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Which gives French the lead I think No, I don't think that "gives the French the lead" - not in terms of where the word comes from in English. It comes, ultimately, from the Greek, via Latin, with, in a minority of opinions, as far as one can tell, a small amount of influence from the Fre...

She was saying the word with the stress on the second syllable and a long "ahh" sound - kind of like "mon-AHHk". Ugh! Horrible! It should be "MON-uk"; actually, very nearly "MON-'k". Here we pronounce it more like MON-ark. We're odd that way. True. It just oc...

I think monarch is a strange word, very french and technical so it doesn't surprise me that a US presenter leans in pronunciation, even if it comes across as a guillotine shaped bite. I suppose using the word King is just too close to "The Scottish Play" for modern sensibilities, would ca...

It can be said that up to now this conversation has been about what happens in semi-automated systems, and that the details surrounding certain events are what got this conversation going. I don't think there's any question that contributors to this thread are of a like mind about those details, an...

The trouble is, it was an American reporter, and I just had to switch it off. I just couldn't stand one more time (there were plenty) of listening to her mispronounce the word "monarch". What's so difficult about that word? Ugh! How is it a mispronunciation? She was saying the word with t...

I was just drawn to a piece on msn about an incident with King Charles and a little blind kid at the memorial service yesterday. The trouble is, it was an American reporter, and I just had to switch it off. I just couldn't stand one more time (there were plenty) of listening to her mispronounce the...

I was just drawn to a piece on msn about an incident with King Charles and a little blind kid at the memorial service yesterday. The trouble is, it was an American reporter, and I just had to switch it off. I just couldn't stand one more time (there were plenty) of listening to her mispronounce the ...

I'd imagine it's not actually hacking, just no one doing any kind of checks to make sure it doesn't happen. There are a lot of these automated email systems, most companies use them. I'm sure everyone here gets promotional emails from businesses constantly. They automate them so that rather than ha...

I see that the company itself blames a "semi-automated marketing tool linked to calendar events".

Even so, words fail me.

Well, for me it's all come to hang on a missing hyphen. In describing Truss as among "the shortest serving heads of state", I see an argument made that her verticality is not actually all that abridged (which I have no knowledge of one way or the other). With "shortest-serving heads ...

kkrell wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:44 am

benhall.1 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:49 pm Not quite on topic, but it's certainly wrong - infuriatingly wrong!

Headline in The Daily Digest

"Liz Truss joins list of shortest serving heads of state in modern history."

I get why you are so upset.

Thank you. Appreciated.

Not quite on topic, but it's certainly wrong - infuriatingly wrong!

Headline in The Daily Digest

"Liz Truss joins list of shortest serving heads of state in modern history."

Notifications still work, although they are delayed (for me) about a half hour or longer. Email notifications stopped for me a good while ago (and yes, all the right boxes ticked). I have them sent to a gmail address. They don't appear in the spam box there. Not a big deal but it did have me wonder...

That one is truly amazing!

Mr.Gumby wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:50 am In Ireland I wouldn't take 'Yank' or 'Brit' as neutral, descriptive terms.

I'm happy with that, though I'm often told - by non-Brits, I might add - that I should be offended by the term. All I can say is that I'm not.