http://www.englishforums.com/English/AltUsageEnglish/Forum7075.htmThe second forum for the usage of the English language.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedEvaluationUsagePoint/lnjvb/post.htmThu, 21 May 2009 14:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:985270Usenet279http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedEvaluationUsagePoint/lnjvb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-985270.xml"Times the number by a thousand." Is this construction: (1) Rural/regional? (2) Childish/illiterate? (3) Jargonistic? (4) Pondially differentiated? It came up in a document here at work yesterday and I want to know if I'm out of line to demand it be reworded..rhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/QuiteImpressive/lpdhn/post.htmThu, 21 May 2009 14:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:993425Usenet18http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuiteImpressive/lpdhn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-993425.xmlhttp://www.research.att.com/projects/tts/demo.htmlhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WritingNumerals/lpwkr/post.htmThu, 21 May 2009 14:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994908Usenet27http://www.englishforums.com/English/WritingNumerals/lpwkr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994908.xmlI have a question about the numerals in the following sentence: " A ninethousand-year-old human skull and a eightthousandfivehundred-year-old marble Mother Goddess statute were found in the archeological excavations at Çatalhöyük, Turkey, which is one of the oldest and biggest Neolithic cities. " Also taking care of other issues, I would actually write this as: "Archeologist found a 9000-year-old human skull and a 8500-year-old marble Mother Goddess statute in excavations at Çatalhöyük, Turkey, which is one of the oldest and biggest Neolithic cities." What do you think? Thanks! Ahmet Toprak (I have used voice recognition software to type this, there may be grammar and vocabulary errors.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntiBushSquaddieGassesHimselfHttp-Tinyurl5pzsc/lpwlv/post.htmTue, 21 Apr 2009 14:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994929Usenet3http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntiBushSquaddieGassesHimselfHttp-Tinyurl5pzsc/lpwlv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994929.xmlhttp://tinyurl.com/5pzsc Anti-Bush squaddie gasses himself By Jonathan Brown The Sunday Independent Sunday, August 22, 2004 Peter Mahoney found it hard to settle into normal life after returning from the war in Iraq. Two weeks ago he put on his army uniform for the last time, his head freshly shaved, and returned to the home that he had, until five weeks earlier, shared with his wife and four children. Attaching a hosepipe to the exhaust of the family car, parked in the garage of their home on the outskirts of Carlisle near the Scottish border, he started the engine. His experiences as a soldier attached to the Royal Logistics Corps, ferrying medical supplies and injured soldiers between the front line and the British Army field...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HumilityEnviableTraitLife-Love/lpwqg/post.htmWed, 21 Jan 2009 15:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:995016Usenet0http://www.englishforums.com/English/HumilityEnviableTraitLife-Love/lpwqg/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-995016.xmlEx-Hindu Christian: Pandita Ramabai Abridged by Colin Melbourne from 'My Inexhaustible Treasure' The story of India's greatest Christian Reformer. How a high caste educated Hindu woman studied the Sanskrit scriptures and discovered there was no hope for women in Hinduism. But found real salvation, true peace, dignity and love in the Lord Jesus Christ. Pandita Ramabai Go home to thy friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you ... Holy Bible Mark 5:19 KJV Come, and hear ... what He has done for my soul. Psalm 66:16 An Honourable HeritageMy father, though a very orthodox Hindu, and strictly adhering to caste and other religious rules, was a reformer. He could not see why women and people of the Shudra...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HumilityAnEnviableTrait/lphrh/post.htmSat, 21 Mar 2009 15:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994456Usenet3http://www.englishforums.com/English/HumilityAnEnviableTrait/lphrh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994456.xmlHumility, an enviable trait The HinduIn vain do we seek happiness in life through the agents of power and pelf, deluding ourselves into believing that external trappings are eternal. Such vainglorious pursuit merely mires our life deeper and deeper in a way that can only lead to the cycle of births. Is there a miraculous talisman which can ward off such distractions and keep us on the straight and virtuous path? The epics and the Puranas are repositories of true wisdom, guideposts to efficient living and personal discipline of a high moral order. Among all the lessons advocated in life, the hardest to follow is that of humility, an essential prerequisite for any aspirant working towards his goal. Mastering one's ego is the hardest...http://www.englishforums.com/English/16GirlHangedIranSharp-Tongue/lpwxb/post.htmThu, 21 May 2009 14:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994977Usenet0http://www.englishforums.com/English/16GirlHangedIranSharp-Tongue/lpwxb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994977.xml16-YR-OLD GIRL HANGED IN IRAN FOR 'SHARP TONGUE' Facts about terrorist Islam and Muslims http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate Forwarded message from "G.Subramaniam" (Email Removed) ( From: "G.Subramaniam" (Email Removed) ( Subject: 16 year old girl hanged in Iran for 'sharp tongue' ( Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 The same fate awaits our over-educated careeristic Hindu women who fail to do their duty of having 5 kids each - "G.Subramaniam" (Email Removed) Iranfocus In Focus a. Iran cracks down on summer dress b. Iran's Sex Slaves Suffer Hideously Under Mullahs c. France Steps Up Its Investments in Iran d. Iran's world-famous pistachio under cloud of EU ban over cancer fears e. Iran...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MoreHangingGirlIran/lpwxr/post.htmSat, 21 Feb 2009 15:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994976Usenet0http://www.englishforums.com/English/MoreHangingGirlIran/lpwxr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994976.xmlMORE ON HANGING OF 16-YR-OLD GIRL IN IRAN Facts about terrorist Islam and Muslims http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate Forwarded message from "G.Subramaniam" (Email Removed) ( From: "G.Subramaniam" (Email Removed) ( Subject: More on hanging of 16 year old girl in Iran ( Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 http://www.activistchat.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3661 Translation From Persian: By Khorshid ActivistChat Member On Sunday August 15, 2004, a 16 year old girl by the name of Atefe Rajabi, daughter of Ghassem Rajabi, was executed in the town of Neka, located in the province of Mazandaran, for "engaging in acts incompatible with chastity". The execution was carried out by the order of Neka's "judicial...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Eek/lpwnb/post.htmSat, 21 Mar 2009 15:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994960Usenet0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Eek/lpwnb/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994960.xmlNot again.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItHappenedInLeeds/lphhl/post.htmThu, 21 May 2009 14:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994579Usenet22http://www.englishforums.com/English/ItHappenedInLeeds/lphhl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994579.xmlThe billboard on the stand of a street newspaper seller in central Leeds today gave us the following headline :- "Leeds housing scam claim probe". (1) This is a "fiver", i.e. a headline consisting of five nouns in succession, without the help of an intervening verb or preposition. On behalf of the citizens of Leeds, I claim this as a world record for our city. To take the world record from us, your challenge is to devise a sixer that could be understood by the general public. It does not need to be a real headline that you have actually seen; you are allowed to invent your own headline with six successive nouns. Richard Chambers Leeds UK. (1) An official investigation into the claim that there has been a scam in the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/NationalPunctuationDay/lpwdj/post.htmWed, 21 Jan 2009 15:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994798Usenet7http://www.englishforums.com/English/NationalPunctuationDay/lpwdj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994798.xmlHappy National Punctuation Day! http://www.njanpha.org/recognition day list.jsphttp://www.englishforums.com/English/EggsIsEggs/lphdx/post.htmThu, 21 May 2009 14:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994514Usenet6http://www.englishforums.com/English/EggsIsEggs/lphdx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994514.xmlI've been reading Bruce Alexander's (or "Bruce Alexander"'s? that can't be right) Sir John Fielding series. They were written in the 1990's and 2000's, and are set in London in the late 18th century. The narrator will mention "hen's eggs" from time to time. For me, an egg is a hen's egg by default. I haven't noticed him writing about duck eggs, quail eggs, goose eggs, or any other eggs. Did people usually specify which bird their eggs came from? Was there once more variety in the eggy diet? Do any of you call hen's eggs "hen's eggs" today? SML http://pirate-women.comhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/CoolIsLifeOfSacredCow/lpwwp/post.htmTue, 21 Apr 2009 14:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994889Usenet3http://www.englishforums.com/English/CoolIsLifeOfSacredCow/lpwwp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994889.xmlIn a Polish-speaking group in the topic of learning English (alt.pl.nauka.angielskiego) there arose a controversy about how some sentence should be translated into English. The matter is the usage of articles. The sentence is like in the subject of this post. Personally, I opted for putting "the" in both gaps. In the second one, because I treated it as a sort of general pointing at one cow which represents the whole class (as far as I'm concerned, it may occur sometimes for example with nationalities: "when the Frenchman eats dinner, he must drink some wine"). The usage of "the" in the first gap is rather a guess based upon mere supposition. I'd like to know what the native speakers think about it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Uplifting/lpdnq/post.htmSat, 21 Feb 2009 15:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:993530Usenet18http://www.englishforums.com/English/Uplifting/lpdnq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-993530.xmlSign seen on a car park outside an Edinburgh school: "The dropping off or uplifting of children from this car park is prohibited". Apart from engendering several delightful mental images, this use of "uplifting" rang slightly strange to my southern-English ear, though it's perfectly clear what it means. I realise I'm not used to using "uplift" other than metaphorically. Anyone know if this is especially Scottish? Or is it just that I should be getting out more? Katy Jennison spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheStatePracticeDoesMean/lphqx/post.htmTue, 21 Apr 2009 14:01:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994735Usenet5http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheStatePracticeDoesMean/lphqx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994735.xmlHi, I need to know what does "The State of the Practice" mean. Please provide a few examples of possible. Thank you!http://www.englishforums.com/English/FilthyAmericansTerrorizingIranians/lphbx/post.htmSat, 21 Feb 2009 15:01:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994480Usenet4http://www.englishforums.com/English/FilthyAmericansTerrorizingIranians/lphbx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994480.xmlONE NATION+UNDER ONE GOD!!!XIII...Thats WHERE THE LINE IS NOW DRAWN::. Now, ONLY ME on THIS SIDE What R U taktaz??? Reedam be ghabr baabaaye khaaenet Woe 22hy MAKER!!?!98.1 taktaz >0/1> do U like Sub Zero Tempratures and would U like a KICK up The as in OR D@NGE and INTO and LOST IN the Space!?>..boyo!?! News Flash, and Spontenbeously FIRE's ITSELF INTO ORBIT!!!XIII The BUSH EX CAMPAIGN manager...reporting Live From the ORBijmxxTTnSPLAT!;-((http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndianHostagesCompleteMonth-Captivity/lpwjd/post.htmThu, 21 May 2009 14:01:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994894Usenet2http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndianHostagesCompleteMonth-Captivity/lpwjd/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994894.xmlIndian hostages complete one month in captivity PTI Monday, August 23, 2004 Indraprasth, Aug 22 (PTI) - The three Indians abducted in Iraq completed one month in captivity on Saturday with the crisis showing no signs of ending as their employer KGL maintained that negotiations to secure their release continued to be stalled. "There is no development. We are still waiting for them (kidnappers) to restart negotiations," KGL spokesperson Rana Abu-Zaineh told PTI over phone from Kuwait. The negotiations have been stalled for the last 13 days since KGL pulled out of talks accusing Sheikh Hisham Al- Dulaimi, mediating for the abductors, of "playing games". The company then asked the kidnappers to "officially"...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThreeAmericansThrough/lphnn/post.htmWed, 21 Jan 2009 15:01:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994683Usenet10http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThreeAmericansThrough/lphnn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994683.xmlWhen the announcer stated that "all three Americans are through", I actually looked up from my monitor to look at the television. I was certain that I had just seen those same Americans successfully complete their preliminary heats (100 meter) and advance on to the semis. How could they have possibly been eliminated? Oh. Who invented this stupid language anyway? JRJ non-random email address supplied on requesthttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PolishDate/lphkg/post.htmSat, 21 Mar 2009 15:01:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994625Usenet18http://www.englishforums.com/English/PolishDate/lphkg/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994625.xml"It was a polish date" about a date he had with a woman earlier today. Can't find much on this phrase on the internet.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HumilityEnviableTraitLifetime-Love/lpwjv/post.htmTue, 21 Apr 2009 14:01:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994895Usenet1http://www.englishforums.com/English/HumilityEnviableTraitLifetime-Love/lpwjv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994895.xmlEx-Hindu Christian: Pandita Ramabai Abridged by Colin Melbourne from 'My Inexhaustible Treasure' The story of India's greatest Christian Reformer. How a high caste educated Hindu woman studied the Sanskrit scriptures and discovered there was no hope for women in Hinduism. But found real salvation, true peace, dignity and love in the Lord Jesus Christ. Pandita Ramabai Go home to thy friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you ... Holy Bible Mark 5:19 KJV Come, and hear ... what He has done for my soul. Psalm 66:16 An Honourable HeritageMy father, though a very orthodox Hindu, and strictly adhering to caste and other religious rules, was a reformer. He could not see why women and people of the Shudra...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HumilityEnviableTraitLifetime-Love/lpwjp/post.htmSat, 21 Feb 2009 15:01:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994906Usenet0http://www.englishforums.com/English/HumilityEnviableTraitLifetime-Love/lpwjp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994906.xmlEx-Hindu Christian: Pandita Ramabai Abridged by Colin Melbourne from 'My Inexhaustible Treasure' The story of India's greatest Christian Reformer. How a high caste educated Hindu woman studied the Sanskrit scriptures and discovered there was no hope for women in Hinduism. But found real salvation, true peace, dignity and love in the Lord Jesus Christ. Pandita Ramabai Go home to thy friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you ... Holy Bible Mark 5:19 KJV Come, and hear ... what He has done for my soul. Psalm 66:16 An Honourable HeritageMy father, though a very orthodox Hindu, and strictly adhering to caste and other religious rules, was a reformer. He could not see why women and people of the Shudra...http://www.englishforums.com/English/BigComebackIntoBanglaFilms/lpwjc/post.htmThu, 21 May 2009 14:01:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994893Usenet0http://www.englishforums.com/English/BigComebackIntoBanglaFilms/lpwjc/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994893.xmlBig B makes a comeback into Bangla films PTI Monday, August 23, 2004 Kolkata, Aug 22 (PTI) - After taking Bollywood by storm with his second innings in acting, megastar Amitabh Bachchan is making a comeback in Bengali movies with his Hindi-Bangla bilingual 'Ora Kara' scheduled for an early September release. The film directed by Ravishankar Sharma would be the Big B's second Bengali film in 15 years after Shakti Samant's 'Anusandhan' released in the 80s. "The suspense thriller has Amitji playing an armyman opposite Dimple Kapadia and would be released in both languages simultaneously. Since the Big B began his career in Kolkata and has a big fan following in Bengal, we thought of a bilingual," Sharma...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MuslimTerrorismAssassinationHasina-Killed/lphjd/post.htmWed, 21 Jan 2009 15:01:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994605Usenet11http://www.englishforums.com/English/MuslimTerrorismAssassinationHasina-Killed/lphjd/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994605.xmlFacts about terrorist Islam and Muslims http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate Assassination bid on Hasina; 14 killed PTI Rediff August 22, 2004 Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed on Saturday escaped an assassination bid when a string of explosions rocked an opposition rally addressed by her here, killing at least 14 people and injuring about 300 others. The explosions took place as Sheikh Hasina finished addressing the rally organised by her party Awami League to protest recent bombings in northeastern shrine city of Sylhet, witnesses said. A private television Channel I put the death toll at 14, while the official BSS newsagency said 13 people were killed of which eight have so far been identified. Awami League...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSixthSenseForSuccess/lpwwn/post.htmTue, 21 Apr 2009 14:01:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994887Usenet0http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSixthSenseForSuccess/lpwwn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-994887.xmlThe Sixth Sense for Success By Deepika Singh June 1, 2000 When Manoj "Night" Shyamalan saw the bright light of fame, he was virtually unknown in the country of his birth. But he has been haunting Hollywood with his sixth sense. Shyamalan knew it was coming. He predicted "Sixth Sense" and its reception three years before he made it. Shyamalan was born in Pondicherry, India, but is a virtual stranger to the country of his birth. His doctor parents immigrated to the US when he was only eight months old. A bright student, Shyamalan was accepted to medical school but chose to attend the Tisch School of Arts at New York University to study filmmaking instead. His father recalls that even as a child, Shyamalan was a...http://www.englishforums.com/English/RepostedAsAValidWord/lknbq/post.htmSat, 21 Feb 2009 15:01:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:971651Usenet81http://www.englishforums.com/English/RepostedAsAValidWord/lknbq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments7075-971651.xmlIs there anyone here who would question 'reposted' as a legitimate English word? Yet I only found one obscure dictionary that even listed 'repost'. Certainly not any Scrabble dictionary, as I found out. But the other players grudgingly allowed it, but only, I'm sure, because they wanted to poke me with it for several days following the game. Over 330,000 hits on Google Web; over 310,000 on Google groups. I suspect few, if any, here would even have noticed anyone else using 'reposted'. Can I sue the dictionary publishers? JRJ