peanuts Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 can anybody on this site talk for one minute with out using a word containing the letter " A" ? if you can how ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted February 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2020 Does saying, "um, err, um, err" quite a few times count? (I've heard talk of a French artist who once tried to write a novel without using the letter 'e'!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, Alex TM said: Does saying, "um, err, um, err" quite a few times count? (I've heard talk of a French artist who once tried to write a novel without using the letter 'e'!) nice try but nope Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators AY Mod Posted February 25, 2020 Administrators Share Posted February 25, 2020 I'm just impressed you managed to use a capital letter for once. 2 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2020 To expand the OP's original question a little, can anyone, either here or in the big wide world, reply to a question without starting with "So"? Mike. 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John ks Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Enterprisingwestern quiried To open out the OP's first question a little, will someone, either here or in the big wide world, reply to his inquiry without beginning with "So"? I think I often reply to questions without beginning with the word you mentioned. So, there Here in Oz there is currently a lot of H2O descending from the sky Which gives me plenty of time to enjoy my toy locomotives When not enjoying my toys I sometimes reply to internet posts like those by he whose moniker is legume like How do you express yourself for one minute without using the letter before "B"? So I don’t think it is possible. John PS my full moniker uses the forbidden letter twice so I wont print it 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprintex Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Doesn't even need to be a reply to a question these days, people start any sentence with the word "So". Bet it wouldn't take too long to find a thread on here that someone's started with " So I've decided to . . . ". Not sure whether this is another way that social media has mangled the English language, or another creeping Americanism? Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittenDormer Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 One, two, three... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) You've got to go for quite some time before needing to use the letter before B, when counting, with numbers, but only spelling them, so- three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, etc. Edited February 25, 2020 by jcm@gwr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 37 minutes ago, John ks said: Here in Oz there is currently a much lot of H2O descending from the sky Which gives me plenty of time to enjoy my toy locomotives Ni ni ni. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 40 minutes ago, Sprintex said: Doesn't even need to be a reply to a question these days, people start any sentence with the word "So". ... Not sure whether this is another way that social media has mangled the English language, or another creeping Americanism? I doubt this is an "Americanism" per se. (Chaucer did it.) Quote The first known written use of so as a sentence opener is in several lines of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, published in the mid-1380s, for example: So graunte hem sone out of this world to pace (So grant him soon out of this world to pass); I found this take interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2020 8 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: To expand the OP's original question a little, can anyone, either here or in the big wide world, reply to a question without starting with "So"? Mike. What? Doesn't make sense without the 'So' at the front! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 4 hours ago, jcm@gwr said: You've got to go for quite some time before needing to use the letter before B, when counting, with numbers, but only spelling them, so- three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, etc. And the winner is ......... you can count out loud to one hundred and one before you use the letter "A" for the first time to achieve that in under a minute you would have to be counting abnormally fast . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Ying tong ying tong Ying tong ying tong Ying tong iddle I po, Ying tong ying tong Ying tong ying tong Ying tong iddle I po. Iddle I po. x 6 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted February 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2020 Speak in Kiwi! "The fit cit sit on the mit" Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 43 minutes ago, Barry O said: Speak in Kiwi! Oh gove me fufty-sex buts of fush and chups... (Scared Weird Little Guys) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittenDormer Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 No hesitation, repitition or deviation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 8 minutes ago, NittenDormer said: No hesitation, repitition or deviation You are Nicholas Parsons and I claim my £5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2020 7 hours ago, NittenDormer said: No hesitation, repitition or deviation 6 hours ago, DavidB-AU said: You are Nicholas Parsons and I claim my £5. Don't you need to be alive to post a comment? Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 8 hours ago, NittenDormer said: No hesitation, repitition or deviation 8 hours ago, DavidB-AU said: You are Nicholas Parsons and I claim my £5. Nicholas Parsons would have* spelt "repetition" correctly. *Pet hate of mine - the modern trend of saying or writing 'would of' instead of the correct 'would have'. Ditto 'should have' & 'could have'.... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted February 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Don't you need to be alive to post a comment? Mike. Given that we are railway modellers I would expect quite a few here aren’t. Edited February 27, 2020 by BoD 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Traxson Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 5 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: Nicholas Parsons would have* spelt "repetition" correctly. *Pet hate of mine - the modern trend of saying or writing 'would of' instead of the correct 'would have'. Ditto 'should have' & 'could have'.... That and "defiantly" instead of definitely. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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