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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 7:44 am
by Orthography Enthusiast
That should be "...get upset at
thee." I grew up reading the King James translation of the Bible, so I'm really good at my thees and thous.
In my opinion, "Can I invade your personal space" is just informal language, not wrong when it's spoken. The "can/may" distinction is more important in formal speech or written English.
And you
can too still use the old-fashioned word for a female canine without offense... but you'd better be at a kennel or a dog show or a vet's office at the time.
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:07 am
by autrefois
Orthography Enthusiast @ Jun 17 2004, 01:44 AM wrote:
That should be "...get upset at
thee." I grew up reading the King James translation of the Bible, so I'm really good at my thees and thous.
In my opinion, "Can I invade your personal space" is just informal language, not wrong when it's spoken. The "can/may" distinction is more important in formal speech or written English.
And you
can too still use the old-fashioned word for a female canine without offense... but you'd better be at a kennel or a dog show or a vet's office at the time.
Thou art correct—thou knowest well thine English.
Tis hard to keep straight such olden forms. Methinks verbs are even harder: -(e)st, -(e)th, etc.
A topic befitting Al is this one, for how many singers canst thou name who use "thine" in our times?
if I finish all of my chores, and you finish thine
I bid good night to ye all—this manner of speech doth give me an headache!
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:30 am
by algonacchick
Yeah, I can't really think of any modern-day songs that use the word "thine", either. Gotta love that about Al!
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:45 pm
by modular
Also, it should be "I bet there are a hundred house codes that I'm violating"
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:02 am
by ThewEiRdOne27
modular @ Jun 29 2004, 01:45 PM wrote:
Also, it should be "I bet there are a hundred house codes that I'm violating"
[quote=""Trash Day""]
Bet there's a hundred
health codes that I'm violatin'
[/quote]
And yes, it should be an "are," not an "is" (even if it's contracted).
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:39 pm
by modular
Off to the misheard lyrics thread...
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 7:23 pm
by Seva
While still in Bulgaria, saw yesterday: "Welcome to Bulgarian restaurant - THE TRUE BULGARIAN KITCHEN".
Boy, it's better to them to become Al fans...
SEVA.