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#1059710 - Mon Aug 18 2014 01:47 AM Re: Calling all Grammar Experts
Chavs Prolific Registered: Fri Jul 15 2011 Posts: 1160 Loc: Ireland	Originally Posted By: dippo Even I've heard of a birthing pool. But do you ever hear someone say they birthed in it? Or how tired they felt during birthing?
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#1059711 - Mon Aug 18 2014 01:48 AM Re: Calling all Grammar Experts
Chavs Prolific Registered: Fri Jul 15 2011 Posts: 1160 Loc: Ireland	Originally Posted By: mehaul At the other end of life, can a person be in mid-death and what is it called? 'Foot touching the about to be kicked bucket'? Half passed? Passed what? On the phone: "He can't come to the phone right now, he's busy with death. Please, try back later." or "The Grim Reaper is almost done with him."? And to borrow from dippo: the dead pool - are you a swimmer or just a wader? At the Pearly Gates is one merely ringing the bell and not getting a response? This draws on Shakespeare: Are you Julieting me? He's busy giving up the ghost - it's halfway out? He's three feet under? He's between a rock and a kinda hard place? He's in the middle of ending his marriage by one of the caveats? He's always been friendly, now he's learning to be Casper about it? Wouldn't it be nice if the applicable adage was: "Better never than late" as far as death goes? He's practicing being late for his own funeral? That's all I got in this Robin Williams memorial rant. Should I be dying with laughter? ;D
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#1059734 - Mon Aug 18 2014 06:47 AM Re: Calling all Grammar Experts
mehaul Forum Champion Registered: Wed Feb 03 2010 Posts: 6516 Loc: Florida USA	Just semi-rigorous. _________________________ If you aren't seeing Heaven while you dream, you're doing something wrong. Dreams allow escape from the passage of Time. The ultimate activity is the Dream.
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#1061921 - Thu Aug 28 2014 03:19 PM Re: Calling all Grammar Experts
Jakeroo Multiloquent Registered: Sat Aug 30 2008 Posts: 2064 Loc: Alberta Canada	lol. Rigor mortis in humans lasts only about 24 hours Chaz, so no worries. Interesting memorial though mehaul. Still can't believe Robin is dead. Some stars shine too brightly I suppose. The best quote about birthing? "I don't know nuthin' 'bout birthin' babies Miss Scarlett" (Gone with the Wind) _________________________ Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense - Gertrude Stein
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#1064304 - Fri Sep 12 2014 03:39 AM Re: Calling all Grammar Experts
underscored Forum Adept Registered: Sun Jan 08 2012 Posts: 101 Loc: Bendigo Victoria Australia	I believe that remorse for the past or fear of the future will take any one of us out Here was a person deeply loved by the whole world and grief is very personal. Miss Scarlett answers " Well kind sir Aye is one that found out the hard way. _________________________ I haven't finished yet........
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#1064306 - Fri Sep 12 2014 03:41 AM Re: Calling all Grammar Experts
underscored Forum Adept Registered: Sun Jan 08 2012 Posts: 101 Loc: Bendigo Victoria Australia	I have heard of a 'birthing unit' Then again,, I have known many units in my time. _________________________ I haven't finished yet........
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#1064310 - Fri Sep 12 2014 04:18 AM Re: Calling all Grammar Experts
underscored Forum Adept Registered: Sun Jan 08 2012 Posts: 101 Loc: Bendigo Victoria Australia	When in doubt read the instructions!!! _________________________ I haven't finished yet........
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#1068144 - Wed Oct 08 2014 11:49 AM Re: Calling all Grammar Experts
Chavs Prolific Registered: Fri Jul 15 2011 Posts: 1160 Loc: Ireland	Originally Posted By: satguru I think this is the first time I've had to report a crystal ball word issue: barbeque Please can you remove this from the database, it's spelt barbecue and there are no alternative spellings, thanks! I wonder if this is like the "try and" versus "try to" debate - we may have to admit that the language has already changed to accept the new spelling, it is only our dictionaries and grammarians who have yet to catch up. ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue Barbecue (also barbeque, BBQ and barby/barbies) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/barbeque bar•be•cue or bar•be•que (ˈbɑr bɪˌkyu) n., v. -cued or -qued, -cu•ing or -qu•ing. n. http://grammarist.com/spelling/barbecue-barbeque/ Edited by sue943 (Mon Oct 13 2014 10:42 AM) Edit Reason: Removing my comment about title change
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#1068160 - Wed Oct 08 2014 02:02 PM Re: Calling all Grammar Experts
satguru Forum Champion Registered: Thu Feb 17 2000 Posts: 8089 Loc: Kingsbury London UK	Good point, but I am wondering (in my lifetime anyway) if a misspelling has ever become accepted before, and more so to the level of being added in a dictionary. That is a precedent, and only one step from removing a distinction between its and it's and their, they're and there. It's the logical progression and better they should have left that door closed, as otherwise more like embarassed, neccessary, and ought of will start to follow. Most people over 50 or so would be disgusted to see what they spent years being taught at school being slowly unravelled as the authorities have finally thrown in the towel and decided to follow rather than lead society. That is a very poor precedent in my eyes. _________________________ Does the brain create or receive consciousness?
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#1068165 - Wed Oct 08 2014 02:27 PM Re: Calling all Grammar Experts
flopsymopsy Administrator Registered: Sat May 17 2008 Posts: 5469 Loc: Northampton England UK	I'm not sure where to post this as the issue seems to have cropped up in multiple places but... firstly, spellings do change over the years or we'd still be speaking in Middle English about the Faerie Queene. Secondly the spelling of many words varies according to country and it's a long time since I got seriously irate about leaving out a 'u', changing a 'c' to an 's' or vice versa. And thirdly, the links posted by Chavs are interesting but those are not dictionaries which set spelling standards either in the UK or USA. They are internet sources cobbled together from any old place including Princeton which has a database of words online but which allows its students to type any word into it including words they clearly can't spell correctly. The Free Dictionary gets words from that database; save the moral outrage for them and for Princeton, and hope that the OED and Webster's stand fast. _________________________ The Hubble Telescope has just picked up a sound from a fraction of a second before the Big Bang. The sound was "Uh oh".
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#1068188 - Wed Oct 08 2014 03:06 PM Re: Calling all Grammar Experts
TimBentley Forum Adept Registered: Mon Apr 09 2012 Posts: 101 Loc: Indiana USA	http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barbeque and http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/barbecue both list "barbeque" as a variant. I know words like irregardless (and my spell checker doesn't even yell at that) are listed as nonstandard or something similar.
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#1068204 - Wed Oct 08 2014 05:24 PM Re: Calling all Grammar Experts
satguru Forum Champion Registered: Thu Feb 17 2000 Posts: 8089 Loc: Kingsbury London UK	Maybe apostrophised plurals will follow... Or should I say 'plural's'? _________________________ Does the brain create or receive consciousness?
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