Bruce Tuncks Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Thanks guys.... I never knew how hard it was to learn english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Bruce Tuncks said: Thanks guys.... I never knew how hard it was to learn english. Agreed. Enough of this. It isn't a 'Spelling Police' thread, ya know! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tuncks Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 That post about read and red reminds me of spelling reform1. There was a model plane magazine here in Aust where the editor unilaterally enacted sr1 which was to replace all the ea spelling with the hard "e" sound, so you would write that you red that book. Personally, I didn't like it even though I saw the logic. Anyway, the next editor gave up on the idea too. Esperanto was a better idea but it didn't take off , not that I would have helped much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 I think it's a pity it didn't get more traction. A lot of FACTS are LOST in translation. Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Esperanto did take off! . And is flourishing. The reason for not hearing about it , is simply " you cannot be payed to teach it " . Which rules out the the formal ' education ' system. Almost every country has an " Esperanto club " ! ,That will help tutor or be a ' local ' guide . spacesailor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 It would have to qualify as a language Other than English surely. LOTE. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 The UN have not recognised it. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 What would you expect from a deep lead mine? Lead was pronounced leed and it was a gold mine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 But many a deep lead led investors astray, as the gold turned out to be just painted lead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 2, 2023 Author Share Posted November 2, 2023 The group of letters L,E,A & D produce two homonyms - "el" , followed by the short "e" and ending in "d", giving "led", or the short "e" is replaced by the long "e", giving "leed". The most commonly appearing group is "lead", which can be either a verb, a noun, or an adjective. "led" has a much simpler life as it is only used as the past (preterite) tense of the verb, unless you are using the past continuous tense, "was leading". So the four-letter group used as a verb means "to guide," from Old English lædan. Used as a noun it has a number of meanings - the metal; the place in front of something going forward; a device to enable something to be guided, and as we have seen, a term to describe a vein of mineral in surrounding rock. It's adjectival form is used as a descriptor for things containing the metal, or as a descriptor based on the "to guide" meaning (lead singer). I hope my effort to lead you to an understanding of these homonyms, I haven't led you down the garden path on leaden feet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Oops! Sorry but I think I dozed off during the lesson. Thanks anyway OME 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 2, 2023 Author Share Posted November 2, 2023 9 minutes ago, nomadpete said: Oops! Sorry but I think I dozed off during the lesson. Don't worry, OK was taking notes. You can copy from his. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 You will sit the exam tomorrow. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 At the same time as the free beer. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 You can drink a drink, but you can't food a food. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 5, 2023 Author Share Posted November 5, 2023 You can beat an egg, but you can't beat a root. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 2 hours ago, old man emu said: You can beat an egg, but you can't beat a root. Showin ya age there OME. Or is this an ACAT memory assessment question - at least 65 years since I heard that one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Like that old saying "Put an egg in your shoe and beat it!" Every time I hear that in an old movie I can't get past the mental image of how slimy and disgusting it'd feel, not to mention cleaning it out afterwards... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tuncks Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 You are supposed to hold a bit of beetroot on your fork when you ask the table" you can beat an egg but what can't you beat?" Lotsa people have never heard this before, or they pretend they never heard it. And, marty, I never heard the one about the egg in your shoe either. Maybe I had a protected childhood, old movie-wise anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Being pure in heart and innocent as the driven snow It should be OK if you put the question at the stage of Serving chicken IF "any one wanted stuffing" ? Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Nev the Xmas Turkey didn't complain but hopefully your family won't be clamouring for a good stuffing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) Never heard of the saying, "put an egg in your shoe and beat it", either. But I didn't have a totally sheltered childhood, so it must be a good old Tassie saying. When we annoyed someone, we got, "make like the birds, and flock off!" Edited November 6, 2023 by onetrack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Let's make like the flidgeons and get the flock outta here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 Or, Make like the Good Shepherd, and get the flock out of here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 45 minutes ago, old man emu said: Or, Make like the Good Shepherd, and get the flock out of here. That would have been far too eloquent for me. I wish I'd thought of it when I was in high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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