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Post by LuckyRed on Jan 26, 2009 22:12:38 GMT 1
just to confuse the discussion - when I moved to Northern Ireland with work, I was very puzzled by the instruction to take my horse into the 'paddock' for a lesson - with the instructor quite clearly pointing towards the 'arena/school/manege'!
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Post by cobalmighty on Jan 26, 2009 22:17:44 GMT 1
One of my french colleagues nearly choked on his coffee when he heard someone refer to a "menage" for a riding session...
to him it had a very sleazy slang connotation, involving meeting with someone you shouldn't be and doing things you wouldn't tell your wife about!!!
He was very firm that it must be "Manege" to avoid putting a serious slur on your personal reputation :rofl:
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Post by LuckyRed on Jan 26, 2009 22:22:23 GMT 1
cobalmighty - I love it - dodgy doings whilst schooling your horse!
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Post by Amanda Seater on Jan 26, 2009 22:22:36 GMT 1
Ok - I agree I too find it anoying. BUT - what about Lunge - Longe - which is correct?
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Post by Catrin on Jan 26, 2009 23:44:37 GMT 1
... I cringe and wait for mum to start spluttering if anyone says "different to" I am impressed that someone so young knows that things can be similar to but must be different from. I thought correct grammar had died out as even BBC reporters don't use it correctly. Debbie has dun gud wiv yer education. ;D
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Post by Catrin on Jan 26, 2009 23:54:02 GMT 1
... what about Lunge - Longe - which is correct? both - longe the original french word from the latin longus; lunge the english pronunciation and spelling of it I think that lunge is generally used in UK english and longe in USA english.
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Post by Val (Toons&co) on Jan 27, 2009 10:05:22 GMT 1
I think it's funny. I mean, we call a "car park" a "parking" in French and make it sound as if it's English. Or them fizzy diet drinks that become "light" in French. It's true that when I read or hear "Menage" I have a whole lot of images coming through my head (I'm talking about cleaning the house of course) but it makes the idea of a manège (which still has this connotation of going round and round on a poor riding school horse's back) so much more entertaining
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Post by LuckyRed on Jan 27, 2009 13:46:17 GMT 1
talking of mis-use of language that annoys me...
'somethink' instead of 'something'
'could of' instead of 'could have' (could've)
'bored of' instead of 'bored with'
I could go on.........
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Post by monkey on Jan 27, 2009 13:58:36 GMT 1
People saying 'Badmington' Horse Trials with a 'g' in it... It makes my toes curl.
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Post by KateD on Jan 27, 2009 14:14:07 GMT 1
Aaaaaaagh! 'Could of' sends me into orbit!!!!! Anything with 'itus' as opposed to 'itis' on the end. 'Vunerable' as opposed to 'vulnerable' (where DID that change come from?? Even the reporter on Radio 4 said it last night and it drives me round the bend).
By the way Lucky Red, you've spelt 'gorgeous' wrong in your avatar!!!! Lol!!!!!!! ;D x
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Post by wally on Jan 27, 2009 14:16:52 GMT 1
LOL, we were having a conversation about this the other day. A school secretary had written a letter to the parents.
A friend and father of some of the kids in the school, jokingly put her grammar and spelling right for her, only for him to be told that the school had an "open punctuation policy" and that it was more important to encourage them to write freely without worrying about spelling and grammar.
I don't know about you guys, but I could live with the humiliation of a teacher marking my work, then going back and putting it right.
Apparently they are not to be humiliated by telling them something is not correct.
The same school no longer gives out 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes on sports day, as if you have winners it implies you also have losers. Give me strength.
A head teacher from a school near me constantly uses my bugbear, the use of the word "myself" instead of "me" or 'I' and what worse is she says "Myself and a colleague" aaaaarrrrrrgghghgh
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Post by cbc on Jan 27, 2009 15:31:33 GMT 1
And then there is the apostrophe.........................
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Post by marianne on Jan 27, 2009 15:49:40 GMT 1
What a WONDERFUL thread ;D SEVERAL people knowing how to spell manège seriously, it's made my day. [just signing on briefly between power cuts/non-functioning phone lines .......]
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Post by Mrs Craig on Jan 27, 2009 16:14:22 GMT 1
And then there is the apostrophe......................... Dont get me started on the missing apostrophe
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Post by Amanda Seater on Jan 27, 2009 16:14:33 GMT 1
Agh - yes my teenage daughter has gone through a LONG chav stage and is now, thankfully, coming out of the other side. HOWEVER she is stuggling with came and come - she has got into the habit of using come for the past tense as well as a request. Another one is "goes" instead of "said" ie "teh teacher come to me and goes....."
at least she is correcting herself now
oooo and what about "off of"
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