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English is weird
Ignominious:
Or Bristolian but far less appealing.
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Over the past couple of months I've been exposed to the use of "badly" to mean unwell. I think it's a bit South Yorkshire/North Derbyshire dialect, not sure if it proliferates elsewhere.
example:
- How's tha mum been?
- Ooh, not much, she's been took badly while last week.
As it happens, one of my current colleagues has had a habit of throwing sickies, often the day after a major sporting event, Monday mornings and other major causes for drinking. Inevitably, as it rhymes, this has garnered him the nickname of Badly Padley.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: Thrillho on 04 Jul 2018, 06:25 ---One of the things that drives me insane about the Co-Op is that their slogan is 'good with food' which only works if you have a Scot doing the voiceover.
--- End quote ---
EVERYTHING works better with a Scot doing the voice-over!
;)
Tova:
Lets get rid of the apostrophe
pwhodges:
While it is true, as the article says, that no important ambiguities result from omitting the apostrophe, I'm not sure that it's true that there are none whatsoever - though in some cases the apostrophe resolves in writing what is not resolved in speech other than by context (distinguishing singular and plural genitives, for instance). Also, the usage with genitives of names ending in s would be unclear in writing - is the ss at the end of Hodgess or Chriss a double s or an added genitive? Or should it be written Hodgeses or Chrises to make the pronunciation clear? (Note, I do not omit the second s in this situation - I prefer Hodges's to Hodges' because my name is not a plural, though of course some people write Hodge's even though my name is not Hodge.)
Akima:
--- Quote from: Tova on 30 Oct 2018, 05:22 ---Lets get rid of the apostrophe
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Did they just apostrophise the apostrophe?
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