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Sinned wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:17 pm

I suspect that the use of "postman" in the song "Please Mr Postman" was because of the repetition of the "p" sound.

My wife suggested the same - i.e alliteration of the /p/. That is probably correct, but it only works if the word "postman" is used in the US and that's what I was wondering.

Thanks for the information. Regarding the gender thing, the word "postman" should actually include females as well. The suffix at the end, "man", is not a compound so much as a derivational morpheme meaning "person". That's why "postman" is normally pronounced /ˈpəʊstm ə n/ and not /ˈpəʊstm æ n/. I ...

For my undergraduate linguistics class, I show some of the different vocabulary, spellings and grammar of British and American English. Sometimes, this isn't as simple as it sounds. One of my linguistics students pointed out that one difference I mention is "postman" (UK) v "mailman" (US), so he ask...

I wouldn't use tiles at all. Instead, I would put a waterproof membrane down, and then use the specially-treated laminate wooden flooring that is suitable for kitchens. That seems to be what most Scandinavians have and it works well, it is easy to lay and looks great!

No worries, Faldaguy. I think we've all done something similar at some time.

Faldaguy wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 27, 2020 1:37 am

Just a quick addition to Stu's rant on socialism is the USA:

Where did make a "rant on socialism in the USA"?

Please show me where I did that - or withdraw this claim. Thank you.

crfriend wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 24, 2020 4:26 pm

I would be somewhat careful with some of the sites listed. A few of them seem to be hosted in the USA which has a notorious problem with anything socialistic in nature.

OK. But the facts they relate can be checked against other sources, and they accord with my own, first hand, experience.

Moon I have lived in Sweden for the past 11-years and everything I report is based on people I know here. My youngest daughter here has a child and is expecting another, and she will soon be eligible for a maternity pay of 80% of her salary for 400 days. On the other hand, her first boyfriend's fami...

Just to set the record straight about the Nordic countries - they are not always accurately portrayed. Take Sweden as an example. It is not by any stretch a socialist country. It has a curious welfare state system which is extremely generous to women who are pregnant and new mothers, and to migrants...

Thank you for the responses. I did search online before I posted on here, but without much success. So far as I can see, there is an issue with beef labelling and country of origin, but that looks as if it is a minor one and it is being considered. I would have no worries about eating American produ...

Thanks!

I have a question to our friends across the pond in the US. When you shop for meat and chicken in American supermarkets, does the product sometimes (or always) show a place of origin? In other words, will it say "Produce of USA" or "Produce of Argentina"? The reason I am asking is that there are rum...

No need to be a smart ass... you know what I meant... My response was relevant. Crow is someone in living memory and that is a valid reason to object to a statue. His racism was the only reason he is remembered, whereas Civil War generals and British entrepreneurs are not commemorated for that. The...

You've never been a black man or woman in Jim Crow era America. No, why? Is there a statue of Jim Crow somewhere? It would be perfectly reasonable to take that down as that is within living memory, but not soldiers who fought battles 160 years ago. Have you ever had to attend second rate schools be...

Now you all are going to sit here and tell me that such a statue wouldn't bother you? Come on man.... It wouldn't bother me in the slightest - quite the reverse. The fact is these generals didn't win, and I would realise that my status as a free man is testament to that. I think the same thing when...