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Thread ID: 58957 2005-06-17 07:17:00 Need help on clarifying some English words Renmoo (66) PC World Chat
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364651 2005-06-18 03:48:00 Whilst the above view may have some merit,I much prefer to listen to someone who speaks well as apposed to someone who doesn't,irrespective of weather they are communicating or not.
Who can say why?


Weirdly enough I too have my own prefrences, Entire subcultures get under my skin, I however refrain from wandering the world telling people how they should be..... 		Metla (12)
364652 2005-06-18 07:50:00 ... and cellphone texting only makes it worse. So once again James: 'Good onya'! :thumbs:
Thanks to my dad, who refuses to provide me entertainment goodies like mp3 player or CD player or iPod or cellphone etc. The only valuable entertainment asset is the home computer, which I am now using. I guess I can seriously improve my English by contributing more posts and replies to PressF1?

Cheers :) 		Renmoo (66)
364653 2005-06-18 09:58:00 Interesting aside - my daughter sent me an email in which she said that the person she is currently replacing had been the "font of all knowledge". I replied saying that I believed, but could be wrong, that she should have said the "fount of all knowledge". She responded that before she wrote, she checked as to the correct wording (she knows me well !)and found out that both "font" and "fount" are correct. English has many variables !
Misty :cool: 		Misty (368)
364654 2005-06-18 10:05:00 'Font', 'fount' and 'fountain' all come from the same latin root, 'font', which..er I forget but something to do with 'springing from the the earth'. I forget. it's late, and can't be bothered researching it but yes she's right.
Nice to have such particular children. Lucky man,.....m 		mark c (247)
364655 2005-06-18 10:12:00 'Font', 'fount' and 'fountain' all come from the same latin root, 'font', which..er I forget but something to do with 'springing from the the earth'. I forget. it's late, and can't be bothered researching it but yes she's right.
Nice to have such particular children. Lucky man,.....m

Hi Mark
Yes, had worked that out and learned in the process !

I am very lucky with my kids, that I well know.
Misty :thumbs: 		Misty (368)
364656 2005-06-18 14:01:00 Hi James,
Steve is right . 'Good onya'! for wanting to improve yourself, we could all take a lesson from you, with your enthusiasm .
English is a very 'colourful' language (make that 'colorful' for Joe) . We use it, we abuse it, we play with it (even texting is playing with it) but if we are taught the basics (don't get me started on that!), then we should not have too many problems .
I found this gem and thought I would share it with you .







Four All Who Reed and Right
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We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
but the plural of ox became oxen not oxes .

One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
yet the plural of moose should never be meese .

You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice;
yet the plural of house is houses, not hice .

If the plural of man is always called men,
why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet,
and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
yet hat in the plural would never be hose, and the plural of
cat is cats, not cose

We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
but though we say mother, we never say methren .

Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
but imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim .

Let's face it,
English is a crazy language .

There is no egg in eggplant,
nor ham in hamburger;
neither apple nor pine in pineapple .
English muffins weren't invented in England .

We take English for granted .
But if we explore its paradoxes,
we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square
and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea, nor is it a pig .

And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing,
grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends,
but not one amend?

If you have a bunch of odds and ends
and get rid of all but one of them,
what do you call it?

If teachers taught,
why didn't preachers praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables,
what does a humanitarian eat?

Sometimes, I think all the folks who grew up speaking English
should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane .

In what other language do people recite at a play
and play at a recital?

Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?

Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which
your house can burn up as it burns down;
in which you fill in a form by filling it out
and in which an alarm goes off by going on .


~Author Unknown~ (copied and pasted)


Cheers, Marnie 		Marnie (4574)
364657 2005-06-18 19:30:00 Can someone help me to form a sentence using the word "zest"? I know it means ethusiasm or enthusiastic, but how do I integrate it into a sentence?

Cheers :) 		Renmoo (66)
364658 2005-06-18 20:26:00 Dear Metla:

quoting you: English crusaders make me laugh (nice use of bold btw, does that mean your views are more worthy?,Extra weight added?)

Anyhow, If the english speaking world suddenly all (every last person) started to "leet speak" for example what would this do to the world?

Sorry to infuriate you..I have stated before that with my eyesight failing, I use the bold text to be able to read things...it's a shame I didn't get your permission to use it, and am considering asking your permission for that now...NOT! 		SurferJoe46 (51)
364659 2005-06-18 21:51:00 Can someone help me to form a sentence using the word "zest"? I know it means ethusiasm or enthusiastic, but how do I integrate it into a sentence?

Cheers :)
He did it with great zest. 		Cicero (40)
364660 2005-06-18 22:20:00 "The recipe suggested adding the zest of a lemon to the cake"

Noun:

1: Flavor or interest; piquancy.
The outermost part of the rind of an orange, lemon, or other citrus fruit, used as flavoring.

2: Spirited enjoyment; gusto: 		godfather (25)
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