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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:10 am
Post subject: Oblique mood |
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Anyone know what the "oblique mood" is? Seems to come from Greek and
Slavic languages... |
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:37 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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On Thursday, in article
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j.murphy@libertysurf.fr "John of Aix" wrote:
| Quote: | vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
Don't be 'cute.
Why not? One doesn't need to have a broom up one's arse to live you
know.
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I *suspect* that you missed the apostrophe: this was intended to convey
aphaeresistic modification of "acute", which might be construed as the
opposite of "oblique".
In answer to the original query, then Chambers' Dictionary claims that
the "oblique case" is "any case other than the nominative or vocative".
However, Bodmer seems to consider the "oblique cases" as excluding the
genitive as well.
I can find no book on grammar that acknowledges an oblique *mood*.
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk@dsl.co.uk
"Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu
le loisir de la faire plus courte."
Blaise Pascal, /Lettres Provinciales/, 1657 |
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John of Aix
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:05 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
| Quote: | Anyone know what the "oblique mood" is? Seems to come from Greek and
Slavic languages...
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Yeah its when I lean over and moan.
(Just kidding). |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:19 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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| Don't be 'cute. |
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John of Aix
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:33 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
Why not? One doesn't need to have a broom up one's arse to live you
know. |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:14 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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| It's a joke... 'cute = acute... maybe it's just not funny. |
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John Hall
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:36 pm
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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In article <1110430124.978087.98660@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
vorotyntsev@yahoo.com writes:
| Quote: | It's a joke... 'cute = acute... maybe it's just not funny.
Don't worry, it made me smile. |
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John Hall
"Home is heaven and orgies are vile,
But you *need* an orgy, once in a while."
Ogden Nash (1902-1971) |
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Matti Lamprhey
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:19 pm
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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<vorotyntsev@yahoo.com> wrote...
| Quote: | It's a joke... 'cute = acute... maybe it's just not funny.
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It would be in other groups; here, we take it for granted that
"cute = acute" because that's how the word originated.
Matti |
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John of Aix
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:37 pm
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
| Quote: | It's a joke... 'cute = acute... maybe it's just not funny.
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Yes sorry. As Brian pointed out, I missed the apostrophe. Apologies and
well done for the joke, too subtle even for a native English speaker
such as I  |
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John of Aix
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:47 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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Matti Lamprhey wrote:
| Quote: | vorotyntsev@yahoo.com> wrote...
It's a joke... 'cute = acute... maybe it's just not funny.
It would be in other groups; here, we take it for granted that
"cute = acute" because that's how the word originated.
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Good heavens, that had never occurred to me. What nationality are you
Matti, I'm sure I can weave an after dinner story out of being given
insights into English by a Finn/Latvian/Norwegian or whatever you are. |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:02 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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| I did not know that... thanks. |
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:30 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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On Thursday, in article
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j.murphy@libertysurf.fr "John of Aix" wrote:
| Quote: | vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
It's a joke... 'cute = acute... maybe it's just not funny.
Yes sorry. As Brian pointed out, I missed the apostrophe. Apologies and
well done for the joke, too subtle even for a native English speaker
such as I
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:-)
However, this still doesn't solve the OP's problem, if indeed he is still
looking for something about the "oblique MOOD". Perhaps a little more
context from him?
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk@dsl.co.uk
"Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu
le loisir de la faire plus courte."
Blaise Pascal, /Lettres Provinciales/, 1657 |
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Guest
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:37 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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It's OK; it was pretty obscure.
Don't you mean "...such as me"? (Just kidding) |
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:31 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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On 10 Mar, in article
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vorotyntsev@yahoo.com wrote:
| Quote: | It's OK; it was pretty obscure.
Don't you mean "...such as me"? (Just kidding)
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Do you suppose you could provide a /little/ bit of context, quoted, in
your posts? Not everyone uses a newsreader that threads by analysing the
References header (my own only threads by Subject, and date of receipt).
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk@dsl.co.uk
"Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu
le loisir de la faire plus courte."
Blaise Pascal, /Lettres Provinciales/, 1657 |
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Guest
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| Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:05 am
Post subject: Re: Oblique mood |
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Someone brought it up on another board... evidently it is a kind of
subjunctive, present in other languages. I was just wondering if any of
the experts here knew if it exists or ever existed in English. |
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