Which in turn reminds me of the missing "o" sound (leading to stresses on different syllables) on "laboratory" - in the UK: "laBORat'ry", in the US: "LAB'rat'ry" which always sounds like "lavatory" to me :-)
"Fortnight" is a bit illogical. We don't have a word for 3 weeks or 4 weeks or 5 - So why for two weeks?
When I was young my parents would refer to the the time of (say) 3:35 and "five and twenty past three".
I thought this odd even as a child. Was it common-place?
I.e. a vocabulary of less than 200 words.
People on sink estates in South London speak Spanish? Wow.
The pronunciation of 'solder' can lead to amusement...
As in 'four-and-twenty blackbirds.
Many years ago it was, and it still is, in German.
I hate the word "Gotten"
I've gotten used to it (and rather like it). ;-)
Tim
Ther's also 'sennight', of course.
Not as much as I hate "burglarize".
It would be odd. That's five and twenty to four. Common when I was a child too.
I wasn't aware that "wanker" was an acceptable word in US English
you learn something every day.....
tim
I've forgotten it.
harry wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:
Whoops - Typo. 3:25 of course
There's 'senight' in Shakespeare for one week.
There's 'senight' in Shakespeare for one week.
My step daughter went into a post office in Peterborough and asked for a dozen first class stamps and was told 'we don't sell dozens' so she said 'can I have 12 then?' and they said yes!
I said that. But I believe it's 'sennight'.
Perhaps they shit in the bath.
s opposed to a calendar month.
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