Word Whirled

And it's about time, too! ;-)

2011-03-13T20:35:24.930-07:00

And it's about time, too! ;-)

EGADS! Hilarious! As an engineer I'll be sure ...

2011-03-13T19:52:19.833-07:00

EGADS! Hilarious! As an engineer I'll be sure to run my technical jargon by you before I end up with a lame acronym.

Good question; made me think about how to answer. ...

2011-03-02T08:49:49.734-08:00

Good question; made me think about how to answer. Yes, we do say so in English. I wanted to expand on that, and I'm not finding references to back me up in what I'm going to say here, so you'll have to take this as an educated observational guess from an American English speaker. It seems to me that that phrase is most often used with a qualifer as to whose wife--"Anglica is my wife of 16 years," "Sriniath leaves behind a wife of 16 years," or, what he should have said in this case, "I have a wife of 16 years." The phrasing, though, isn't typically used in casual conversation. It's a slightly stilted, formal, official-sounding phrase that most often appears in, say, news stories, obituaries, or other biographies. In normal conversation, we'd more likely say, "I've/we've/Jane and I have--been married for 16 years," or even "I've been married to Jane for 16 years."

Let ma ask you a question: is it correct to say &q...

2011-03-02T01:43:50.699-08:00

Let ma ask you a question: is it correct to say "a wife of sixteen years"? I understand that it means age of their marriage but do you say so in English?
Thank you.

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2011-01-28T08:00:17.725-08:00

I am removing the "weight loss" signed posts because the text content seems mostly random and it includes a link for junk. If you have a real comment, please phrase it carefully and don't include spammy links. Thanks.

2011-01-28T04:36:29.709-08:00

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Thanks, Claudia.

2011-01-07T12:44:11.631-08:00

Thanks, Claudia.

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2011-01-07T12:37:33.232-08:00

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2010-12-28T05:15:58.526-08:00

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Maybe those of us with multiple dogs just need tha...

2010-12-11T21:41:32.578-08:00

Maybe those of us with multiple dogs just need that sense of horking up more often. :-)

That was a fun post! Had me laughing out loud. I...

2010-12-11T19:31:38.819-08:00

That was a fun post! Had me laughing out loud.

I too always understood the first sense you described. As in,

"I sure hope the dogs won't later on hork up the rawhides that they are actually chewing on while I came across this post." (true story!) :P

That just sounds wrong to me! Obviously I have to ...

2010-12-08T14:19:16.989-08:00

That just sounds wrong to me! Obviously I have to have my dictionary brain in place when confronting horking.

"Here, this is yours. I am not a pen-horker!&...

2010-12-08T12:44:25.252-08:00

"Here, this is yours. I am not a pen-horker!" (def 2)

Sorry, folks, I'm turning off comments on this...

2010-12-07T08:20:17.097-08:00

Sorry, folks, I'm turning off comments on this post; I have to clear spam almost daily now.

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2010-12-07T03:24:07.482-08:00

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2010-11-16T23:25:33.607-08:00

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2010-11-16T23:08:07.003-08:00

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Yes, like that, exactly! I may be wrong but I alw...

2010-11-11T18:09:12.696-08:00

Yes, like that, exactly! I may be wrong but I always thought those myself/herself/themselves/etc words had to be used when the verb applies to that person... reflexively, or something? Gah, my grammar description vocabulary is really the pits. And this, from a linguistics major -- oh the shame!

To Italy: You're quite welcome!

2010-11-05T18:47:07.719-07:00

To Italy: You're quite welcome!

Many many thanks from Italy!

2010-11-05T16:14:44.737-07:00

Many many thanks from Italy!

a votre service!

2010-11-02T16:27:05.158-07:00

a votre service!

merci beacoup

2010-11-02T15:58:58.555-07:00

merci beacoup