Month: February 2016

What is the correct or received pronunciation of English?

This video gives some idea of the difference but there are many other local forms of speech

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/rphappened.htm

 

All I can say is that having many immigrants from Europe,Asia and Africa there is no longer such an emphasis on  what was once called BBC English.But it’s only on the last ten years we have heard reporters on the News with Lancashire accents.Indeed though mine has diminished I am still asked if  I am a foreigner.And working class people are not so willing to be told their speech is not right

Words which are commonly mispronounced

Cats looking at us

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0907075.html

 

I think one reason for this is that our reading vocabulary may be bigger than our oral vocabulary.We read Shakespeare  and the classic novels in school but we don’t use many of the words talking to our family.

I remember when I was about 4 years old the  stll present shame I felt when I heard some of my family talking about words with Viking origins so I offered HIYA as an example and they all teased  me  mercilessly.That’s one reason I try to be kind to people and see a positive possibility in  what they say.To have roomful of people laughing unkindly at you is bad at any age but at 4 it was hell to me and most children have these shaming experiences which puzzles me because why do othr older people not empathise or encourage? Continue reading “Words which are commonly mispronounced” →

Relating to pronouncing/understanding English words

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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0907013.html

We see below what the a in awry comes from.But very few English  speaking people will know about these meanings.

 

Greek prefix Basic meaning Example words
a-, an- without achromatic, amoral, atypical, anaerobic
anti-, ant- opposite; opposing anticrime, antipollution, antacid
auto- self, same autobiography, automatic, autopilot
bio-, bi- life, living organism biology, biophysics, biotechnology, biopsy
geo- Earth; geography geography, geomagnetism, geophysics, geopolitics
hyper- excessive, excessively hyperactive, hypercritical, hypersensitive
micro- small microcosm, micronucleus, microscope
mono- one, single, alone monochrome, monosyllable, monoxide
neo- new, recent neonatal, neophyte, neoconservatism, neofascism, neodymium
pan- all panorama, panchromatic, pandemic, pantheism
thermo-, therm- heat thermal, thermometer, thermostat

Mispronouncing words

 

A friend of mine was saying she thought  when younger that AWRY was pronouned AWE RY.

Anither one thought MISLED was MISSLED

And it’s obvious that this comes from our ignoramce of the derivation of words [not to mention the fact that they had nor heard their parents or siblings use these words]

We know a-  is a common  prefix in words like AMORAL,

And mis is also one as in MISALLIANCE MISSPENT

More tomorrow

I accuse

Ab

More about accismus:the limericks

http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/accismusterm.htm

 

What do these strange, new words mean?

And why have they evaded  being seen?

Accismus is a lie

Give it a try

I desire no reward but esteem

 

I don’t know what to think of my   find

It’s a grief to us fragile of mind

We think we know all

Then we suffer our fall.

Still it’s good to be bad from behind.

 

I thought I could die now in peace

As on words I’d  enjoyed  a great feast

But like the end of line

Is so hard to define

Infinity seems   so near when it’s least.

 

In between any two words you choose

Another word can  be found and bemuse.

Transcendent their state

They may   yet irritate

But without a little space they confuse.

 

Some folk declare they need space

Avoid saying they hate their love’s face

But  words have no choice

As they speak with our voice

And when used well they  queerly debase.

 

 

 

 

Accismus

 

 

This is new to me

http://wordsmith.org/words/accismus.html

 

Accismus

Encylopaedia Britannica

Accismus, a form of irony in which a person feigns indifference to or pretends to refuse something he or she desires. The fox’s dismissal of the grapes in Aesop’s fable of the fox and the grapes is an example of accismus. A classic example is that of Caesar’s initial refusal to accept the crown, a circumstance reported by one of the conspirators in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The word is from the Greek  akkismós, “prudery,” and is a derivative of akkízesthai, “to feign ignorance P

 

Duress,the limericks

I wanted to feel his caress

Until his anger made me feel distressed

Pain knocks me down

When I see his  grey frown

Why it’s not all that far from duress.

 

Condoms are called Durex here

And since AIDS they’re on the counter quite near

So avoid duress

After caress

A condom can save you from fear

 

 

 

 

Duress from dictionary.com

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duress

[doo–res, dyoo-, doo r-is, dyoo r-]
Spell Syllables
noun
1.

compulsion by threat or force; coercion;constraint.
2.

Law. such constraint or coercion as will rendervoid a contract or other legal act entered orperformed under its influence.
3.

forcible restraint, especially imprisonment.
Origin of duressExpand
Middle English
Middle French
Latin
1275-1325

1275-1325; Middle English duresse < Middle Frenchduresse, -esce, -ece < Latin dūritia hardness,harshness, oppression, equivalent to dūr (us) hard + -itia -ice

SynonymsExpand
1. intimidation, pressure, bullying, browbeating

When my voice trembles  

When words no longer work

wonder

wish

want

When words won’t come

compensate

contrive

When my voice breaks

snaps

sunders

strains

When I want to talk

touch

tenderly

towards

But you are not able

about

abandoned

absent

You are no longer

listening

live

longing

When I need to find a meaning

In the shape

form

structure

But I ‘m stranded

Stuck

Sucked under

Swallowed

Then I reach out to you

I want your touch

tenderness

tranquillity

temerity

Sometimes words don’t seem enough

endless

empty

emotive

ejaculatory

Yet words can console

conjure

quilt

charm

captivate

cover.

Stretch out your hand

across the emptiness

and touch me with your fingers

friendship

faithfulness

forgiveness

frailty

fever

touch my heart with words

and I will hope

expect

await

be grateful

grave

garbed in joy

When words don’t feel enough

When all we want is touch

Or to see

sigh

sob

sing

Words can be shaped

changed

contorted

controlled

challenged

Words are all we have

To make us love

To make us live

To make us alive

To make us sing

To make us stand up

To console,words may be

Enough

In our mind shall give us grace.

The aching heart,now a cliche

Conveys what I desire to say

A painful void.an emptiness

My heart beats with this   stern duress.

 

A gentle touch or glancc may be

Tactful as a mother’s knee.

A child  held close but stifled not

Will soon outgrow  their baby’s cot.

 

Held visions of a mother’s face

In our mind shall give us grace.

And father  seem  a  sturdy tree

Enabling mother just to be.

 

O touch me with your tender hand

Whilst I cross through this dangerous land

Touch me softly,touch me long

Whilst I write for you these songs.

 

Each in turn shall take and give

So in constancy we live.

Faithful,tender,tactful .true

All that’s old is now made new

 

Tact:the limericks

A metaphor about touch gives us tact

A quality it’s best not to lack.

We must learn to give attention,

As a means of prevention

Lest our reply sounds like a nasty attack.

 

Even the most mature  wound their friends

So we sometimes must make our amends

If it occurs every day

Our friend rightly says

Your  words  hurt me and also offend.

 

Yet cunning folk have a false front

And refrain from all comments too blunt

So  their charm can catch us

Till their rages dispatch us

Their  violence was hidden till assault.,

Tact [from Dictionary.com]

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Tact is essential but some folk have more than others

noun
1.

a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill indealing with difficult or delicate situations.
2.

a keen sense of what is appropriate, tasteful, or aestheticallypleasing; taste; discrimination.
3.

touch or the sense of touch.
Origin of tactExpand
Latin
1150-1200

1150-1200; < Latin tāctus sense of touch, equivalent to tag-, variant stemof tangere to touch + -tus suffix of v. action

Can be confusedExpand
tack, tact, track, tract.
tacks, tax.
SynonymsExpand
1. perception, sensitivity; diplomacy, poise.
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Examples from the Web for tactExpand
Contemporary Examples
Historical Examples

  • He had thetact now to conceal his astonishment at the manner of hisfriend’s speech.

    The Pillar of LightLouis Tracy

  • To be sure the friend must do all this with due delicacy andtact.

    Practical EthicsWilliam DeWitt Hyde

  • But because they have notact, they are never able to agree to the samething at the same time.

    The Curious Book of BirdsAbbie Farwell Brown

  • “It’s too long,” Billy urged, with more practicality thantact.

    Teddy: Her BookAnna Chapin Ray

  • But now the little mechanic exhibits atact that almost seems to prove aknowledge of the principles of its art.

    Butterflies and MothsWilliam S. Furneaux
British Dictionary definitions for tactExpand

tact

/tækt/
noun

1.

a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others, so asto avoid giving offence or to win good will; discretion
2.

skill or judgment in handling difficult or delicate situations; diplomacy
Derived Forms
tactful, adjective
tactfully, adverb
tactfulness, noun
tactless, adjective
tactlessly, adverb
tactlessness, noun
Word Origin
C17: from Latin tactus a touching, from tangere to touch
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Word Origin and History for tactExpand
n.

1650s, “sense of touch or feeling” (with an isolated instance from c.1200),from Latin tactus “touch, feeling, handling, sense of touch,” from root oftangere “to touch” (seetangent ). Meaning “sense of “discernment,diplomacy, etc.” first recorded 1804, from a sense that developed inFrench cognate tact.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Loveliest of tree the cherry now, by A.E.Housman

A. E. Housman (1859–1936).  A Shropshire Lad.  1896.
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II. Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
LOVELIEST of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Now, of my threescore years and ten,         5
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,         10
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.

Intellectuals think limericks non de trop

The pain was excruciatingly  sharp

As she plucked on the strings of my heart.

What she was after

I never even asked her

But her bowing was, to my mind, not smart.

 

Intellectuals think limericks  non de trop;

Incrementally better than faux.

But when times are inclement

Enjoy  a bright moment.

For one day we each have to go.

 

My bowels are a nuisance to me

Yet without them how bereft we would be

In fact we’d be  dead

And  as St  Paul said

The  glass is now dark,but we’ll see.

 

Pain  must be approached with some stealth

As aggravating it’s bad for our health

Accept it  and bear it

And never,ever fear it.

Relaxation is the best form of wealth

 

 

 

 

 

His voice was torment to my ear

Excruciating as a saw

that screeches as  it chews and jaws

His voice was torment to my ear

His odour filled canals  with tears

In short I hated his loud voice

But my parents made him  their first choice.

To disobey was quite a wrench

Until I recalled his woeful stench

Yet some lifebuoy  soap and elocution

lessons might have made this persecution

lessen and so  I could have

pleased my parents ,would I had.

Oh aha ,I ran away

And here I am with you today.

But where he is,no-one will say

His hat was sold just yesterday.

 

 

Excruciating.. linked to crux or crucifix

From dictionary.com
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Excruciating
[ik-skroo-shee-ey-ting]

Synonyms Examples Word Origin
adjective
1.
extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing:
an excruciating noise; excruciating pain.
2.
exceedingly elaborate or intense; extreme:
done with excruciating care.
Origin of excruciating Expand
1655-16651655-65; excruciate + -ing2
Related forms Expand
excruciatingly, adverb
unexcruciating, adjective
Synonyms Expand
1. unbearable, insufferable, unendurable, agonizing, racking.
excruciate
[ik-skroo-shee-eyt]
Spell Syllables
verb (used with object), excruciated, excruciating.
1.
to inflict severe pain upon; torture:
The headache excruciated him.
2.
to cause mental anguish to; irritate greatly.
Origin
1560-70; 4< Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciāre to torment, torture, equivalent to ex- ex-1+ cruciāre to torment, crucify (derivative of crux cross); see –

Much money

Today I got my increment

It’s annually inclement

I got my increment and so

To the shops I now will go

 

It’s only just  ten pence a week

My finances do look very bleak

But it will pay  for my cat’s tea

When I take him out on Saturday.

 

The bank manager was inclement

I blame it  on his temperament

Some  people have a stormy way

Of getting other folk to pay.

 

An increment is very small

It may  even seem like naught at all

But depending on its frequency

It may add up to big money.

 

Inclement are this government

In increasing the poor folks’ rent

True freedom is perception

And so this government has none.

 

Oh,woe is me and woe is thee

Let’s brew ourselves a cup of tea.

We’ll play some songs and dance a bit

Make some jokes and use our wits.

 

Increment

increment

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in·cre·ment

(ĭn′krə-mənt, ĭng′-)

n.

1. The process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent.
2. Something added or gained: a force swelled by increments from allied armies.
3. A slight, often barely perceptible augmentation.
4. One of a series of regular additions or contributions: accumulating a fund byincrements.
5. Mathematics A small positive or negative change in the value of a variable.
[Middle English, from Latin incrēmentum, from incrēscere, to increase; see increase.]
in′cre·men′tal (-mĕn′tl) adj.
in′cre·men·tal′i·ty (-mĕn-tăl′ĭ-tē) n.
in′cre·men′tal·ly adv.
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increment

(ˈɪnkrɪmənt)

n

1. an increase or addition, esp one of a series
2. the act of increasing; augmentation
3. (Mathematics) maths a small positive or negative change in a variable or function.Symbol: Δ, as in Δx or Δf
[C15: from Latin incrēmentum growth, increase]
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in•cre•ment

(ˈɪn krə mənt, ˈɪŋ-)

n.

1. something added or gained; addition; increase.
2. the act or process of increasing.
3. an amount by which something increases.
4. one of a series of regular additions: deposits in increments of $500.

5.

a. the difference between two values of a variable; a change, positive, negative, orzero, in an independent variable.
b. the increase of a function due to an increase in the independent variable.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin incrēmentum an increase]
in`cre•men′tal (-ˈmɛn tl) adj.
in`cre•men′tal•ly, adv.
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maurice saatchi_1 (1)Noun 1. increment – a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or moreimportant; “the increase in unemployment”; “the growth of population”

growth, increase
physical process, process – a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradualchanges through a series of states; “events now in process”; “the process ofcalcification begins later for boys than for girls”
accession – a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); “theart collection grew through accession”
accretion, accumulation – an increase by natural growth or addition
accretion – (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits orwaterborne sediment
accretion – (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
accretion – (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravitypulling together surrounding objects and gases
multiplication – a multiplicative increase; “repeated copying leads to amultiplication of errors”; “this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth”
population growth – increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory orstate
proliferation – a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in thenumber of deadly weapons); “the proliferation of nuclear weapons”
pullulation – a rapid and abundant increase
relaxation – (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or musclefibers
widening, broadening – an increase in width
decrease, decrement – a process of becoming smaller or shorter
2. increment – the amount by which something increases; “they proposed an increaseof 15 percent in the fare”

increase
amount – the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; “anadequate amount of food for four people”
amplification, gain – the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or currentexpressed as the ratio of output to input
fare increase – increase in the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
price increase – increase in price
raise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase, hike, rise – the amount asalary is increased; “he got a 3% raise”; “he got a wage hike”
cost increase, hike, boost, rise – an increase in cost; “they asked for a 10%rise in rates”
supplementation, supplement – a quantity added (e.g. to make up for adeficiency)
tax boost, tax hike, tax-increase – the amount by which taxes are increased; “atax increase of 15 percent”
up-tick – a small increase; “the up-tick in terrorist activity”
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increment

noun increase, gain, addition, supplement, step up, advancement, enlargement,accretion, accrual, augmentation, accruement Many teachers qualify for an annualincrement.
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increment

noun

The amount by which something is increased:

advance, boost, hike, increase, jump, raise, rise.
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increment

[ˈɪnkrɪmənt] N → aumento m, incremento m (in de)

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increment

(ˈiŋkrəmənt) noun

an increase especially in salary. aumento
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

in·cre·ment

n. incremento, aumento, adición.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

Inclement

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in·clem·ent

(ĭn-klĕm′ənt)

adj.

1. Stormy: inclement weather.
2. Showing no clemency; unmerciful.
in·clem′en·cy n.
in·clem′ent·ly adv.
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inclement

(ɪnˈklɛmənt)

adj

1. (of weather) stormy, severe, or tempestuous
2. harsh, severe, or merciless
inˈclemency, inˈclementness n
inˈclemently adv
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in•clem•ent

(ɪnˈklɛm ənt)

adj.

1. severe; stormy: inclement weather.
2. not kind or merciful.
[1615–25; < Latin inclēment-, s. of inclemēns;]
in•clem′en•cy, in•clem′ent•ness, n.
in•clem′ent•ly, adv.
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P1000249Adj. 1.7613537_5314b5b2fd_m inclement – (of weather or climate) severe

intemperate – (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; “an intemperate climate”; “intemperate zones”
clement – (of weather or climate) physically mild; “clement weather”
Rain stopped prayer today

2.

 inclement – used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy; “the harshsentence of an inclement judge”

merciless, unmerciful – having or showing no mercy; “the merciless enemy”; “amerciless critic”; “gave him a merciless beating”
clement – (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; “a more clementjudge reduced the sentence”
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inclement

adjective(Formal)stormy, severe, rough, foul, harsh, rigorous, boisterous,tempestuous, intemperate, bitter Thousands braved the inclement weather last week.
stormyfine, calm, pleasant, mild, clement, temperate, balmy
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As Alchemists foretold

God’s son was born  on earth.

A  young girl gave him birth.

His words remind us of our worth,

Gave hope of heavenly mirth.

He brought the gifts of love-

To cure our bad eyesight.

But we don’t want to see,

Bear painfulness of light.

We love our flaws unknowing,

Even as we’re sorrow sowing

We rage when someone points  them out,

We’d rather stay in dark and doubt

Than have our weakness showing

But when  we  seek advice

From someone  wise and true,

They tell us that our hearts will be

Healed when we can bear to see

The mirror’s total view,

The looking glass is truth

It’s painfully acquired.

But, oddly ,when we face the glass,

A transformation comes to pass,

And our souls change from black to gold,

As Alchemists foretold

Your beloved face

Your face is map enough for me
Your gaze your smile,your frown,your glee.
And if I want to know the rest
The shape your posture’s made is best
For saying what your life is now.
A look,a  gesture,all  this show.
Till all you are is then disclosed
And I am in your arms enrobed.
Love vanishes when analysed
And  thinking too’ by Love’s despised
Use the  means to fit the end
And then I’ll  be what you intend

I sing of colour and of love

The butterfly is like a flower
which moves its station every hour.
Oh,happy is he on the wing.
The vision makes me quick to sing.
The flower is open in the sun,
And to its heart, true love shall come.
The bees shall feast and fly replete
With nectar they are now full sweet.
I sing of colour and of love,
Blessings that rain down from above.
I wish to be a flower too.
Ah,that the bee could but be you

Ringing NHS 111

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/nhs/12130650/NHS-helpline-not-sensitive-enough-to-detect-deadly-child-illnesses.html

 

I phoned them recently and the man  answering the call did not know the word “Coronary” and asked me how to spell it.Before  David Cameron got in we had NHS Direct

 which was staffed by nurses.Now an unqualified person decides if you need to speak to a  a doctor or nurse.Then you may wait 6 hours for a visit.Remember when you ask for tax cuts it means poorer services.

My pupils’ names

This is to help remember some of the hard or unusual words like inchoate

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Nell Oaks

Belley  Aches-Hokes

Ahah Drawitt

Colonel Oaks

Dellue Sion

Hugh Sign

Hugh Drawitt

Okes Knell

Al Fredd [the cat]

Nice Quirk

Belle Knell.

Curry Favore

Inne Co-Hate

Harry  Mee

Ade Drawit

Harry Boil

Harry Smirk

Inke  O’ Itt

Adraw  Owitt

Anne Hokes

Utta C.Rap

Rubb I.Shed

That’s enough rubbish ,the Editor [F .Offe]

The knell was a hoax

The bell tolled the knell, but it was an hoax

Little boy blue was teasing us folks

For we have no batteries for our clocks

It all began at the equinox

 

First our watches all but stopped

After a while,the penny dropped.

God doesn’t like those un-windable horrors

So yesterday, is now tomorrow.

 

The knell will be tolled at six of the clock

After that there’ll be no work

And in the morning it will be nine

You are me and I am thine.

 

A hoax can be hurtful, a hoax can be fun

If  that is so,we’ll do it again.

The best things in life are not always free

They ask for thought and liberty

.

 

 

 

 

 

Hoax

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Pronunciation: /həʊks/

Definition of hoax in English:

noun

A humorous or malicious deception:the evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax[AS MODIFIER]: a hoax 999 call

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verb

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Trick or deceive (someone).

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Origin

Late 18th century (as a verb): probably a contraction of hocus.

Words that rhyme with hoax

Boaks, coax, Oaks, stokes

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