tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post1723614293137973413..comments2024-03-28T16:11:36.465+00:00Comments on Separated by a Common Language: 10th blogiversarylynneguisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-62562747690979821392016-06-15T11:56:41.005+01:002016-06-15T11:56:41.005+01:00Hi, just to tell you it's my favourite blog.
...Hi, just to tell you it's my favourite blog.<br /><br />I dare say im the only person who has read literally every article, like from A to Z, arent I?<br /><br />BruceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-87522783274231868942016-06-05T22:08:31.043+01:002016-06-05T22:08:31.043+01:00I love your blog! I normally never comment, but I ...I love your blog! I normally never comment, but I do await each new post with anticipation. Thanks for keeping nerds of the English language entertained.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-1155325074679986542016-06-05T16:33:54.658+01:002016-06-05T16:33:54.658+01:00David, you get a lot of credit for that too--as do...David, you get a lot of credit for that too--as do the other commenters above. Nice to read this when I am getting a higher-than-normal number of angry comments. Alas!lynneguisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-76983245363717511022016-06-05T14:14:56.192+01:002016-06-05T14:14:56.192+01:00In all conscience, I can't vote for your Twitt...In all conscience, I can't vote for your Twitter feed, Lynne, as I hardly ever read it — and then have nothing to compare it with. But your Blog has got my whole-hearted and informed vote.<br /><br /><br />All the nice things have already been said. I'll second them, and add this:<br /><br />Your blog is full of nice and enquiring people being nice to each to each other and enquiring of each other. This is not true everywhere on the web. I think you should justly accept the credit for the concept, format and tone which makes it so informative and........well, nice.David Crosbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01858358459416955921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-45087752857746556232016-06-04T15:13:25.834+01:002016-06-04T15:13:25.834+01:00Congratulations. This blog is a real shining star,...Congratulations. This blog is a real shining star, that not only continually educates, enlightens, and entertains, but is also one of my favorite examples of something that could only exist on the web. Perhaps there may have been some small publication somewhere that might run a periodic column entitled "Separated By a Common Language", but it would probably be out of business long before 10 years was up, and the readership would be tiny and feedback limited if present at all. The combination of Lynne's insights and knowledge with readers' comments just takes it to whole new level, and hopefully the fact that she doesn't have publication deadlines for the blog will leave her feeling motivated to keep going for another decade! <br /><br />Thanks Lynne. PaulDavisTheFirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18035930367683866712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-46875415951329875202016-06-02T16:57:20.957+01:002016-06-02T16:57:20.957+01:00Congratulations Lynne on 10 years. I haven't p...Congratulations Lynne on 10 years. I haven't posted many comments on the site but I did send you the question about "do you have" etc so it's nice to see it on the list.Andy JShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15819413906544791899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-54253440591387134662016-06-02T12:31:49.449+01:002016-06-02T12:31:49.449+01:00puttering thru Google looking for blogaversary.
Fr...puttering thru Google looking for blogaversary.<br />From South Africa mine is seven.<br /><br />We have a Swiss bed and have to hunt for what South African shops call 'Queen Extra Length'Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-84460157765777239482016-05-31T22:04:41.600+01:002016-05-31T22:04:41.600+01:00Congrats and many more equally fascinating posts t...Congrats and many more equally fascinating posts to come! I think the politeness area is one of the most interesting. I've referred to your TED Talk in conversation to many friends, American, British and otherwise.Ian Mac Eochagáinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807587737403861042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-80819161499764207142016-05-30T08:33:43.156+01:002016-05-30T08:33:43.156+01:00Hi,
This is my favourite place and you're alw...Hi,<br /><br />This is my favourite place and you're always very helpful. Thank you so much!<br />I'm non-native, something of a language nutter, yes I make hundreds of grammar errors but I absolutely love the blog and the comments.<br />I didn't plan to use English every day but one day I met a wonderful Brit.. And today he says I perfectly fake the accent but I'm a complete rubbish at grammar. Well you never know when these Brits are joking right? :)<br />All the best<br />LAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-28656315639159971992016-05-29T22:25:39.887+01:002016-05-29T22:25:39.887+01:00I just got back from my first visit to the UK, a t...I just got back from my first visit to the UK, a two week vacation in England (never made it to Scotland/Wales/etc). So I think the post I would have liked to see in the top 10 is the "talking about streets, roads, etc. " one. It certainly prepared me to look for street names in strange places. Despite that, I still failed much of the time. :) (Thank goodness for Google maps on the cell phone, or I would have been hopelessly lost several times. Or more likely just once--and never found again.)<br /><br />Congratulation on 10 years and going strong!<br />Kirk Poorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-62367369304428270722016-05-29T16:39:37.598+01:002016-05-29T16:39:37.598+01:00Redge: I'm quoted on that topic in this New Re...Redge: I'm quoted on that topic in <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/119954/woman-female-or-lady-which-term-appropriate" rel="nofollow">this New Republic article</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to everyone for the kind words. <br /><br />lynneguisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-33021246109129024242016-05-29T16:08:02.918+01:002016-05-29T16:08:02.918+01:00Congratulations! Very much enjoy dipping into you...Congratulations! Very much enjoy dipping into your blog and following your Twitter feed. So I hope that you or one of your colleagues can shed light on the following.<br />This morning's Desert Island Disc's introduced "the first woman vice-chancellor of Oxford University". This got me thinking. Why 'woman' when 'man' wouldn't fit in the same phrase? For a man, wouldn't we say "male vice-chancellor"? "Female vice-chancellor" also sounds OK, but "man vice-chancellor" doesn't. Why, oh why, oh why?! redgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031075594012084311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-15296951596864956252016-05-29T13:40:00.260+01:002016-05-29T13:40:00.260+01:00I have loved this blog since I first discovered it...I have loved this blog since I first discovered it - well before the birth of Grover - and I occasionally read the 'back numbers' to catch up on old comments. <br />I am currently sitting in Batumi, close to the border between Georgia and Turkey, where I am very grateful to be a native speaker of the de facto lingua franca (! Excuse me, how else could I say that?) Waiters and museum guides cope well with a 'core' vocabulary as tourists here may speak Russian, Turkish, German, Australian ...... What should that core contain? What are the essential concepts and how can we be sure that we are not misunderstood in daily transactions?<br />Lynne, I am sure you will continue to find grist for this mill, let alone the Twitter account, to which I am a stranger. I wish you many more more years of happy blogging!Biochemistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-36471422563858931522016-05-29T00:53:06.983+01:002016-05-29T00:53:06.983+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.lynneguisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171345732985610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-17890381547036149472016-05-27T12:12:42.500+01:002016-05-27T12:12:42.500+01:00Congratulations Lynne! As a recent reader from Aus...Congratulations Lynne! As a recent reader from Australia who is an ardent language pedant, your posts are fantastic to read. <br /><br />I especially enjoy seeing the mix of terms that Australians have picked up from their colonial parent and their American cousins. <br /><br />If you are interested, we definitely have a much bigger slant toward BrE. <br /><br />Keep up the great work!<br /><br />Marcus. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13922153849328165794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-91503594940733866582016-05-26T21:58:56.600+01:002016-05-26T21:58:56.600+01:00Congratulations! And lots more posts to come, I h...Congratulations! And lots more posts to come, I hope. I think for me the highlight has to have been the birth of your daughter - now, of course, a lively schoolgirl (is she in the Juniors yet?) - and the various linguistic discoveries you made along the way.....Mrs Redboots (Annabel Smyth)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11270027663691257254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-83739537814649718352016-05-26T18:50:37.355+01:002016-05-26T18:50:37.355+01:00Congratulations, I've been loving your blog fo...Congratulations, I've been loving your blog for the second half of the time you've been at it. Thought that baked goods might have made the top ten!FLbasedBritnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-17958046954008164552016-05-26T16:04:39.202+01:002016-05-26T16:04:39.202+01:00Congratulations, Lynne. Not only on your success ...Congratulations, Lynne. Not only on your success but also on your perseverance. Not sure I've <i>ever</i> spent 10 years doing any one thing -- except being married.<br /><br />BTW: I can't remember when I first came to your site, but it was definitely long after your post about <i>whoa and woah</i>.<br /><br />My thoroughly unscientific opinion is that this difference is primarily generational -- people 30 and younger tend to go with <i>woah</i> and those over 40 with <i>whoa</i>. (Not sure where people 30 to 40 fall.) I'm speaking about Americans here, though this generational divide in usage may well exist in the UK, too.<br /><br />Have you ever done a post on the difference between <i>yeah</i> and <i>yea</i>? I have a brother-in-law who's 20 years my senior and who uses <i>yea</i>, which bugs the s**t out of me. My suspicion is that the divide between <i>yeah</i> users and <i>yea</i> users is also generational, but my brother-in-law tends to spoil that proposition -- unless, as I prefer to believe, he's an outlier.<br /><br />Anyway, thank you for your dedication to explicating and celebrating our two great dialects. Keep up the good work!Dick Hartzellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065924271517452841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-55394734265247339962016-05-26T08:03:52.650+01:002016-05-26T08:03:52.650+01:00Congratulations! Looking forward to the next ten. ...Congratulations! Looking forward to the next ten. I'm always fascinated by differences I wasn't aware of, e.g. uses of 'Please'. Hope the blogiversary does last days! B--) billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362296959308192335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-4106861995663238322016-05-26T00:43:59.596+01:002016-05-26T00:43:59.596+01:00I was introduced to your blog a few short months a...I was introduced to your blog a few short months ago and have immensely enjoyed it. I hope that you will continue for as long as it gives you joy.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675414679140823168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28787909.post-2869522758678873052016-05-26T00:16:36.603+01:002016-05-26T00:16:36.603+01:00Huzzah! And thank you for everything!Huzzah! And thank you for everything!Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.com