our speaking English good."

I speak English goood. I learnt it from a boook.
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