David schrieb: David schrieb: I find the last sentence incomprehensible, if ... could interpret for those of us who don't come Yorkshire. Well, even the trolling "blue sow" managed to pick out that I'd made a transposition error

My first language was Greek and Ukrainian, even though my background is actually Ukrainian, Polish, Scottish, and Native Canadian Cree. I travelled throughout Europe and Asia through my life, and now I am flutent in seven languages, and can get

Perhaps the word you are looking for is "clabber" Merriam Webster's Dictionary Main Entry: clab·ber Pronunciation: 'kla-b&r Function: noun Etymology: short for bonnyclabber Date: 1634 chiefly dialect : sour milk that has thickened or

How do I seem to have fallen into that trap? Clearly, they would be effectively two different words. Your use of "would be" instead of "are" reveals that you evidently still don't understand the true meanings of "used

As a Brit, I always treat Lego as an uncountable noun. (Sorry, snipped a material bit) Yes, it is strange which Pondian differences seem to matter most. I'd love to see a theory. (Warning, I am just an interested amateur, so none of this is

Ruud Harmsen wrote on 31 Dec 2003: 31 Dec 2003 14:08:31 GMT: CyberCypher : in sci.lang: Please explain how stress is not phonemic in English in ... the acid. You're an expert, not an amateur like me. In the verbs, the first syllables have a

Once again, it sounds too much like "you". AND, while ... and "hir" as are used in many online fora. Kent Well, there are many dialects and manners of pronunciation, but nobody suggests to ban the word "air" because

I agree with Mike. Your two suggestions works, for me at least. So Nawal should really give it a try. One day many years ago, I realized this from my observation: a Chinese friend of mine could speak so well because he had used English since