I have learnt (learned) that the following irregular verbs are now obsolete in British and American English. Burn, dream, dwell, Kneel, lean, learn, mow, smell, spell, spill and spoil. They now have the standard past and participle forms (-ed).
Who decided this and when? Nobody asked me. Its all part of the dumbing down......
Have also learnt that I am a pedantic, old fashioned git.
Well, bugger me Les Addick, that was interesting .....
I've even learned or learnt how poppodom is spelled or spelt correctly.
And that Fayre is an archaic 'historick' word mis-spelling that is nearly always mis-applied these days, assuming I'm allowed to hyphenate the word 'misapplied' or 'misspelling'.
Re Henry Irwin's list of past participles...IF used with 'to have' as in 'I have dreamed' use -ed BUT if used as past simple, most of Henry's verbs are STRONG and take the form we all know such as I dreampt, I dwelt, I learnt, I spelt, etc. BUT I mowed (never heard of mowt!)
[cite]Posted By: daveroan[/cite]Re Henry Irwin's list of past participles...IF used with 'to have' as in 'I have dreamed' use -ed
BUT if used as past simple, most of Henry's verbs are STRONG and take the form we all know such as I dreampt, I dwelt, I learnt, I spelt, etc. BUT I mowed (never heard of mowt!)
see WTF does this mean it is like reading alien transcript sometimes on here
Grumpy old man eh? That is something I have been working toward for the last 15 years, I long for the time when I can stand at my garden gate, wave my walking stick and shout obscenities at passing children for no apparent reason (not that the little buggers have any respect these days).
If accepted, I will promise to contradict myself on a regular basis, get names wrong and forget ......
I do not go on about the good old days and how it was safer on the streets, I do not moan about young people listening to loud music or about speed cameras, taxation, immigration or the off-side law.
Middle aged perhaps, Grumpy no way.
So stick you Chairmanship up your ar*e sideways Granddad.
[cite]Posted By: SpicedAddick[/cite]I've just recently learned that nuns are disgusting!
When I was a grotty spotty teenager at school, we use to call them the "Get Nones".
Evidently, we were wrong. They may have been spared the rod of man, but seem to have found many satisfying alternatives in their quest for personal holy grail.
[cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]Oggy, no way am I a grumpy old man!!!!!!!!!
I do not go on about the good old days and how it was safer on the streets, I do not moan about young people listening to loud music or about speed cameras, taxation, immigration or the off-side law.
Middle aged perhaps, Grumpy no way.
So stick you Chairmanship up your ar*e sideways Granddad.
[cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]Oggy, no way am I a grumpy old man!!!!!!!!!
I do not go on about the good old days and how it was safer on the streets, I do not moan about young people listening to loud music or about speed cameras, taxation, immigration or the off-side law.
Middle aged perhaps, Grumpy no way.
So stick you Chairmanship up your ar*e sideways Granddad.
Hope I die before I get old
Oh c'mon Henry there's no need to be so modest. As holder of the Holey Cardigan you know your flock of miserable old sods log on every day for the latest pearls of wisdom to trip from your liver spotted fingers...
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They're both purple, except for the bus!
My favourite joke of all time.
Other than the Space Alien who crash lands in south London but takes too long to type.
This one made me laugh!
That Velcro is just a Rip Off !!!
Go on Henners. You know you want to.
Cough, cough, ahem...
woman prefer a challenge than a nice guy
perhaps should have taken my charlton-supporting old man's advice and supported Arsenal
Smoking is not easy to quit
money might not buy hapiness but can remove a lot of the obstacles in pursuit of it
most women dont consider match of the day followed by a pat on the backside as it ends and nod to the boudoir to be foreplay
Disallowing that : - )
One day.
on the train opposite this woman. I said........
'' can i smell your fanny?''
she said....
'' NO! and how dare you!!''
I said.....
''must be your feet then''.
p.s i didnt get the nun or the 2 birds ones?!
Who decided this and when? Nobody asked me. Its all part of the dumbing down......
Have also learnt that I am a pedantic, old fashioned git.
And i'm only little.
Burned, dreamed, dwelled, Knelled, leaned, learned, mowed, smelled, spelled, spilled and spoiled
Well, bugger me Les Addick, that was interesting .....
I've even learned or learnt how poppodom is spelled or spelt correctly.
And that Fayre is an archaic 'historick' word mis-spelling that is nearly always mis-applied these days, assuming I'm allowed to hyphenate the word 'misapplied' or 'misspelling'.
;o)
Merely a euphemism for 'grumpy old man'.
Welcome to our club. Henry's chairman, but you can stand for election once per year.
;o)
BUT if used as past simple, most of Henry's verbs are STRONG and take the form we all know such as I dreampt, I dwelt, I learnt, I spelt, etc. BUT I mowed (never heard of mowt!)
Well?
see WTF does this mean it is like reading alien transcript sometimes on here
If accepted, I will promise to contradict myself on a regular basis, get names wrong and forget ......
Also its mown.
I do not go on about the good old days and how it was safer on the streets, I do not moan about young people listening to loud music or about speed cameras, taxation, immigration or the off-side law.
Middle aged perhaps, Grumpy no way.
So stick you Chairmanship up your ar*e sideways Granddad.
Hope I die before I get old
; - )
When I was a grotty spotty teenager at school, we use to call them the "Get Nones".
Evidently, we were wrong. They may have been spared the rod of man, but seem to have found many satisfying alternatives in their quest for personal holy grail.
;o)
Aw, poor Henry.
Have I touched a raw nerve ........he he he
;o)
Oh c'mon Henry there's no need to be so modest. As holder of the Holey Cardigan you know your flock of miserable old sods log on every day for the latest pearls of wisdom to trip from your liver spotted fingers...
I suppose if you look at his record over the last two seasons though, you can see that the whole thing was inevitable.
Hey, Unc .......according to Bournemouth Addick, they are Henry's liver spotted fingers, not mine.....(!)
;o)