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Apr 8th 2010, 11:22 pm

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

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Originally Posted by Rete

So you are intending to give advice. Here double negatives make a positive.

Mea culpa! I agree with Octang, don't get into grammatical arguments.

Apr 8th 2010, 11:57 pm

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

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Originally Posted by robin1234

JUNK FOOD?? Those things are the ambrosia of the gods.

You are not the only transplant to think so.. himself is addicted to them!

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Originally Posted by Rete

So you are intending to give advice. Here double negatives make a positive.

But two rongs don't make a write?

Apr 9th 2010, 2:11 am

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

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Originally Posted by chrisfromusa

To me I was taught that the apostrophe is only used in the possessive case, never in the plural. When I see stuff like that plumber van, I cringe at the site of it, because to me an apostrophe is for the possessive and a contraction, nothing else.

That's nice and simple Chris, but it's wrong. Or at least it's not strictly right.

By the way, I like how you avoided the issue entirely with "When I see stuff like that plumber van..."

Totally grammatically incorrect, but at least you didn't misuse an apostrophe!

Apr 9th 2010, 2:12 am

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Originally Posted by The Horticulturalist

No offense given nor intended

Fixed it for you.

Apr 9th 2010, 3:54 am

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

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It should be 'sight' as well.

Apr 9th 2010, 4:15 am

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

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Mathematically, of course, a double negative is of no consequence. Multiply -1 by 2 and you get -2, still negative

. And two negatives can make a positive but I won't go down that road.

Multiplying -1 x 2 is multiplying a negative by a positive. The result is -2.

Multiplying -1 x -1 is multiplying a negative by a negative. The result is +1.

Apr 9th 2010, 4:32 am

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

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Multiplying -1 x 2 is multiplying a negative by a positive. The result is -2.

Multiplying -1 x -1 is multiplying a negative by a negative. The result is +1.

Yes . . . you sort of missed the point. I meant double as in multiplying by two. Of course I know it was not mathematically correct, it was supposed to be a joke

I'll get me coat.

Apr 9th 2010, 8:56 am

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

Today came across an unfamiliar word bubbemeises (I guess it is the equivalent of our old wives tale(s) - btw is there an apostrophe after the s in wives?)

Anyway, is it used a lot in the States?

Apr 9th 2010, 10:44 am

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

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Originally Posted by expatasia

Usually the two words are separated. I am Jewish, so I have heard the term a lot. There are quite a few Yiddish words or phrases that are in common use, but this is one of those that I would not presume that my non-Jewish listener might know.

BTW, although the term is somewhat like "old wives tales," the term "bubbe" is actually more affectionate since is it literally "grandmother."

Further BTW, the English spelling of the phrase will vary a lot since it is a transliteration of a word written in the Hebrew alphabet.

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Apr 9th 2010, 11:36 am

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

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Originally Posted by The Horticulturalist

I've don't believe I've ever seen a tater/or tot, I thought it was junk food for kids.

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Originally Posted by robin1234

JUNK FOOD?? Those things are the ambrosia of the gods.

I'm a fan of the humble tot as well. My wife makes this once a month or so:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,178,...254194,00.html

Ohhh... another version using cream of mushroom soup and French's fried onions

:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1838...246193,00.html

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Apr 9th 2010, 12:09 pm

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

My most disliked word over here would have to be savings.

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A savings of one dollar...that's right, a one dollar savings

It's just wrong.

Apr 9th 2010, 12:56 pm

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

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My most disliked word over here would have to be savings.

It's just wrong.

So what would you say instead, a save of one dollar?? That's more wrong.

Apr 9th 2010, 12:59 pm

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

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JUNK FOOD?? Those things are the ambrosia of the gods.

OMG yes, they are. It is riced potatoes made into little bite size nibbles with a crunchy outer and a light and fluffy inner.

Apr 9th 2010, 12:59 pm

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

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So what would you say instead, a save of one dollar?? That's more wrong.

I think the word is "wronger".

Apr 9th 2010, 1:02 pm

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Re: Advice and advise -- US/UK spelling

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I think the word is "wronger".

I did consider that you know but I decided not to compromise my credibility, thus a greater savings of faces. Howzzat?

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