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CDB
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:27 pm
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"FB" <fam.balducciNOSPAM@tin.it> wrote in message
news:fnrz6dm2ctb0.1usqgs1nya7s8.dlg@40tude.net...
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| Quote: | Also flore(m) (acc. of "flos") ==> French "la fleure" (fem.);
Spanish "la
flor" (fem.); Italian "il fiore" (masc.)
I hope I've made no mistakes.
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For the record, the French is "la fleur".
Since "flos' is masculine, I was wondering how we got "flora", which
I'd always assumed was a Latin plural corresponding to the plural form
"fauna". Not, according to the SOD: "flora" is actually the name of
the goddess in generalized form, and "fauna" is the sister of the god
"Faunus". Both of them feminine singulars, by the Piper at the Gates
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Robert Bannister
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:22 am
Post subject: Re: "an European" from Robinson Crusoe |
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Bill Bonde ('by a commodius vicus of recirculation') wrote:
| Quote: | Except that you wouldn't put an 'an' in front of "Hancock" or "Half"
although you would in front of "hour", but then the 'h' is silent in
"hour".
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'Ang on! If you're dropping you're Hs, you use "an". The person who says
"'alf" for "half" will ask for "an 'alf pint of bitter", so it doesn't
just apply to words like "hour". Actually, this isn't strictly true, as
many people who drop Hs, are also addicted to glottal stops and are
quite happy to say "a 'alf".
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John Dean
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:15 am
Post subject: Re: "an European" from Robinson Crusoe |
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the Omrud wrote:
| Quote: | John Dean <john-dean@frag.lineone.net> spake thusly:
Bill Bonde ('by a commodius vicus of recirculation') wrote:
John Dean wrote:
Bill Bonde ('by a commodius vicus of recirculation') wrote:
I just wondered if there was some other pronunciation for the 'h'
other than the normal one and silence.
Only in H...ancock's Half Hour
Except that you wouldn't put an 'an' in front of "Hancock" or "Half"
although you would in front of "hour", but then the 'h' is silent in
"hour".
I'm guessing you never heard Anthony Aloysius pronounce the name of
the show.
He was a but wobbly on his Christian names - sometimes it was
Aloysius but sometimes it was St John {pronounced, for the foreign
folk: "Sin-jun".
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I recollect it was Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, which was a slight
embellishment of his own name - Anthony John Hancock.
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John Dean
Oxford |
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Paul Wolff
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:50 am
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In message <dkoqfj$fcl$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>, John Dean
<john-dean@frag.lineone.net> writes
| Quote: | the Omrud wrote:
John Dean <john-dean@frag.lineone.net> spake thusly:
Bill Bonde ('by a commodius vicus of recirculation') wrote:
John Dean wrote:
Bill Bonde ('by a commodius vicus of recirculation') wrote:
I just wondered if there was some other pronunciation for the 'h'
other than the normal one and silence.
Only in H...ancock's Half Hour
Except that you wouldn't put an 'an' in front of "Hancock" or "Half"
although you would in front of "hour", but then the 'h' is silent in
"hour".
I'm guessing you never heard Anthony Aloysius pronounce the name of
the show.
He was a but wobbly on his Christian names - sometimes it was
Aloysius but sometimes it was St John {pronounced, for the foreign
folk: "Sin-jun".
I recollect it was Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, which was a slight
embellishment of his own name - Anthony John Hancock.
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And he lived at No 10, Railway Cuttings, Downing Street.
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Paul
In bocca al Lupo! |
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John Dean
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:37 am
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Paul Wolff wrote:
| Quote: | In message <dkoqfj$fcl$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>, John Dean
john-dean@frag.lineone.net> writes
the Omrud wrote:
John Dean <john-dean@frag.lineone.net> spake thusly:
Bill Bonde ('by a commodius vicus of recirculation') wrote:
John Dean wrote:
Bill Bonde ('by a commodius vicus of recirculation') wrote:
I just wondered if there was some other pronunciation for the
'h' other than the normal one and silence.
Only in H...ancock's Half Hour
Except that you wouldn't put an 'an' in front of "Hancock" or
"Half" although you would in front of "hour", but then the 'h' is
silent in "hour".
I'm guessing you never heard Anthony Aloysius pronounce the name of
the show.
He was a but wobbly on his Christian names - sometimes it was
Aloysius but sometimes it was St John {pronounced, for the foreign
folk: "Sin-jun".
I recollect it was Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, which was a
slight embellishment of his own name - Anthony John Hancock.
And he lived at No 10, Railway Cuttings, Downing Street.
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23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam (aka Hancock Towers)
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John Dean
Oxford |
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Mike Lyle
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:38 am
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John Dean wrote:
| Quote: | Paul Wolff wrote:
In message <dkoqfj$fcl$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>, John Dean
john-dean@frag.lineone.net> writes
the Omrud wrote:
John Dean <john-dean@frag.lineone.net> spake thusly:
Bill Bonde ('by a commodius vicus of recirculation') wrote:
John Dean wrote:
Bill Bonde ('by a commodius vicus of recirculation') wrote:
I just wondered if there was some other pronunciation for
the
'h' other than the normal one and silence.
Only in H...ancock's Half Hour
Except that you wouldn't put an 'an' in front of "Hancock" or
"Half" although you would in front of "hour", but then the 'h'
is
silent in "hour".
I'm guessing you never heard Anthony Aloysius pronounce the
name
of the show.
He was a but wobbly on his Christian names - sometimes it was
Aloysius but sometimes it was St John {pronounced, for the
foreign
folk: "Sin-jun".
I recollect it was Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, which was a
slight embellishment of his own name - Anthony John Hancock.
And he lived at No 10, Railway Cuttings, Downing Street.
23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam (aka Hancock Towers)
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Er...
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Mike. |
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