Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Tal]

They have different origins, too; some come from Latin and some from the Germanic languages.

According to etymonline.com, limb (as in an arm or a leg) was originally lim but the b was added sometime around the sixteenth century. Lim in that sense seems to be Germanic.

The sense of limb meaning an edge or fringe has always carried the b, coming from the Latin limbus.

Ahh, I see.

Guess that'd be the rule of thumb.

That, I was once told, is the width of the stick you can legally beat your wife with.

It wasn't a hard and fast rule, but gave some guidance to judges about whether the defendant's admonishing were excessively cruel.

[MANTIS01]

http://urbanpeek.com/2013/05/13/rare-color-footage-shows-what-london-looked-like-90-years-ago/

Andrew put that up a few pages ago, but it got lost in the cement/concert stuff and wasn't acknowledged.

I thought it was excellent, Andrew.

Wow, I thought everything was black or white until the 60's.

I thought that and then the other day I noticed The Wizard of Oz was made in 1939.

[tikay]

They have different origins, too; some come from Latin and some from the Germanic languages.

According to etymonline.com, limb (as in an arm or a leg) was originally lim but the b was added sometime around the sixteenth century. Lim in that sense seems to be Germanic.

The sense of limb meaning an edge or fringe has always carried the b, coming from the Latin limbus.

Ahh, I see.

Guess that'd be the rule of thumb.

That, I was once told, is the width of the stick you can legally beat your wife with.

It wasn't a hard and fast rule, but gave some guidance to judges about whether the defendant's admonishing were excessively cruel.

I was too subtle.

[Tal]

They have different origins, too; some come from Latin and some from the Germanic languages.

According to etymonline.com, limb (as in an arm or a leg) was originally lim but the b was added sometime around the sixteenth century. Lim in that sense seems to be Germanic.

The sense of limb meaning an edge or fringe has always carried the b, coming from the Latin limbus.

Ahh, I see.

Guess that'd be the rule of thumb.

That, I was once told, is the width of the stick you can legally beat your wife with.

It wasn't a hard and fast rule, but gave some guidance to judges about whether the defendant's admonishing were excessively cruel.

I was too subtle.

Don't doubt for a second that neither escaped my attention.

As you know - while you condemn the psychology behind silent letters - there seems to be neither rhyme nor reason for these added limbs; they are just worn like a handsome badge.

[tikay]

They have different origins, too; some come from Latin and some from the Germanic languages.

According to etymonline.com, limb (as in an arm or a leg) was originally lim but the b was added sometime around the sixteenth century. Lim in that sense seems to be Germanic.

The sense of limb meaning an edge or fringe has always carried the b, coming from the Latin limbus.

Ahh, I see.

Guess that'd be the rule of thumb.

That, I was once told, is the width of the stick you can legally beat your wife with.

It wasn't a hard and fast rule, but gave some guidance to judges about whether the defendant's admonishing were excessively cruel.

I was too subtle.

Don't doubt for a second that neither escaped my attention.

As you know - while you condemn the psychology behind silent letters - there seems to be neither rhyme nor reason for these added limbs; they are just worn like a handsome badge.

I don't condemn them, I'm just curious at how they came to be there, & I wonder how on earth non-English speakers learn our language. 

Do our American friends include these silent letters?

[Tal]

 

[tikay]

Well if they cannot spell simple words like colour (color) how are they going to cope with crumb?

EDIT - Actually - that reads badly. They choose to spell such words differently. I was not suggesting they were dum

[Tal]

Think I was too subtle

[tikay]

Think I was too subtle

Bugger.

[Tal]

They have different origins, too; some come from Latin and some from the Germanic languages.

According to etymonline.com, limb (as in an arm or a leg) was originally lim but the b was added sometime around the sixteenth century. Lim in that sense seems to be Germanic.

The sense of limb meaning an edge or fringe has always carried the b, coming from the Latin limbus.

Ahh, I see.

Guess that'd be the rule of thumb.

That, I was once told, is the width of the stick you can legally beat your wife with.

It wasn't a hard and fast rule, but gave some guidance to judges about whether the defendant's admonishing were excessively cruel.

I was too subtle.

Don't doubt for a second that neither escaped my attention.

As you know - while you condemn the psychology behind silent letters - there seems to be neither rhyme nor reason for these added limbs; they are just worn like a handsome badge.

B, D, H, K, N and P

[tikay]

Sutle.

[Tal]

Psychology is a more understandable one, because it comes fr a Greek word (ψυχή) where there is no equivalent in English to the first letter, which we spell as psi and pronounce "sigh" (yes, I see what I did there).

[Tal]

I was going to apologise for the derail (I pretty much have an autotext for that on blonde), but I think that's the point of this thread, isn't it? An anthology, rather than a narrative?

[tikay]

Meanwhile, proper emergency at Heathrow this morning......


http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/515531-incident-heathrow.html

[tikay]

I was going to apologise for the derail (I pretty much have an autotext for that on blonde), but I think that's the point of this thread, isn't it? An anthology, rather than a narrative?

No idea what that means, but if it is bollox & blather you want, Tom's Diary is the place.