tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post5891558174170877323..comments2024-01-30T09:22:08.167+00:00Comments on Newmania In Lewes: Progress At LastNewmaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-44958247382263172392008-07-30T12:46:00.000+01:002008-07-30T12:46:00.000+01:00What is the point of writing anything at all, load...What is the point of writing anything at all, loading up words and phrases with undeclared burdens, setting thought diversions and triggering others' mental asides, if spoilsports are going to display the works to all, in public? For shame, N. Soon you will demand that we know what we are talking about rather than inducing mental states.hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-23408439839325721252008-07-29T13:06:00.000+01:002008-07-29T13:06:00.000+01:00sticking your hand outside the tent to see if it g...sticking your hand outside the tent to see if it gets wet ...<BR/><BR/>Which then forms the mainstay of their "hilarious" observational comedy..."you ever notice you stick your hand in the rain it gets wet ..am I right am I right ?"<BR/><BR/>BE I think you are a bit harsh there usage has always changed <BR/><BR/>ND<BR/><BR/>Have fun you`ve lost me<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimm's_law<BR/><BR/>Tell you soemthing I cannot stand its being called "Buddy " which I notice gaining ground ...hate it .<BR/>That Australian lilt to a sentence is annoying as well and the word subjective should be removed with forceps from the minds of stupid people ( except me )Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-12697791303452496812008-07-29T10:53:00.000+01:002008-07-29T10:53:00.000+01:00but hey, what about the 'b' and the 'v', then ? (I...but hey, what about the 'b' and the 'v', then ? (I understand 'g' and 'w')Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-13010608296746915172008-07-29T10:52:00.000+01:002008-07-29T10:52:00.000+01:00failsafe means 'designed so that, if it fails (whi...<I>failsafe</I> means 'designed so that, if it fails (which it may), it comes to a safe state'<BR/><BR/>but you hear people using it who clearly think it means 'incapable of failing' (I think we got there via the false-friend 'foolproof', which neatly straddles the otherwise vast conceptual divide) <BR/><BR/><I>kudos</I> (kewdoss) means 'prestige' but Americans say 'kudos to him for getting that right', which could be OK except they say kewdoe-s, and you realise they think it is a plural noun & means 'brownie-points'<BR/><BR/>it's not just Americans: loads of Brits think 'taking a rain-check' means sticking your hand outside the tent to see if it gets wet ...Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-358170671982068612008-07-29T10:07:00.000+01:002008-07-29T10:07:00.000+01:00I get worked up about "momentarily" which in Engli...I get worked up about "momentarily" which in English means "for a moment" but in American means "in a moment", but thanks to Hollywood is now used ignorantly by many English speakers.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-63258207253405594702008-07-29T09:55:00.000+01:002008-07-29T09:55:00.000+01:00Ahem I am now far from certain I know what either ...Ahem I am now far from certain I know what either of those word means Nick.<BR/><BR/>The reason why Language and meaning changes is chance mutation effecting an interdependent system.There is no universal model the point/advance of Grimms Law was the separation of the Germanic from Romance languages and the beggining of a plausible ancestry from a Indo-European common root <BR/><BR/>You can over do the Darwinesque analogy though England was home to various mutually comprehensible Germanic languiages at the ed of the Old English period ( notably Danish / Norse) It is possible that this is why it is uniquely became n n inflected allowing an unusual ability to absorb other words . It was a sort of pidgin language you might sayNewmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-57845485509618441912008-07-29T09:21:00.000+01:002008-07-29T09:21:00.000+01:00Point 3 - what's the story behind the common pheno...Point 3 - what's the story behind the common phenomenon that what's a 'b' in one language is a 'v' in another ?<BR/><BR/>Point 5 - another, constantly interesting aspect is the gradual evolution of meanings. Fair enough Heraclitus, everything changes. But something bothers me about this: what are we to say when a technical term with an important specific meaning (e.g. <I>failsafe</I>) changes its meaning <B>through pure ignorance</B> ? <BR/><BR/>An interesting intermediate case is <I>kudos</I>, which I get moderately worked-up about, but not as much as over failsafeNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-17591386263564639022008-07-29T07:18:00.000+01:002008-07-29T07:18:00.000+01:00BE..it is because they have been there for centuri...BE..it is because they have been there for centuries and the majority still live and die in one smal town,.<BR/><BR/>Thanks FloNewmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-61574334992650412052008-07-29T02:10:00.000+01:002008-07-29T02:10:00.000+01:00Progressives are those few who claim their superio...Progressives are those few who claim their superior and unique understanding of the many enables them to govern via incremental advances on behalf of the many, not the few. <BR/><BR/>The inherent contradiction of an elitist few claiming to be a progressive universal class advancing the interests of the many may be thought to escape the few. However, it's doubtful that this really does escape them, hence all the lies and spin: to enable the few to continue rule on behalf of the few.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35649541.post-37087804857723148742008-07-28T23:58:00.000+01:002008-07-28T23:58:00.000+01:00I'm glad you included point 9, although it does gi...I'm glad you included point 9, although it does give me rather less to comment upon.<BR/><BR/>I have often wondered why England remains so localised with accents and dialect despite being small and having relatively good communications.Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.com