words lesson
Posted by Vicki at 2015-07-30 14:28:07
From the Oxford Dictionary: "Neigh" a high-pitched sound made by a horse. "Nay" no, even more so no than the thing you just stated. "Nigh" old English word meaning near, from German origin. My nigh ox did not startle, nay did not even pay attention, when the passing horse did neigh.
Response by Klaus Karbaumer at 2015-07-31 16:43:32
Vicki, I always like that kind of in-depth look at the language we speak.
Response by SD-WestRiver at 2015-07-31 17:00:06
Thanks Vicki,that was a wonderful stringing-together of words. I thoroughly enjoy language and entertain myself by reading the mangling of words and
language in our local newspaper. And I ask myself, do these people have a journalism degree??
Response by Vicki at 2015-08-02 07:08:32
Thank you. I know I can be pedantic. Ads entertain me, such as ones for rode bikes (well, yes, I assume it is used) and rot iron furniture (rusty, no doubt.) If the spelling is off, is it really no buddies business?
Response by SD-West-River at 2015-08-02 16:05:35
That's great, VIcki. We have a great friend who is a journalism major.....he's a voracious reader and writes cowboy poetry. We send language screw-ups back and forth and laugh ourselves silly. Can't help it, those kinds of mistakes just seem to jump off the pages to get our attention, don't they?
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