DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 26, 2008 17:11:49 GMT -5
But what did BUM and Pops actually say on the program?  |
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Feb 26, 2008 17:16:38 GMT -5
C'mon saxifrage, pointless lessons on English usage and the history thereof is one of the things that makes HoyaTalk great!
And yeah, someone who actually heard the interview: what was said?
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hoyatables
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Post by hoyatables on Feb 26, 2008 17:24:27 GMT -5
This thread is nothing but a tease. Bah.
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jgalt
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Post by jgalt on Feb 26, 2008 19:26:49 GMT -5
i didnt hear the interview but all of the interviews (at least the good ones) from Pops show end up online at the 980 website. i imagine that it will be up in a day or too
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lichoya68
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Post by lichoya68 on Feb 26, 2008 20:34:51 GMT -5
HEY YOU ALL DONT YOU TALK ABOUT MY GRAMMER SHE WAS A GREAT LADY AND THEMS FIGHTING WORDS GUYS LEAVE MY GRAMMAR ALONE OK?? IM ITALAIN I DONT GET MAD I JUST GET EV.........ANYWAY GO HOYAS BEAT ST JOHNNIES HOPE JWALLS WRIST IS AOK
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MCIGuy
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Post by MCIGuy on Feb 26, 2008 20:44:11 GMT -5
as i type this post, big john has john feinstein on his radio show talking about the kelvin sampson debacle Feinstein has been on JT's show quite a few times over the last four seasons. They buried the hatchet (well, most of it) just before III was hired as coach. |
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tal1286
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Post by tal1286 on Feb 26, 2008 22:21:29 GMT -5
AN as in the article AN should be used in front of words beginning with AN "h" Not exactly. Old reference books on American usage typically say "an" is proper before words that both (1) begin with "h" and (2) have the stress somewhere other than the first syllable. So, "A history of Georgetown" and "A happy man" (in both cases, the stress is on the first syllable of the "h" word) but "AN historical account" and "AN heretical doctrine" (in both cases, the stress is on the second syllable of the "h" word). Note, by the way, that almost all American newspapers and magazines have dropped this distinction and now use "an" only before vowels. The British publications typically still retain it. Here endeth today's pointless lesson in the history of English usage. haha...I love the A vs. AN debates. Like today in class... we were talking about MxN matrices and you say AN M by N matrix even though M is a consonant. Things like that amuse me. |
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MacHoya
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Post by MacHoya on Feb 27, 2008 0:39:11 GMT -5
HEY YOU ALL DONT YOU TALK ABOUT MY GRAMMER SHE WAS A GREAT LADY AND THEMS FIGHTING WORDS GUYS LEAVE MY GRAMMAR ALONE OK?? IM ITALAIN I DONT GET MAD I JUST GET EV.........ANYWAY GO HOYAS BEAT ST JOHNNIES HOPE JWALLS WRIST IS AOK Thanks for the humor LIC - this actually made me chuckle. By the way, were you going to say ev"en" or ev"AN"? |
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Post by hoyarooter on Feb 27, 2008 12:45:11 GMT -5
Not exactly. Old reference books on American usage typically say "an" is proper before words that both (1) begin with "h" and (2) have the stress somewhere other than the first syllable. So, "A history of Georgetown" and "A happy man" (in both cases, the stress is on the first syllable of the "h" word) but "AN historical account" and "AN heretical doctrine" (in both cases, the stress is on the second syllable of the "h" word). Note, by the way, that almost all American newspapers and magazines have dropped this distinction and now use "an" only before vowels. The British publications typically still retain it. Here endeth today's pointless lesson in the history of English usage. haha...I love the A vs. AN debates. Like today in class... we were talking about MxN matrices and you say AN M by N matrix even though M is a consonant. Things like that amuse me. That's because "M" is spelled em. I know everyone knows that, but I just had to join in on this completely off-topic thread. |
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Post by Boz on Feb 27, 2008 12:50:06 GMT -5
Eddie Izzard would be proud of this conversation.
"You say 'erbs, but we British say herbs....because there's a f***ing 'H' in there, isn't there?"
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Post by bubbrubbhoya on Feb 27, 2008 13:29:13 GMT -5
i imagine that it will be up in a day or tooJGalt, you were just throwing that one out there to see if we noticed, weren't you? Well, I'm on to you! This thread is about grammar, and I'm the crowned champ around here, and there is no way you were getting that past me! |
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jgalt
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Post by jgalt on Feb 27, 2008 14:14:57 GMT -5
i imagine that it will be up in a day or tooJGalt, you were just throwing that one out there to see if we noticed, weren't you? Well, I'm on to you! This thread is about grammar, and I'm the crowned champ around here, and there is no way you were getting that past me! You got me! I was making sure everyone was paying attention, of course. |
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