General Chat

When something has gone should we say goan, Tec?

I love that play, Rose.

:-D exactly Tec lol, I was told the 'e' at the end modifies the sound of the 'o'.

btw i was down in your area Sat/Sun, just overnight on a flying visit to my friend and had a very nice scone there, with real cream in it :-D

Guinevere this just came to mind lol

"“FRANK: Do you know Yeats?
RITA: The wine lodge?
FRANK: No, WB Yeats, the poet.
RITA: No.
FRANK: Well, in his poem 'The Wild Swans At Coole',Yeats rhymes the word "swan" with the word "stone". You see? That's an example of assonance.
RITA: Yeah, means getting the rhyme wrong.”
Willy Russell, Educating Rita

:-) I never see the word candelabra ( well you don't these days lol) without thinking about my mum's way of saying it, also 'cactus' which always came out as 'catcus' :-D

Would not a bone - become a bon?

and a throne - a thron? :-D :-D

sorry, couldn't resist :-)

Now who says English has to be consistent, Rose?

That's one of its delights.

tsk it's not a scon lol ;-) if it were a 'scon' the thing that gets wedged in an 'orses 'oof would be a 'ston'

:-D :-D :-D

Humour me I'm not having a good day lol.

Controversy - emphasis is first syllable and scon. :)

I believe you Guinevere :-) after all I have only ever seen you mispell or make a typo when truly incensed lolol. ( you made 2 the other day at a time of great stress ;-) )

Now here's a question, where do you put the stress in 'controversy' ;-) and is it 'scon' or 'scone' lolol.

The rule is that "aitch" is correct. Consult a dictionary if you don't believe me.

I come from a long line of English teachers. And I like to see our beautiful language used correctly.

Correct use of English is still important. But first, we must all agree the rules.

Now let the talking begin.

if you say haitch that means you is common like wot I am ......

I hate it when people do that

It is aitch

But of course us cockneys drop aitches all over and add them back in the wrong places!!!!! ;-) ;-)

They were wrong. The correct pronunciation is "aitch".

I think it depends which part of the country you were in as a child.

I was taught to say "aitch", but when we moved house all my new friends said "haitch".

Hieroglyphs were popular one time.

It is "aitch". Using "haitch" is just plain ignorance.

Beware if you say haitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IvWoQplqXQ

So was I, RR, so was I.

That seems to be the norm in Oz also :-(

Just out of interest, slightly unconnected, but do you say "haitch" or "aitch" ?

I am just listening to Sir Peter Higgins talking about HS2 and he is is using "haitch" which seems to be becoming the norm now , though I was always taught that the letter 'H' is pronounced "aitch".

The word 'wither' would not appear on a spellcheck as it is a 'genuine' word.

Neither would the words, whether, weather, whither, wether :-D :-D :-D

People should at least have a basic command of English, especially if they righting a job description and the rekwired kwalifiactions for
that posishon ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

"You should never trust a man who has only one way to spell a word."

(C&P from the Net).

English spelling can be a real/reel pain/pane/payne to foreign students.

They find it difficult to/too/two decide which is right/wright/write/rite.