tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post6356346926290966820..comments2023-08-24T16:23:44.260+10:00Comments on Words all Around: Tesco - less is not the same as fewerparlancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-79736739196479641752020-10-09T16:28:20.744+11:002020-10-09T16:28:20.744+11:00Hi, Vincent, thanks for the visit. I haven't p...Hi, Vincent, thanks for the visit. I haven't posted in months, but this seemingly-eternal Covid lockdown here has prompted me to look at my blogs. It was pleasant to realise I actually had an unmoderated comment. I'll go across and check out your blog. And regarding memory...mine is sinking under the weight of more than entropy. The sameness of Covid lockdown is causing a kind of fog in parlancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-86070349881554853162020-10-04T20:44:52.425+11:002020-10-04T20:44:52.425+11:00Dear Parlance, I've been weeding out old posts...Dear Parlance, I've been weeding out old posts and was delighted to find your comment on this one https://rochereau.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/the-lure-of-literature, from when your blog started; and to find yours is still going. <br /><br />We are older, our memories are not what they were We are at the mercy of entropy—had to pluck the word from Roget. <br /><br />2. figurative. A state of Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-15212132680495458422008-09-19T22:39:00.000+10:002008-09-19T22:39:00.000+10:00oh yes, I would. But it doesn't mean that the rule...oh yes, I would. But it doesn't mean that the rules have to be changed retrospectively for 1908.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-70468248776182748742008-09-19T22:32:00.000+10:002008-09-19T22:32:00.000+10:00I would call this year 'two thousand and eight'. I...I would call this year 'two thousand and eight'. Is that what you would say?parlancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-5593625980727471952008-09-19T17:20:00.000+10:002008-09-19T17:20:00.000+10:00My dear, it's the gravitational pull of the majori...My dear, it's the gravitational pull of the majority. But as one gets older one cleaves to the gravitational and sentimental pull of one's own years. <BR/><BR/>I have vowed never to use "their" in that sense, and quite blatantly use "his" when desperate, on the basis that a woman may use "her".<BR/><BR/>But the corner I defend even more fiercely is to pronounce 1908 as "Nineteen-eight" and not "Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-11220404011396858202008-09-19T16:32:00.000+10:002008-09-19T16:32:00.000+10:00Hi, Vincent.Thanks for visiting my blog - I love d...Hi, Vincent.<BR/>Thanks for visiting my blog - I love discussing language and it's great to hear from you.<BR/>I hope I won't go down in your estimation too much if I tell you I hardly ever use 'whom' these days. I'm aware of its function - more because of having learned German, than from being taught its use in English classes. I think most of my friends would have used it in the past but I haveparlancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-15257331282656612432008-09-18T22:40:00.000+10:002008-09-18T22:40:00.000+10:00I wonder if you are careful to use "whom?&quo...I wonder if you are careful to use "whom?" and not just "who" all the time? And what about the case of pronouns? I always notice (and am careful to use correctly in speech) expressions such as "you and I" versus "you and me". I notice that BBC radio 4 presenters are careless about correct usage these days.<BR/><BR/>Obviously we cannot hold back the tide (Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com