ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

[JackieClaire]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

I give in an all,

Cute pup SG.

[stirly-girly]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

JackieClaire;797297 wrote: I give in an all,

Cute pup SG.

Thanks Jackie. I found him in the spring of 2000. Vet told me that fall that he was about 2 so my dogger is getting on in years - close to being a teenager in our years but an oldie but goodie in doggie years. He's a griffon-poodle cross. Just a mutt but we love him to death....

[JackieClaire]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

Aww,

Our Black Bess ( over weight Labrador ) was a rescue dog we got when she was about 2 ish.
She'll be 6 ish this year.
SG you've just reminded me to ring the Vet. She's due a booster shot.

[tiptronic_ct]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

Mutts are good.

Like our 4 ginger cats - they usually have very quirky personalities

I'm just going to finish dinner - be back in a bit.

[stirly-girly]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

tiptronic_ct;797288 wrote: E.g.:

I don't want to go = Ek wil nie gaan nie

Literally translated as: I don't want to go not.

Personally, I've never figured out the double "a" as in "gaan"...
How is it pronounced? The letter "a" in Greek is always pronounced like the first "a" in always, whereas in English you can pronounce it two ways, "father" and "hate"...??

[JackieClaire]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

Right I'll have to go feed my son and heir.

Laters peeps.

[stirly-girly]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

tiptronic_ct;797300 wrote: Mutts are good.

Like our 4 ginger cats - they usually have very quirky personalities

I'm just going to finish dinner - be back in a bit.

Tips, he is the sweetest, most friendly dog you could imagine. People who don't know me stop us on the street so they can pet him. Only thing, he still hasn't recovered from being abandoned and altho' we've had him for almost ten years, he still goes nuts when he's been left alone for any length of time and cries and carries on like crazy when we get back. You'd think we'd been gone a year!!!

[mario]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

Jackie Claire;797302 wrote: Right I'll have to go feed my son and heir.

Laters peeps.

:H jackie do you live in a restaurant :H

[Miss Behaving]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

tiptronic_ct;797277 wrote: I've got a question.

When using a diminutive / term of endearment in English, when do you use a "y" and when do you use an "ie"

E.g. Grimmie / Grimmy

Auntie / Aunty

Tips, I got curious about this when I was Aunty Mame and I noticed people calling me AuntieMame. I couldn't find a convincing explanation, but I thought that it was mostly the ex-(English) colonies that spelled it with a "y" and North Americans people that did the "ie" thing.

Finding it hard to get out the door to work this morning. Cat has planted himself in my lap and doesn't appear to want to move! :H

[stirly-girly]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

Miss Behaving;797329 wrote: Tips, I got curious about this when I was Aunty Mame and I noticed people calling me AuntieMame. I couldn't find a convincing explanation, but I thought that it was mostly the ex-(English) colonies that spelled it with a "y" and North Americans people that did the "ie" thing.

Finding it hard to get out the door to work this morning. Cat has planted himself in my lap and doesn't appear to want to move! :H

Hi, MissB. You may very well have a point there. Whenever I addressed one of my aunts (which they pronounce "ah-nts" in parts of the US from what I understand, we in Canada mostly pronounce it "ants" - but when I addressed a favorite aunt, I always used the "auntie" form with the "ie" ending... just a thought........Stirly

[JackieClaire]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

mario;797304 wrote: :H jackie do you live in a restaurant :H

that's what it feels like.

I also do ironing at a very reasonable rate

[tiptronic_ct]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

Shouldn't that be Stirlie??? :H :H :H

Your explanation makes a lot of sense, Miss B - my own preference is to use the "y", being from an ex colony myself.

[tiptronic_ct]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

JackieClaire;797340 wrote: that's what it feels like.

I also do ironing at a very reasonable rate

There is room for you at my inn

[JackieClaire]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

tiptronic_ct;797343 wrote: There is room for you at my inn

ooh er :blushing:

haven't had an offer like that for a while

[JackieClaire]

ARMY THREAD 27TH JAN 10

and isn't that colonie?