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| Monkeh:
--- Quote from: T3sl4co1l on November 12, 2023, 01:02:22 am --- --- Quote from: richnormand on November 12, 2023, 12:54:33 am ---Saw the mentions of aluminium. OK I see that. How about "before a live audience"... instead of filmed (or whatever) in front of a live audience? Or, was it filmed before the audience was alive? They were dead then? --- End quote --- Have you ever said "it happened before my eyes"? "In front of" is a normal meaning of "before". :) Tim --- End quote --- At this rate we're going to have the "near miss" argument shortly. |
| IanB:
--- Quote from: vk6zgo on November 11, 2023, 11:07:38 pm ---Even within England, Why is Buckingham Palace "Buckin'm", But Southampton is pronounced as written? --- End quote --- Not entirely true that. Buckingham is pronounced "Bucking'm" and Southampton is pronounced "Southamt'n". |
| vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: IanB on November 12, 2023, 06:06:48 am --- --- Quote from: vk6zgo on November 11, 2023, 11:07:38 pm ---Even within England, Why is Buckingham Palace "Buckin'm", But Southampton is pronounced as written? --- End quote --- Not entirely true that. Buckingham is pronounced "Bucking'm" and Southampton is pronounced "Southamt'n". --- End quote --- That is "how it is written" to me, & when the SOTON locals used the name, it seemed normal to me. I never realised that we in OZ (particularly WA) do clip the "p" a bit in such names, although not quite to the extent some Brits do. Then there are the type of Brits who call horses "horse is". |
| quadtech:
How about “nucleus” vs “nookulus” ? |
| richnormand:
--- Quote from: T3sl4co1l on November 12, 2023, 01:02:22 am --- --- Quote from: richnormand on November 12, 2023, 12:54:33 am ---Saw the mentions of aluminium. OK I see that. How about "before a live audience"... instead of filmed (or whatever) in front of a live audience? Or, was it filmed before the audience was alive? They were dead then? --- End quote --- Have you ever said "it happened before my eyes"? "In front of" is a normal meaning of "before". :) Tim --- End quote --- Yes I've heard it. Only in the US though. <<It happened right in front of my eyes>> is a more common expression here. English is very much a living language by its very nature. |
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