Lemon Head Posted February 13, 2002 Posted February 13, 2002 Raven, that acronym problem had plagued me with sleepless nights and endless crossings out on essay before i finally asked my English teacher what the hell was going on. According to him the pronunciation of the letter is irrelevant, it is the actual word which makes the difference. So to set your mind at rest, it would be "a MI game" - sounds lame doesn't it?
Remi Posted February 13, 2002 Posted February 13, 2002 According to the Associated Press' grammar rules "an MI game" is right, because of the "EMM" sound. With that said, press grammar can vary from standard rules, so I'm guessing both are correct.
elTee Posted February 13, 2002 Posted February 13, 2002 I'M NOT RACIST!! But, the correct pronunciation of almost all words on this forum can only be perfected by those who are ENGLISH. Thats why its called QUEENS ENGLISH. Hey, the biggest clue is in the name - English. (I really love Australians, and Americans. I know a few Canadians but I'd hate to live there.) ONCE AGAIN, I AM NOT RACIST!! PLEASE DO NOT HATE ME!!
Prinity Posted February 13, 2002 Posted February 13, 2002 Originally posted by LucasTones I'M NOT RACIST!! But, the correct pronunciation of almost all words on this forum can only be perfected by those who are ENGLISH. Thats why its called QUEENS ENGLISH. Hey, the biggest clue is in the name - English. (I really love Australians, and Americans. I know a few Canadians but I'd hate to live there.) ONCE AGAIN, I AM NOT RACIST!! PLEASE DO NOT HATE ME!! Aren't there approximately 384 different English English pronounciations?
Jake Posted February 13, 2002 Posted February 13, 2002 Only the original English counts. All others are retarded, incorrect, and void. They are not the English language. *goes back to playing 'Adventure' on the university computer lab basement*
Trapezoid Posted February 13, 2002 Posted February 13, 2002 Yeah right. You psycho English fools call Trapezoids "trapeziums". WTF????????????????????????????????????????????????
ptdc Posted February 13, 2002 Posted February 13, 2002 At least we speak our own original language!!!!!
Prinity Posted February 13, 2002 Posted February 13, 2002 Originally posted by PTDC At least we speak our own original language!!!!! No you don't! English is a hash of Germanic languages and a whole bunch of other romance languages originally taken from Latin and with lots of words taken from other languages thrown in.
ptdc Posted February 14, 2002 Posted February 14, 2002 Well at least we speak a language named after our country!
Metallus Posted February 14, 2002 Posted February 14, 2002 You're acting like the United States STOLE a language from you personally. That's just not the way to go about it PT. If I shared your same mentality, I'd be blaming you personally for persecuting pilgrims or something--which I'm not, so chill out, and get back to talking about whatever the hell this thread is about or I'll lock it.
ptdc Posted February 14, 2002 Posted February 14, 2002 I'm sorry It's just I traded the English language for a mule and a handful of magic beans in 19****ety2. I'll be good
ptdc Posted February 14, 2002 Posted February 14, 2002 Hmmm, that's odd, the word censor thingy censored part of a perfectly innocent word! What was this thread about anyway?
Darnn Posted February 14, 2002 Posted February 14, 2002 Met, I don't think he was being as serious as all that. And PT, when you write four asterisks in the middle of a perfectly innocent word, the censorship thingy censors them. Stupid computers.
Metallus Posted February 14, 2002 Posted February 14, 2002 Apologies to PT for focusing the spotlight on his actions specifically. I was mostly mad at the rediculous argument being waged that was dragging this thread down, while at the same time giving it unnaturally long life.
Darnn Posted February 14, 2002 Posted February 14, 2002 You do remember that this thread was about the little Simon Jefferey creature in the LF banner, right? What could possibly be lower than that?
elTee Posted February 15, 2002 Posted February 15, 2002 That whole languages thing was fun while it lasted. I hope that you know that the plural of trapezium is trapezoid in american or english. Did you know that you spell colour with a 'u'? did you know that you spell 'trunk' with a 'b', two 'o's and a 't'? etc etc. Personally, though, I love all those american turns of phrase. Like 'I did it already!!' instead of 'I've already done it.' I use that one a lot. Simon Jeffrey is English, you say... know I know my chances of working there are not miniscule. I hope to be moving to San Francisco soon anyway, cos I wanna do astronomy and I contacted them about thier university / observatory. I love Frisco so much - all the best companies are based there.
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