XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: a24061@ducksburg.com   
      
   On 2011-08-29, Peter Moylan wrote:   
      
   > Leslie Danks wrote:   
   >> Adam Funk wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2011-08-28, Mike Lyle wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> I'm half inclined to think that may catch on eventually. The folks on   
   >>>> the BBC already say "cannons" as the plural of "cannon". A.U.E. has   
   >>>> often noted that many little lumps and bumps of our language are being   
   >>>> smoothed out: "slayed" instead of "slew", a chciken is most often   
   >>>> "deboned" instead of "boned" -- that kind of thing.   
   >>> Well, it is a bit of faff to remember which of those plain verbs refer   
   >>> to removal (boning chickens, stoning olives).  We need a good Germanic   
   >>> prefix equivalent to German "ent-" to disambiguate these things.   
   >>> ;-)   
   >>   
   >> There us "entrail" for trains.   
   >>   
   > I read this immediately after your posting about tube stew. I'm glad I'd   
   > already finished my evening meal.   
      
   For the sake of AUE you could at least have said "supper", "dinner",   
   "tea", or whatever.   
      
      
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