On A Daily Basis...

[tigger]

Trouble is, everybody just keeps on "moving the goalposts" grrrr.

Nearly forgot the latest one seems to be "it's an emotional rollercoaster".

 

[baldy01]

axe (for ask), or summink!

 

[Richardp]

Bovvered?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

At this point in time, what irritate me the most are the quantum leaps in journalist-speak, innit.

I'm looking into counciling

Good idea - getting involved in local government will take your mind off it.

And that reminds me, to add to the list:

Every noun that's turned into a verb by Americans.

 

[mlb3c]

nothin pacific (lol) but .......

lets be honest (unless its somethin i dont want to hear)
lets be fair (here comes YOUR opinion)
actually (more of a habit)
you dont 'get' brit humor (actually i got it, it's just not funny)
in all honesty (been thinkin on that one, have ya?)
stupid yanks (really?....can we ALL be stupid?)
a hotel.......unless you dont pronounce the 'H' then its an otel


oh......my favorite: things are different here than over there

 

[ban-all-sheds]

With all due respect....

 

[mlb3c]

With all due respect....

forgot about that one.

i hate to say it..................

BUT

 

[Richardp]

please don't take this personly

 

[2scoops0406]

With all due respect....

forgot about that one.

i hate to say it..................

BUT

Have a nice day - Actually I couldn't give a f**k.

And my all time favourite "I'm really pleased for you" - I'm jealous as sin and I hate you.

 

[Thermo]

surely an is only used as a prefix to a word beginning with a vowel, therefore making it incorrect

 

[2scoops0406]

Ah but "h" is classed as a silent vowel so it's an hotel, an hospital etc.

If you say it out loud which would you say ?

I'm going to an hotel or I'm going to a hotel ? I think I would say the former rather than the latter, though I'd probably be more inclined to write the latter.

 

[mlb3c]

Ah but "h" is classed as a silent vowel so it's an hotel, an hospital etc.

If you say it out loud which would you say ?

I'm going to an hotel or I'm going to a hotel ? I think I would say the former rather than the latter, though I'd probably be more inclined to write the latter.

not that it really matters........BUT
if the following word begins with a vowel or sounds like a vowel, then it is 'an'...if not it is 'a'...so depending i guess where you are from....
I say a hotel because i pronounce my h

 

[noseall]

using "like" every other word.

 

[2scoops0406]

Ah but "h" is classed as a silent vowel so it's an hotel, an hospital etc.

If you say it out loud which would you say ?

I'm going to an hotel or I'm going to a hotel ? I think I would say the former rather than the latter, though I'd probably be more inclined to write the latter.

not that it really matters........BUT
if the following word begins with a vowel or sounds like a vowel, then it is 'an'...if not it is 'a'...so depending i guess where you are from....
I say a hotel because i pronounce my h

I say the h as well but I still say an hotel, but I don't say an hospital I say a hospital, then no-one suggested English was logical.

 

[JohnD]

"Hotel" is a French word. In French it has a silent "H" so would be "An Hotel."

However it has been thoroughly absorbed into English, like "Garage" "Souvenir" "Pork" so you are also entitled to treat it as an English word.

You would have to be an opinionated pedant to claim that "the other way" is wrong.