Internet grammar?

[Dr.]

A fun article from CNN on how to pronounce Irish names.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/irish-names-pronunciation/index.html

A few samples — starting with the easy/more familiar and getting progressively more challenging.

Typical spelling (phonetic pronunciation)

Seán (Shawn)
Ronan (Ro-nin)
Rónán (Ro-nawn)
Domhnall (Do-nal)
Cillian (Kill-ee-an)
Cían (Kee-an)
Ciarán ((Keer-awn)
Ciara (Keer-ah)
Siobhán (Shiv-awn)
Saoirse (Sorsha or Seersha)
Éabha (Ava)
Aisling (Ashling)
Áine (On-ya)
Gráinne (Grawn-ya)
Fiadh (Fee-ah)
Oisín (Ush-een)
Róisín (Rush-een)
Caoilfhionn (Keel-an)

 

[Dark Raven]

A fun article from CNN on how to pronounce Irish names.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/irish-names-pronunciation/index.html

A few samples — starting with the easy/more familiar and getting progressively more challenging.

Typical spelling (phonetic pronunciation)

Seán (Shawn)
Ronan (Ro-nin)
Rónán (Ro-nawn)
Domhnall (Do-nal)
Cillian (Kill-ee-an)
Cían (Kee-an)
Ciarán ((Keer-awn)
Ciara (Keer-ah)
Siobhán (Shiv-awn)
Saoirse (Sorsha or Seersha)
Éabha (Ava)
Aisling (Ashling)
Áine (On-ya)
Gráinne (Grawn-ya)
Fiadh (Fee-ah)
Oisín (Ush-een)
Róisín (Rush-een)
Caoilfhionn (Keel-an)

I think Ronan is more like Ro-nun than Ro-nin. And it's not even really 'nun' like when you say the word 'nun' but an even shorter 'u' than that. Like when you say the name Goldman.

 

[Dr.]

 

[InCali]

Your driving and should have taken you're class in remedial English.

 

[InCali]

A fun article from CNN on how to pronounce Irish names.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/irish-names-pronunciation/index.html

A few samples — starting with the easy/more familiar and getting progressively more challenging.

Typical spelling (phonetic pronunciation)

Seán (Shawn)
Ronan (Ro-nin)
Rónán (Ro-nawn)
Domhnall (Do-nal)
Cillian (Kill-ee-an)
Cían (Kee-an)
Ciarán ((Keer-awn)
Ciara (Keer-ah)
Siobhán (Shiv-awn)
Saoirse (Sorsha or Seersha)
Éabha (Ava)
Aisling (Ashling)
Áine (On-ya)
Gráinne (Grawn-ya)
Fiadh (Fee-ah)
Oisín (Ush-een)
Róisín (Rush-een)
Caoilfhionn (Keel-an)

Damn they talk funny. LOL When their in American though, there supposed to speak English.

 

[blueharvest]

That's really the best spelling that a Trump supporter can do, you know?

 

[Dr.]

A playfully confusing sentence that is grammatically correct.

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

This expression employs three different usages for “buffalo”: 1) A proper noun (upper case) to denote the city in NY state, used as a noun modifier; 2) a noun to denote the animal (aka American bison); and 3) an obscure/slang meaning for bully or intimidate.

Additionally, the sentence employs a “reduced relative clause,” by which a relative pronoun can be omitted. E.g., “the house that [relative pronoun] John built” could be written as just “the house John built.”

Thus: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. Which could be translated into (somewhat) more coherent form as:

Buffalonian bison, [that] Buffalonian bison intimidate, intimidate Buffalonian bison.



A similar — but a bit easier — example:

 

[Dr.]

 

[Dr.]

I did not know this When writing to Gen-Zers, I'll try to keep this in mind No sense in antagonizing folks unnecessarily

 

[Dr.]

peek vs. peak vs. pique

peek — means to furtively look or glance. Memory trick: think of the double e’s as a pair of eyeglasses. Or use the two e’s in “see” as a guide to the correct spelling of peek.

peak — means top. As in: mountain peak or “she’s at the peak of her sport.”

pique — could mean anger or irritation. But this usage is somewhat archaic. More often, it means to stimulate. As in, “the movie title piqued my interest.”

 

[Dr.]

Via CNN... Collins Dictionary has decided that "brat" is their word of the year for 2024.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/01/style/brat-word-of-the-year-collins-dictionary-intl-scli/index.html#:~:text=Collins%20Dictionary%20has%20named%20%E2%80%9Cbrat,independent%2C%20and%20hedonistic%20attitude.%E2%80%9D

No news yet on what Oxford or Merriam-Webster chose.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

I'll accept woulda coulda shoulda in place of would have could have should have or would've could've should've

but not would of could of should of

 

[JazzyCrusader]

I can't help but to use correct grammar, whether I'm posting online or having a conversation with someone face to face.

 

[Dr.]

“Man,” “Woman” and… “Werewolf”

In modern times, English has endeavored to become more inclusive (less sexist) by limiting the meaning of “man” to refer to adult male. So the dated/generic usage in, say, “Man,” “Mankind,” “manned,” “fireman”, etc. has been replaced by “Human,” “Humankind,” “crewed,” “firefighter,” etc.

But it turns out, in the Old English/Anglo Saxon days, “man” wasn’t actually gender specific. It basically just meant person or human. Thus, in order to indicate gender, Old English had the following: “werman” (a male person) and “wifman” (a female person).

Over time, the “wer” in “werman” was dropped; and the word for male person got shortened to just “man.” Meanwhile, “wifman” retained its “man” (i.e., “person”) root; but the “wif” part evolved to “wi” (“wimman”), then “wu” (“wumman”) and finally “wo” (“womman”/”woman”).

And yet, the historical origins of these words are still present in “wife” and “werewolf” (literally “man-wolf”).

 

[Dr.]