I'm not really a Nazi about it, it's not like I complain - I'd be doing nothing else! It just annoys me sometimes! And your spelling and grammar really isn't too bad compared to many. Although you do write "ect" instead of "etc" which is another pet peeve...:tongue:
Usually "ax", I think? I feel "ax" is a very useful scrabble word, I also feel that it has an interesting etymological heritage!
A while ago I would have said Autumn because of the change and the decay and the slow descent into swirly gusty rainy Winteryness, which I find beautiful. Now I think I'm starting to go for Spring because of its optimism, sunshine and warmth, or even Summer because of its long days, absence of work and plenty of festivals! I think I've mentioned three, so I'll also say Winter is another favourite because of its bleak icy desolation and the cosyness of my bed in the morning. :tongue:
I'm not sure that's it. It's not something I've noticed amongst African Americans or Anglo Americans as much as black Londoners. And it sounds more drawn out than ax. More like arks or aaks. It might be the same phenomenon, but the description above doesn't seem to fit....
Ah, I know what you mean. I checked my OED and "aks" is in there as a variant spelling of "ax". Ax I normally associate with African American slang, but the British form is a version of the same phenomenon of metathesis. I doubt most of the people you hear using it are deliberately making reference to Old English going back to Chaucer, but I'd like to think that one or two might be:tongue: To be honest it really doesn't bother me, because I'm vaguely aware of its heritage in the history of English, whereas another manifestation of metathesis, "nuculer" for "nuclear" really annoys me because it's always only ever an unknowing mistake.
Your post in Farabovetheclouds's Karma got me thinking. I've asked you about your PhD before, but you being an old man, I've never asked you about your undergraduate life. Where did you study, what did you study, and what was the social life there like?
If your Lion husband caught you cheating on him with a zebra, would you plead for forgiveness or run away with the zebra?
I'd call him a zebra bastard, zebra, zebra, zebra fucker! And kudos for anyone who gets that reference. Actually I've seen a real zebra fucker. Or more accurately a fucking zebra. In the Sex Museum in Amsterdam, there's a picture of a zebra with it's big zebra penis fucking a woman from behind....
Have you considered going on Deal or No Deal or Are You Smarter Than a Ten Year Old to excercise your Noel Edmunds wank fantasy?
:lol: that would be awesome! jon, so needs to do that. what was the last thing you bought for your bike (which is evidentally in need of some lovin')?
Ah yes, Saddam Formby! I didn't realise you'd been around that long, raz. Saddam was actually part of a team: Well, it was topical in 2003:tongue:
