It sounds aristocratic! Hmmmmm

[Ladyazh]

From another forum:
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PosterOne:
"Do you want to go with?"
I say that too!
As well as
"Have you ever been?"
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PosterTwo:
"Have you ever been?" drives me nuts.
Where is that from? It sounds aristocratic!


Now I am confused.
I am saying 'Have you ever been here before?' so how un-common is this? Aristocratic? WOW! Never crossed my mind.

Or if i am going I am asking 'Do you want to go with me?' - how strange is that? Never though of it...

Or maybe my foreign mind don't get a joke?

 

[AlexCuse]

I worked with a guy from South Africa when I was in high school. He would always say 'WOuld you like to come with' and I kind of picked it up from him I guess. His native tongue was Afrikaans though (spelled wrong?). I definitely like the sound of it now (would you like to come with me sounds kind of unnatural... to me), but not sure if I did at first or just wanted to weasel out of saying an extra word ;-)





Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom

 

[Ladyazh]

Trevoke,
me to silently aiching to 'get it' one day...

 

[Trevoke]

That's how I read it at first, but instead of 'k', think of 'tsh' ..
"Aiche" is a letter.

"That time in Seattle... was a nightmare. I came out of it dead broke, without a house, without anything except a girlfriend and a knowledge of UNIX."
"Well, that's something," Avi says. "Normally those two are mutually exclusive."
-- Neal Stephenson, "Cryptonomicon"

 

[Ladyazh]

LOL (I need that 'rolling laugh' dude)

 

[ESquared]

Only because this is a language forum do I mention for any potential unknowing that aitch is the official spelling of the sound of the letter H.

Also perhaps interesting, there is AIChE.org on the web, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, created in 1908.

 

[KenCunningham]

'aitch' as that famous Cockerney chimerney-sweep Dick Van Dyke might have said, as in "aitch your skirts up gal".

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.

 

[Ladyazh]

aitch your skirts up gal" like if "H your skirt up"?
What does this mean?

 

[Dagon]

It is meant to be "hitch your skirts up". Dick Van Dyke did a particularly dreadful attempt at a cockney accent in the film Mary Poppins. That is how "hitch your skirts up" would sound in his accent.

 

[KenCunningham]

Thank you for pulling me out of the mire (or fire?), Dagon!

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.

 

[SilentAiche]

Yes, folks, it's supposed to be "Silent H."

You might say I didn't handle it very well !

Of course, many might say (and some have) that I need to work on the Silent part, too...

Tim

See [blue]FAQ1256-5837[/blue]

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After a cursory examination, the doctor said I was totally f*#king healthy...[/blue]

 

[Ladyazh]

You handled the answer well (as always) so it is 'H'?

 

[SilentAiche]

It is indeed "H." See the FAQ link if you're bored enough to want to hear the story behind it.

Tim

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[Ladyazh]

Frequently Asked Questions section has a link to the boring story of your name? It is FAQing awesome!You must be having no idea how popular you are!!!

P.S. Is that a new signature? Is there story behind it in?

 

[ESquared]

curse"-ory