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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #1010 on: January 28, 2017, 06:53:55 AM »
Had to Google that.
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #1011 on: February 18, 2017, 03:18:02 PM »
Noticed today, when catching up with Adam and Josh's La La Land review and there was a clip from the film, where Gosling says, something like, "No, I'm just an ass[bleep]."

My burning question about bleeping protocol and who decides and how: Why is the hole bleeped and not the ass?  Why not "[bleep]hole"?  Or is that done sometimes, too?  The ass part is ok on its own - I suppose by itself it'd never be bleeped (?) - but when you make it a compound word, it just gets . . . too graphic? 

   


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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #1012 on: February 18, 2017, 06:22:33 PM »
And in the age of post-Butthole Surfers does it really matter?
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #1013 on: February 18, 2017, 07:27:02 PM »
Noticed today, when catching up with Adam and Josh's La La Land review and there was a clip from the film, where Gosling says, something like, "No, I'm just an ass[bleep]."

My burning question about bleeping protocol and who decides and how: Why is the hole bleeped and not the ass?  Why not "[bleep]hole"?  Or is that done sometimes, too?  The ass part is ok on its own - I suppose by itself it'd never be bleeped (?) - but when you make it a compound word, it just gets . . . too graphic? 

 
Sam should answer as he's making the calls but actually yeah, you can say ass on radio... you can't say asshole.
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #1014 on: February 18, 2017, 10:51:00 PM »
And in the age of post-Butthole Surfers does it really matter?
;D  Probably not, no. 


Sam should answer as he's making the calls but actually yeah, you can say ass on radio... you can't say asshole.
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #1015 on: February 19, 2017, 08:07:05 AM »
When uttering a word ending in "s" to which you attach a possessive apostrophe, do you pronounce a doubled "s" or trust your interlocutor to understand your meaning?
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #1016 on: February 19, 2017, 11:11:08 AM »
As a person whose last name ends with an "s" you'd think I'd have a definitive answer.   But I don't.

In the sentence, pointing at an object "That's the Kimes' ", I would pronounce the double "s".

In the sentence, "That's the Kimes' house", I wouldn't.   And I have no idea why.

I am shamed at my inconsistency.
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #1017 on: February 20, 2017, 01:17:08 AM »
Kimes's is correct


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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #1018 on: February 20, 2017, 09:32:20 AM »
Except that you don't actually say « That's the Kimes' house » but « That's the Kimes house » do you? Isn't the last name there being used as an epithet?
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #1019 on: February 20, 2017, 09:53:45 AM »
Yeah, I think in most cases you'd say "That's the Kimes house." And yet you'd also say "We went over to the Kimes's for dinner." What a horrible language, how did any of us ever learn it?