Strange specification

Martin wrote:


Canterbury Tales is a real mine field for teachers.
As is the King James. Our young lady RI teacher was a skiver. She didn't
prepare; she just made us take turns reading from the bible. Hilarity
when we came to 'that which ****eth against the wall'.

Bill

In message , Bill Wright
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charles wrote:

"media" is quite common, though

As in "A newspaper is a media."

The one that really gets me is the singular use of "criteria" (but
that's yer Greek).

Another which I can never fathom is the American pronunciation of
"consortium" - which many pronounce as "consorshum".
--
Ian

Martin wrote:

Pedants are everywhere, Jim :-)
They hang around near schools.

Nah, that's pendants.
Oh I say sir, very good!

Bill

Bill Wright wrote:

Jim Lesurf wrote:

Which reminds me that I really *did* once ask in a school history lesson,
"Where's Agraria?" when someone mentioned the agrarian revolution. sic
8-]

When I was a kid we had a Hoovermatic and so I thought that a dogmatic
was for cleaning dogs. I was stupid on several counts, because a
Hoovermatic isn't for cleaning hoovers.

Not to be melodramatic, but it's axiomatic that pragmatic use of a
pneumatic dogmatic is non-traumatic for an aromatic dog.

On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:34:58 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:

Another which I can never fathom is the American pronunciation of
"consortium" - which many pronounce as "consorshum".

During the so called 'Arab Spring' I heard an American commentator on a
news programme refer to a North African country as 'too-NEE-sha'.

AJ.

On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:06:38 GMT
Another John wrote:

On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:34:58 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:

Another which I can never fathom is the American pronunciation of
"consortium" - which many pronounce as "consorshum".

During the so called 'Arab Spring' I heard an American commentator on
a news programme refer to a North African country as 'too-NEE-sha'.

AJ.

Yes, I lived in the US for thirty years and could never get used to
their using the pronunciation borrowed from 'Station'. 'Skedoole' for
'schedule' was another perennial annoyance.
'Iraq', especially amongst the military, is always 'Eye-raq'.
--
Davey.

On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:06:38 GMT, Another John
wrote:

On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:34:58 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:

Another which I can never fathom is the American pronunciation of
"consortium" - which many pronounce as "consorshum".

During the so called 'Arab Spring' I heard an American commentator on a
news programme refer to a North African country as 'too-NEE-sha'.

AJ.

Lowering the tone several notches - a few years ago one of the
contestants on American Idol was named Felicia. Everyone was using the
normal American pronunciation, Fel-ee-sha, except Simon Cowell who said
it in the normal British way, Fel-i-see-uh. Fortunately she said she
rather liked that pronunciation.

Thinking back even longer, how would you have pronounced Rhodesia,
-ee-see-uh or -ee-shuh?

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:32:46 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

Martin wrote:


Canterbury Tales is a real mine field for teachers.
As is the King James. Our young lady RI teacher was a skiver. She didn't
prepare; she just made us take turns reading from the bible. Hilarity
when we came to 'that which ****eth against the wall'.

Bill

How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me.
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums
And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.

I can't remember if it was just the nipple plucking that was redacted,
or if the brain dashing was also expunged from our school editions of
the Scottish play, but I gained a renewed interest in the complete
works at home.


--
Graham.
%Profound_observation%

On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:28:41 +0100, Roderick Stewart
wrote:

In article , Jim Lesurf wrote:
Which reminds me that I really *did* once ask in a school history lesson,
"Where's Agraria?" when someone mentioned the agrarian revolution. sic
8-]

I've often wondered about the location of Double Gloucestershire.

Rod.

I thought someone called Harold Wood worked for our firm.


--
Graham.
%Profound_observation%

Graham. wrote:

How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me.
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums
And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.

I can't remember if it was just the nipple plucking that was redacted,
or if the brain dashing was also expunged from our school editions of
the Scottish play, but I gained a renewed interest in the complete
works at home.




MacBooze: Act 1, Scene 1.

First Boozer
When shall we four meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

Second Boozer
When the hurlyburly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.

Third Boozer
When reports have been submitted

First Boozer
When the aerials have been fitted

Second Boozer
When the VAT is fixed

Fourth Boozer
When with thirst I am transfixed

First Boozer
Where’s the place?

Second, third and fourth boozers in chorus
We care not where we go to booze
You started this so you can choose

First boozer
I’m spoilt for choice
For pubs abound
At Firbeck, Sheffield, all around
but just for once we could get ****ed on
beer at the Golden Ball, Whiston.

Bill