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Post #AuEyI6vrvaPasXIz3I by [email protected] |
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TIL why (in British English) we don't use a dot after the “St” short f… |
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Post #AuFXHoC360NX9kSry4 by [email protected] |
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@alderwick you found something where the English language was consistent?Inconc… |
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Post #AuFYBvzdHeCZYzQ5lA by [email protected] |
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@alderwicknow i wonder how Mrs came about 🤔 |
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Post #AuFYBw74py9lw4u2Ma by [email protected] |
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@yrlaNor I know! You spotted that I didn't include that example :flan_wink:… |
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Post #AuFYBwFaKKxiMSspcm by [email protected] |
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@alderwick @yrlaNor could be short for Mistress. |
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Post #AuFYBwMJvILkhM2D7g by [email protected] |
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@markmason @alderwick @yrlaNor I believe that is the case... but no citation, s… |
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Post #AuFYBwTPUw1N3LLsAq by [email protected] |
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@carusb @markmason @yrlaNor My research on the only case I know (Discworld'… |
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Post #AuFYBwbD1wG9RX06KW by [email protected] |
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@alderwick @carusb @markmason @yrlaNor German and Dutch have Meister and meeste… |
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Post #AuFYH1K4tYivXcPMrQ by [email protected] |
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@alderwick S't |
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Post #AuFYH1SEPFFHwuDsZM by [email protected] |
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@zombiecide I think I've seen that in the US but I could be making that up!… |
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Post #AuFYH1ZJysuuItXXcW by [email protected] |
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@alderwick (snicker)I guess for many native speakers it just doesn't make a… |
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Post #AuFYH1edf7AcZO1muO by [email protected] |
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@zombiecide I think when you mentioned “speakers” you got the exact issue: … |
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Post #AuFYLPpLjLM6hN8BMm by [email protected] |
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@alderwick So we should indicate by S't, M'r, D'r? |
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Post #AuFYUFnsMrmyDUek9Q by [email protected] |
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@lanodan @alderwick @mgorny not German programmers though (it's the usual a… |
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Post #AuFYWgc3f73bwZHwC8 by [email protected] |
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@alderwick fact of the day! Love it. |
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Post #AuFYYN8F3wb26V96nY by [email protected] |
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@alderwick that is interesting, because in american english we use a dot for Dr… |
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Post #AuFYaBp05LLbbY0pzk by [email protected] |
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@alderwick I think it's the other way round in India. My college name has S… |
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Post #AuFYsYH1LdwORzsHfE by [email protected] |
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Hi @alderwick, lol, so in fact it'sS4t |
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Post #AuFYzvwziS3buW1l2G by [email protected] |
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@alderwick is this proof that Mr. Bean isn't British? |
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Post #AuFZ2nU5eKhWWPsBhA by [email protected] |
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@alderwick I thought one out of street/saint had the dot, and the other didn… |
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Post #AuFZ54OzijP9ZRZbpQ by [email protected] |
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@alderwick So why then is it "Dr. Someone"? Or is that the American w… |
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Post #AuFZ54W5IN4lvQtGsa by [email protected] |
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@maikm Yep American English uses that 100% but we tend not to use the dot. It&#… |
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@alderwick @deivudesu But why isn't it S't? |
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Post #AuFZ6UglTNuJO2Z2kC by [email protected] |
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@a_cubed @alderwick Why would it? are you thinking of contractions like `it is`… |
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Post #AuFZAgWTPsA9FPkUng by [email protected] |
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@plungepool I love how “Street” is the partial exception! I read up that US… |
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Post #AuFZFcqwUKM7JVgABk by [email protected] |
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@alderwick Mind blown. |
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@alderwick @markmason @yrlaNor I think there are several Shakespeare characters… |
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Post #AuFZLcZQS3NcAuLQX2 by [email protected] |
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@mattg @alderwick Which also means Dr Pepper is British. |
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@alderwick unless of course you are American when for some reason you write Dr.… |
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@alderwick In Scotland, still (sadly) part of the U.K., in the 60s I was taught… |
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Post #AuFZaZVw64Ob2WqEIC by [email protected] |
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@alderwick yes, I mean, people get it either way? maybe you can even make the c… |
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Post #AuFZeOKRcr1bVWHtmi by [email protected] |
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@deivudesu @a_cubed @alderwick iirc some single-word place names are abbreviate… |
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Post #AuFZhFguCHA5aR9prs by [email protected] |
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@deivudesu @alderwick An apostrophe in English means a contraction of one as we… |
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@alderwick So not for councils to save a teensy bit of money by not having to i… |
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@bryanredeagle @alderwick seems that Dr Pepper instead of Dr. Pepper might be a… |
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@alderwick Thank you for the elucidation, I hadn't considered that before… |
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@alderwick, but what if I deliberately mean it as the second letter? xP |
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@alderwick Unfortunately it is not. In German there is a dot at the end for doc… |
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Post #AuFbZKK3IGDFXgohwO by [email protected] |
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@yrlaNor @alderwick It's a contraction of Mistress, and the pronunciation i… |
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@alderwick two data points from other languages I happen to know: In German we … |
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@halfbyte Oh I've seen that in Swedish and didn't know what it meant! T… |
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@alderwick me, forever telling people there's no dot in "Mrs Beanbag&q… |
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@alderwick Wait there's no dot after Dr? 😮 |
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@alderwick contracting "Street" into "St" is also not offic… |
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@zymurgic @alderwick Fun fact: When Americans read "West Smith Street"… |
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@BradRubenstein @alderwick I can't even think about Downton abbey without t… |
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