;)
Pace my criticisms of my mother's coaching, my parents were very strict
about proper speech, and wouldn't tolerate any kind of oral slovenliness or
incivility. The written side, I guess, they left to the school. It was a
grammar school in name only.
P
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Joanna Boulter
> Sent: 24 September 2007 20:36
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: rip hyphens
>
> I'm sorry, Peter! You're quite right. I hadn't noticed the straw between
> your teeth .... must look more carefully in future.
>
> joanna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Cudmore" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 7:32 PM
> Subject: Re: rip hyphens
>
>
> > No, but my misuse counts as 'rustic', I think.
> >
> > P
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On
> >> Behalf Of Joanna Boulter
> >> Sent: 24 September 2007 19:02
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: rip hyphens
> >>
> >> And you're right, 'may' isn't rustic, not in the normal verbal sense.
> >> What
> >> Fowler is meaning in Peter's quote is the term 'maybe', shortened from
> >> 'it
> >> may be (so)'. It sounds like 'mebbe', and I think it's still in use
> > further
> >> south, but it's certainly used all the time up here in the north-east
of
> >> England.
> >>
> >
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