Prose from a Poshboy

[cambridgealex]

Aye i met my Mrs family in Estonia in the summer who didn't speak a word of the queens and i speak about 20 words of Estonian. I don't know about Russian, but with Estonian my mouth just doesn't seem to go the right shape to make the sounds, so i think im making the right noise but they all just laugh at the fat English bloke. The bastards weren't laughing when I ate half the countries supply of meat and drank them under the table.

Yeh can definitely relate about the sounds, some of the sounds I just can't say properly. There's a letter in the alphabet that's written like this b| which is like a really harsh e sound which I really struggle with.

I was learning a lot of french last week which I love speaking and hearing and that's another language I wanna improve this year. Did a bit of russian, now learnt numbers up to one billion I think lol.

So annoying that 10,20,30,40,50 etc and 100,200,300 etc all have slightly different beginnings and endings. Why can't it just be a simple system like other languages lol.

Back to Barcelona tomorrow, two more weeks there then moving out. Straight to Deauville, then Nottingham for the UKPC.

[cambridgealex]

Here's a fun question for you grammar guys. Don't post the answer straight away if you've heard it before.

There's a legitimate way in the English language that the same word can be used ELEVEN times in a row! What is it? Obviously context and punctuation are necessary.

[tikay]

Here's a fun question for you grammar guys. Don't post the answer straight away if you've heard it before.

There's a legitimate way in the English language that the same word can be used ELEVEN times in a row! What is it? Obviously context and punctuation are necessary.

 

[tikay]

...meanwhile, if we are into grammatical oddities, here's one that went a bit wrong, stolen from Mr Channing's Twitter feed.

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[Mondeoman]

I had heard of this one but have since forgotten

Here's a fun question for you grammar guys. Don't post the answer straight away if you've heard it before.

There's a legitimate way in the English language that the same word can be used ELEVEN times in a row! What is it? Obviously context and punctuation are necessary.

[tikay]

I had heard of this one but have since forgotten

Here's a fun question for you grammar guys. Don't post the answer straight away if you've heard it before.

There's a legitimate way in the English language that the same word can be used ELEVEN times in a row! What is it? Obviously context and punctuation are necessary.

You had?

[cambridgealex]

The context: So Alex and Mark were doing an English exam. One question was a fill in the blanks jobbie. The question was "We were soaked through, we _____ enough".

The sentence...

[tikay]

The context: So Alex and Mark were doing an English exam. One question was a fill in the blanks jobbie. The question was "We were soaked through, we _____ enough".

The sentence...

I'll not give the game away, but it even has it's own Wiki page.

Here's an alternative......


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo

[verndog158]

wasnt there a book written al about grammar and its oddities?

[bobAlike]

Here's a fun question for you grammar guys. Don't post the answer straight away if you've heard it before.

There's a legitimate way in the English language that the same word can be used ELEVEN times in a row! What is it? Obviously context and punctuation are necessary.

Fuck

Just proved this when I hit my thumb with a hammer, and for clarity I tried using it 12 times but that was just over the top.

[cambridgealex]

The context: So Alex and Mark were doing an English exam. One question was a fill in the blanks jobbie. The question was "We were soaked through, we _____ enough".

The sentence...

Alex, where Mark had had 'had', had had 'had had'; 'had had' had had the higher mark.

[titaniumbean]

thought you meant this   

[cambridgealex]

thought you meant this   

Dan's a fantastic man, he really is.

[tikay]

The context: So Alex and Mark were doing an English exam. One question was a fill in the blanks jobbie. The question was "We were soaked through, we _____ enough".

The sentence...

Alex, where Mark had had 'had', had had 'had had'; 'had had' had had the higher mark.

So good, it even has it's own Wiki page......


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_while_John_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_a_better_effect_on_the_teacher

[mulhuzz]

this also works with police.

If you take the string 'police police police police police police police police' and add any multiple of 3 'police's then you have a valid sentence.