RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted April 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2020 5 hours ago, Phil Bullock said: Just two things: First - Please, please, please, please, pretty please can we have that 'groan' button so many of us have asked for? Second - Isn't there an old law in this country about punishing folk for telling really awful jokes? (I may be making that up, or remembering something from the 'Goodies'.) Regards, Alex. 3 4 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted April 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2020 18 hours ago, steve1 said: / pedant mode on And the plural of scarf is scarves... /pedant mode off steve Hi Steve, You're only stating that because you can write in correct English, init! Regards, Alex. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Both are valid. But it seems that scarfs is the older version with scarves being the trendy newcomer. https://writingexplained.org/scarfs-or-scarves-difference https://grammarist.com/usage/scarfs-scarves/ Jason 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 4 1 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Osgood said: Nah. That's The Wurzels. 1 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymw Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Alex TM said: Just two things: First - Please, please, please, please, pretty please can we have that 'groan' button so many of us have asked for? Second - Isn't there an old law in this country about punishing folk for telling really awful jokes? (I may be making that up, or remembering something from the 'Goodies'.) Regards, Alex. Yeh, but it was appreciated more over on the jokes thread, when someone copied it over to there. Use the informative/useful button in an ironic way - works for me. 2 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted April 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 29, 2020 6 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: Both are valid. But it seems that scarfs is the older version with scarves being the trendy newcomer. https://writingexplained.org/scarfs-or-scarves-difference https://grammarist.com/usage/scarfs-scarves/ Jason There seems to be a similar tendency for the plural of roof to become rooves; I've always used roofs. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted April 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 29, 2020 5 hours ago, raymw said: Yeh, but it was appreciated more over on the jokes thread, when someone copied it over to there. Use the informative/useful button in an ironic way - works for me. I was spoiled for choice - where should I post this gem? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 48 minutes ago, Ramblin Rich said: There seems to be a similar tendency for the plural of roof to become rooves; I've always used roofs. It's because of hoof / hooves, but roofs is correct. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 How long will it be before people start writing spooves. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted April 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2020 16 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: It's because of hoof / hooves, but roofs is correct. Mouse - mice Louse- lice House - hice?????? 4 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 There's no such word as gullible in the dictionary. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted April 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2020 13 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: Mouse - mice Louse- lice House - hice?????? Jilly Cooper (in Class) reckoned that the reason the upper classes pronounced "house" as "hice" was because they had several. 2 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Colin Posted April 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2020 And in Liverpool: Scouse - skice? Changed the c to k for pronunciation reasons. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Talking about football, just received this and it made me laugh out loud..... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted April 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2020 York booking hall is so quiet at the moment that a Greylag goose has made a nest under the signal! 14 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted April 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2020 For all those toilet roll inners and egg cartons you've been saving. (I believe eggs and toilet rolls are reasonably available now) (Couldn't get the Fb link to work - so here's a screenshot. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted May 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 1, 2020 On 29/04/2020 at 10:23, Osgood said: Those things are somewhat large, I was behind this one in west Texas for a bit: 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 G'day Folks 2 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 17 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: Those things are somewhat large, I was behind this one in west Texas for a bit: You wouldn't be behind this one for long! 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sir TophamHatt Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 BBC News - Weymouth woman 'threw unexploded WW2 bomb across garden' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-52521650 Perhaps shouldn't have laughed but I flippin' well did! 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) If it had gone off her pet Shih Tzu would have...well Shih Tzu. Edited May 3, 2020 by melmerby 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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