Help for those learning English et al.

[Gremmyboy]

Fist
noun
1. The hand closed tightly with the fingers bent against the palm.
2. Informal A grasp; a clutch: had a fortune in their fists and let it go.

Fist
verb
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Been really enjoying this thread! I hope it stays active for a while!


Cheers
Gremmy

 

[Seventh777]

Lol .

Oh, nearly forgot the answer to my previous question, that word with three consecutive twinned letters was - Bookkeeper btw .

 

[chuchu59]

Something interesting on the subject of english...

The word "ye" isn't really used often except maybe in Ireland(?) and Newfoundland(?) - I'm not sure, I've never been to either place.
It's the plural of "you" and can still be heard in some songs such as "Oh come all ye faithful."
In the old days some English towns had a town crier yelling "Hear ye, hear ye" to attract everyone's attention before making an announcement.

Anyway, you also see this on some store fronts like this...

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This was not actually intended to be read or pronounced as "ye" but is in fact pronounced "the." Apparently the reason for its use is in early English the "th" sound was written with a letter called a "thorn" which I have no key to display. Written it looked similar to a Y and early printers just used the Y because they didn't have anything else to represent it with. It would also end up looking like the word "Ye" on signs that used a hand written font.

Time passed and now we have modern English. People are still using that silly Y on signs trying to be fancy and probably have no idea it's really pronounced "the" anyway.

Back in my schoolboy days the word'ye' was often used in hymns. Of course the most popular one starts with 'O come all ye faithful'.

 

[skiny]

Back in my schoolboy days the word'ye' was often used in hymns. Of course the most popular one starts with 'O come all ye faithful'.

In my schoolboy days we used to sing "Oh come all who have their own smokes." (Cause you're not bumming mine.)

 

[James MacCarthy]

Thank you for your such types of great posts. Really, i have learned a lot from your posts. Actually I have been trying to Old / Expired Link. And I have learned a little with English learning course. I know daily practice is very important to learn english. But I can't that everyday.
Again thank you !
I am grateful to you !

 

[Seventh777]

Thank you for your such types of great posts. Really, i have learned a lot from your posts. Actually I have been trying to Old / Expired Link. And I have learned a little with English learning course. I know daily practice is very important to learn english. But I can't that everyday.
Again thank you !
I am grateful to you !

English is by far the hardest language to learn, this isn`t helped by Americans having their very own version , to which there are many spelling conflicts - Armour - UK, Armor - American, to name but one word.

 

[Nifty29]

English is by far the hardest language to learn, this isn`t helped by Americans having their very own version , to which there are many spelling conflicts - Armour - UK, Armor - American, to name but one word.

My favorite American destruction of the English language is "I could care less".

It means "I could care less than I do, so I do actually care about it to some degree".

Of course, the correct phrase is "I couldn't care less", meaning "I couldn't care less than i do right now, which means I don't care in any way at all".

I also like "Give me that beer already". I can't even explain that one logically at all.

 

[P.V.]

I hate when I'm speaking to someone and they say "I heard that". Why not say I agree? I know you heard me, I'm standing right in front of you!

 

[chuchu59]

I hate when I'm speaking to someone and they say "I heard that". Why not say I agree? I know you heard me, I'm standing right in front of you!

Because it could also mean 'I understand' but that does not necessarily transalate into that person agreeing with you. Usually people retort and say 'I hear you loud and clear' nowadays.

 

[P.V.]

Because it could also mean 'I understand' but that does not necessarily transalate into that person agreeing with you. Usually people retort and say 'I hear you loud and clear' nowadays.

Used to emphasise the fact that one has heard a piece of information, and whole-heartedly agrees with it.

Guy1:"Damn homey! Need'da get me some poontang tonight!
Guy2:"I heard that!"

From the Urban Dictionary.

 

[immortality]

One sentence that annoys me is 'you're not getting nothing', which obviously means that you are getting something

I've heard so many people saying this, do they even stop to think about that phrase

 

[harrys99]

One sentence that annoys me is 'you're not getting nothing', which obviously means that you are getting something

I've heard so many people saying this, do they even stop to think about that phrase

LOL-where I come from it's "You ain't gettin none"

Geez I need some coffee