^Archaic. And British. Seriously, who wrote this article. Do they read books? Talk to humans?
They were talking to humans before it was cool. You probably haven't heard about them.
^Archaic. And British. Seriously, who wrote this article. Do they read books? Talk to humans?
^Archaic. And British.
They are common words, nothing unique or archaic about any of them. Mayhaps, your confusing archaic with barely literate? I shouldn't be surprised if that composed more than a few hipsters.They have press agents. It ignores the fact that some people, not just me, have been using those same words all their lives.
Having the media talking about the subculture just highlights things. You can do your own thing and they theirs. They are just making things popular that you were doing for years now. That is all.
It's pretty poor, thanks, but somehow adequate for proofreading my posts.I've seen "mayhap" often enough, but the "parlouramongst" was the result of sloppy editing on EmoBorg's part; he took passages listing words from two different paragraphs and ran them together without an intervening comma.You're right, but then I had never heard of "mayhaps" either, which sounds like a smooshing as well.article said:Google's Ngram shows that lots of archaic words appear to be resurfacing -- including gems like perchance, mayhaps and parlor.
[graphic showing frequency of use for several words]
The same trend is visible for words like amongst, amidst, whilst and unbeknownst, which are are archaic forms of among, amid, while and unknown.
You have good eyesight...
Oy, I point out eine kleine boo-boo, and you have to make with the name-calling? Sheesh....for an old man. Nice work, grandpa.
Now what could that have said before you edited?Last edited by EmoBorg; October 27 2015 at 07:32 AM.
^ I like the classically British way in which that pronunciation blends certain syllables together, kind of like in the word "Worcestershire."![]()
I don't understand why British English is so opposed to the letter "R.
I don't understand why British English is so opposed to the letter "R.
There is an explanation floating around as to why some Americans tend to pronounce Dalek as "Daylek'. Apparently that 'a' sound in American English is normally followed by an 'r'. The Americans knew there was no 'r' so in attempt to not pronounce the non existent 'r' they would overcompensate and say "Daylek'.
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