RJS1977 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Or how many elephants can you get in a Mini? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted August 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2017 All these stupid questions, you'll be asking how many angels can dance on a pin next! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2017 All these stupid questions, you'll be asking how many angels can dance on a pin next! None. Because they all have a Christmas tree stuck up their whatsit! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ozexpatriate Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) ^ Liked, notwithstanding the grammar. I wonder if the one thing the English language really needs in this day and age is a gender-neutral singular pronoun, and a gender-neutral collective noun wouldn't go astray either. Edited August 17, 2017 by Ozexpatriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted August 17, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2017 This sign is from 2015, so it may have reached your sightlines already, but I don't think I have uploaded it before. It's not really whacky, just someone trying to get a message across in a less officious way. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted August 17, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2017 ^ Liked, notwithstanding the grammar. I wonder if the one thing the English language really needs in this day and age is a gender-neutral singular pronoun, and a gender-neutral collective noun wouldn't go astray either. English already has a gender-neutral singular pronoun: "they". And a gender-neutral collective noun is "folks". That's all, folks! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Sadly not the same thing anymore since Kraft took over and changed the recipe... Meanwhile, at Poundland.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted August 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) I'd agree with Pundland, I was given a "new " toblerone recently and was most disapponted to find all the huge gaps. Sadly as a diabetic I had to hand the Toblerone over to SWMBO (minus one bit ) Edited August 18, 2017 by TheQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted August 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2017 Former road bridge. May 18, 2007. by Andy Kirkham, on Flickr 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2017 English already has a gender-neutral singular pronoun: "they". And a gender-neutral collective noun is "folks". That's all, folks! You appear to have a greengrocers' 's' in there. Folk is plural - no need for the 's'. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted August 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2017 I'd agree with Pundland, I was given a "new " toblerone recently and was most disapponted to find all the huge gaps. Sadly as a diabetic I had to hand the Toblerone over to SWMBO (minus one bit ) I bet you didn't take the bit with the gap though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted August 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2017 You appear to have a greengrocers' 's' in there. Folk is plural - no need for the 's'. Folk is a single collection of people. Folks refers to the individual members of that collection. From here: "Folks is a collection of individual folk. The distinction being that "folk" refers to a mass or a mob -- It is referring to the collection or the mass itself. "Folks" is referring to the plurality of individuals that make up the mass." So Folks is correct in this case 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted August 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2017 I suppose I could have put this in driving standards but since it's a sign... http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/drivers-are-ignoring-ndr-diversions-signs-so-horsford-villagers-have-made-their-own-1-5154485 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Folk is a single collection of people. Folks refers to the individual members of that collection. From here: "Folks is a collection of individual folk. The distinction being that "folk" refers to a mass or a mob -- It is referring to the collection or the mass itself. "Folks" is referring to the plurality of individuals that make up the mass." So Folks is correct in this case 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted August 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2017 Yes, but that's American, and we all know they don't speak English. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 One I spotted last year while staying in Perthshire: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2017 bush.jpg I hate to thing how big the sign is at Donald Trump's birth town! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I hate to thing how big the sign is at Donald Trump's birth town! Fake news - The signwriter and the guys who erected the sign have been sacked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BG John Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I must find somewhere to put signs like that on a layout one day . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) A missing comma makes me ask whether it is "all folks", or only partly to do with folks? Edited August 21, 2017 by Horsetan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2017 Sadly not the same thing anymore since Kraft took over and changed the recipe... Unfortunately not the same since AFAIK Cadbury themselves started adding rubbish many years ago. Hence the fact that it really doesn't qualify as proper chocolate. Never could get my head around chocolate bars with hardly any cocoa solids in! The Bournville "Dark" chocolate originally had less cocoa solids than most Continental milk chocolate. Meanwhile, at Poundland.... Aldi Have been marketing a copycat "Mountain" bar for years with no problems from Kraft/Mondelez. Keith 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Unfortunately not the same since AFAIK Cadbury themselves started adding rubbish many years ago. Hence the fact that it really doesn't qualify as proper chocolate. Never could get my head around chocolate bars with hardly any cocoa solids in! The Bournville "Dark" chocolate originally had less cocoa solids than most Continental milk chocolate. .... If you want "chocolate" (technically vegelate / chocolate-flavoured vegetable fat) with no cocoa solids, I believe you can obtain such an abomination under the brand name "Hersheys", but British mainstream brands are coming quite close to the zero level too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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