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WCDT: 2425-2429 (15-19 April, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
LordVaughn:
Is it bad that my thought processes sometimes go like the conversations between Claire and Clinton?
westrim:
I wonder what the new position of the twitter feed means for news posts, and why the flatr button wasn't moved in the process.
jwhouk:
English is hard enough; you start messing with pronouns and it gets all :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:
Valdís:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 17 Apr 2013, 06:26 ---English is hard enough; you start messing with pronouns and it gets all
--- End quote ---
Using the right ones is not "Messing with them", though.
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: Valdís on 17 Apr 2013, 06:43 ---Using the right ones is not "Messing with them", though.
--- End quote ---
Yes... but on the other hand, English *is* hard enough. We have things like....
Affect ehFEKT- to change; AFFekt- a person's feelings or emotion
Alternate ALternit- the next choice; ALternait- switch back and forth
Are AHR- plural present tense of "to be"; AIR- 100 square meters (1/100th of a hectare) [although may also be pronounced AHR]
Ares AIRS- 100 square meter units [plural]; AIReez- Greek god of war [capitalized]
Attribute ahTRIByoot- to consider resulting from; AHtribyoot- a characteristic of someone
August AUgust- month [capitalized]; auGUST- important, eminent
Axes AKsiz- more than one ax or axe; AKseez- the plural of axis
Bass BASE- a string instrument; (rhymes with mass)- a fish
etc
So - how many ares are in the field of Ares? To which attribute do we attribute this to?
Not forgetting "This person - who are they with?", the use of the plural "they" as a singular gender-neutral pronoun. Much like the German "Sie" for "you (formal)", "she" and "they".
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