sorry, I meant 'I suggest he tells them that' in the last BE example
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Although, having said that, I do think the subjunctive is still likely to be used in written BE.
"I would have thought that grammatically speaking AE is more complicated."
The answer is no.
The answer is no.
>>Mr. Fu: What dialect would that be? My feng shui specialist pronounces it "fung shway", which is how every book I've read says it's pronounced.<<
It matters not. Refer to the all-important post on the pronunciation of 'Chiang Kai-shek'.
It matters not. Refer to the all-important post on the pronunciation of 'Chiang Kai-shek'.
>>I could list other words where the British forms are a little more complex than the American: British jag-yoo-ahr and nik-uh-rag-yoo-er vs American jag-war and nik-uh-rogg-wuh (jaguar, Nicaragua) and British papp-ee-ur mah-shay vs American English pei-pr muh-say (papier mâché ) but I think that one example suffices in many cases.<<
One example satisfies what exactly? A drop in the ocean of a myriad of words. There are British words that are pronounced with fewer syllables too. BE:terit'ry vs AE:territory, BE: bat'ry vs AE: battery...
A couple of examples is a bizarre way of judging things to derive a conclusion.
One example satisfies what exactly? A drop in the ocean of a myriad of words. There are British words that are pronounced with fewer syllables too. BE:terit'ry vs AE:territory, BE: bat'ry vs AE: battery...
A couple of examples is a bizarre way of judging things to derive a conclusion.
'Keeping things "simple" is very much in the American tradition'
What about BE Public Transport vesus AE Public Transportation?
What about BE Public Transport vesus AE Public Transportation?
Brennus,
RE: "True. However it is the big picture (The macropicture) that you have to look at; not the little picture (micropicture)."
So the microscopic 'Chiang Kai-shek' is the big macroscopic picture you speak of? If one were to pronounce it with an American rhotic accent, that would make it even harder!
RE: "Strange, for centuries your people dispensed wisdom to westerners and now here I am, a westerner dispensing wisdom to you."
Ahhh, phenomenal, incredible and compelling! Your style of edification is most enlightening.
RE: "True. However it is the big picture (The macropicture) that you have to look at; not the little picture (micropicture)."
So the microscopic 'Chiang Kai-shek' is the big macroscopic picture you speak of? If one were to pronounce it with an American rhotic accent, that would make it even harder!
RE: "Strange, for centuries your people dispensed wisdom to westerners and now here I am, a westerner dispensing wisdom to you."
Ahhh, phenomenal, incredible and compelling! Your style of edification is most enlightening.
<<Strange, for centuries your people dispensed wisdom to westerners and now here I am, a westerner dispensing wisdom to you.>>
Wow. You've almost outdone yourself this time, Brennus. The 18th century called. And it wants its cultural condescention back.
Wow. You've almost outdone yourself this time, Brennus. The 18th century called. And it wants its cultural condescention back.
Brennus, with tact and poise as befitting a man of his station:
"True. However it is the big picture (The macropicture) that you have to look at; not the little picture (micropicture). Strange, for centuries your people dispensed wisdom to westerners and now here I am, a westerner dispensing wisdom to you."
Three things
1) Putting macro in front of the word picture does not make you sound smart, elegant or even interesting. Period.
2) Are you serious? "For centuries "your people" dispensed wisdom to westerners???" Are you so wrapped up in cultural condescention or simply daft?
3) "here i am, a westerner dispensing wisdom to you." Here's a suggestion, read Edward Said's Orientalism and learn a bit more about your own arrogant self-infatuation. Sigh.
"True. However it is the big picture (The macropicture) that you have to look at; not the little picture (micropicture). Strange, for centuries your people dispensed wisdom to westerners and now here I am, a westerner dispensing wisdom to you."
Three things
1) Putting macro in front of the word picture does not make you sound smart, elegant or even interesting. Period.
2) Are you serious? "For centuries "your people" dispensed wisdom to westerners???" Are you so wrapped up in cultural condescention or simply daft?
3) "here i am, a westerner dispensing wisdom to you." Here's a suggestion, read Edward Said's Orientalism and learn a bit more about your own arrogant self-infatuation. Sigh.
<<True. However it is the big picture (The macropicture) that you have to look at; not the little picture (micropicture).>>
That'll be enough of the "micropicture" and "macropicture" terminology for the day. We get the concepts. However, your information is still inaccurate, your claims faulty, and your examples irrelevant.
That'll be enough of the "micropicture" and "macropicture" terminology for the day. We get the concepts. However, your information is still inaccurate, your claims faulty, and your examples irrelevant.
For such a wise moderator, Brennus sure knows a thing or two about...
...a thing or two.
...a thing or two.
<<For such a wise moderator, Brennus sure knows a thing or two about...
...a thing or two.>>
Couldn't have put it better myself.
...a thing or two.>>
Couldn't have put it better myself.
<<<For such a wise moderator, Brennus sure knows a thing or two about...
...a thing or two.>>>
Brilliantly put. And to think, us westerners have been trying to teach 'you people.'
Ha. well done, Fu.
...a thing or two.>>>
Brilliantly put. And to think, us westerners have been trying to teach 'you people.'
Ha. well done, Fu.