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English is weird
Tova:
I'm not sure, but I think it is simply known as "argument by assertion."
Case:
--- Quote from: Tova on 14 Jun 2018, 17:53 ---I'm not sure, but I think it is simply known as "argument by assertion."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_by_assertion ?
That sounds like it fits the bill, thanks!
Edit: Ipse Dixit seems to be a related term.
Tova:
Ah yep, that's pretty much what I was thinking of.
Thanks for the related link - I was unaware of that expression.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: Ignominious on 14 Jun 2018, 15:03 ---I'm in Kerry at the moment and it's strange to hear people a whole people speaking English with native fluency but in an accent that is clearly suited to another very different language. Its something you never hear elsewhere from someone non-British who's learned English, no matter how fluent.
Kerry, for the unfamiliar is a deeply rural part of southern Ireland.
Another observation, each Irish county seems to have a different punctuative word. Kerry is "so", Dublin is "like", Mayo is "then". Not sure how they get decided on.
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Dundee's is 'ken'.
Glasgow's is 'but'.
But to be honest, I think they are dying away due to an influx of americanisms (prob due to the youtube addiction of "da kids!")
Our youngest used the word 'bathtub' yesterday, a word I can pretty much swear to never having used in normal, everyday speech (it's just plain and simple 'bath' here).
Both me, and his mother, were shocked by this sudden usage and asked where it had come from! (He didn't know)
HughYeman:
--- Quote from: Pilchard123 on 14 Jun 2018, 09:44 ---I have an irrationality strong dislike for the misuse of reflexive pronouns. "I will send that to yourselves", "please call myself", and the like seem to crop up all over emails and phone calls. It really sets my teeth on edge.
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That is one of my biggest peeves.
"Can you set up a meeting between Joe and myself?"
"NO! I can't!! Because ONLY YOU CAN SET UP A MEETING BETWEEN JOE AND YOURSELF!!!"
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