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[Bodd]

Ph. As in Phillips is this from Dutch or Flemish

 

[EddieM]

Welsh do the same.

Love the Welsh word for microwave, pure genius.

 

[motorbiking]

meicrodon?

 

[EddieM]

meicrodon?

popty ping apparently, don't know of it true though don't speak Welsh or know anyone who does.

 

[Stivino]

Ph. As in Phillips is this from Dutch or Flemish

I was taught that its origins were Greek.

 

[ajohn]

In some ways English is simpler than many others -no gender for instance and also it's not all that unusual for words to be context sensitive so in some respects it's a shorthand language. It also has some anglo saxon words still kicking about that get edited out on forums etc. Odd really as they have explicit meanings. Must be a hang over from trying to get rid of anglo saxon for some reason, probably snobbery.

Americans some times want to know where all of the zees as they pronounce them have gone.

 

[EddieM]

In some ways English is simpler than many others -no gender for instance and also it's not all that unusual for words to be context sensitive so in some respects it's a shorthand language. It also has some anglo saxon words still kicking about that get edited out on forums etc. Odd really as they have explicit meanings. Must be a hang over from trying to get rid of anglo saxon for some reason, probably snobbery.

Americans some times want to know where all of the zees as they pronounce them have gone.

And where all the u's came from. The Webster fella has a lot to answer for, made a bit of a hash of it.

 

[ajohn]

And where all the u's came from. The Webster fella has a lot to answer for, made a bit of a hash of it.

Probably from some one who studied classics like Boris but became a phd.

 

[EddieM]

My pet Americanism (ugh) is burglarized. Why? There's already a perfectly decent word for it. Burgled.

 

[Stivino]

popty ping apparently, don't know of it true though don't speak Welsh or know anyone who does.

I think that's right enough.
As I understand it, the Welsh word for oven is popty so, an oven that pings = popty ping.

 

[Ihavenojob]

The whole point of language is to communicate. If people are commonly using words, ether new ones or changing the meaning of old ones then yes, it's right. Language has always evolved, moved with the times - just like the people who use them.

So if a lot of people start calling a tomato a house brick, would we be down the greengrocers asking for house bricks ?

 

[durhamplumber]

So if a lot of people start calling a tomato a house brick, would we be down the greengrocers asking for house bricks ?

Indeed ..I think you are starting to understand the concept.......Slooooowly

 

[Ihavenojob]

Indeed ..I think you are starting to understand the concept.......Slooooowly

So what happens to house bricks, ie , the bricks you build houses out of?, as you would get a pallet full of tomatoes if you ask for house bricks.

 

[durhamplumber]

So what happens to house bricks, ie , the bricks you build houses out of?, as you would get a pallet full of tomatoes if you ask for house bricks.

You end up with a word with two meanings..Very common.

 

[Ihavenojob]

You end up with a word with two meanings..Very common.

and confusing.