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Nanna Mercer |
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| Posted: August 21, 2008 7:16 AM | Post #153698—in reply to #153695 | |
David Kallans![]() Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mother tongue: English Posts: 1722 Joined: April 13, 2007 Location: United States |
I've heard the diminutive "lambie," but I think I've only heard it in a children's TV show where it may have been used to fit the ryhme and meter pattern (poetic license). | |
| Posted: August 21, 2008 4:05 PM | Post #153756—in reply to #55431 | |
Marisa Paván![]() Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mother tongue: Spanish Posts: 260 Joined: April 6, 2003 Location: Argentina | Interesting examples of plural forms! I came across the word "monies" (as the plural form of "money") in a contract and I found it hard to identify the word at first. Then I looked it up in the dictionary and this is what I got: drawing accountAccounting: Name of the account (in the account books of a sole-proprietorship or partnership firm) which records all monies taken out of the business by the owner or partners.equity methodMethod of accounting used by a parent firm for monies invested in the subsidiaries. The parent firm records the investment in its balance sheet at a valuation that takes into account the profits and losses of the subsidiaries since their acquisition. Also called equity accounting. See also cost method.<script type=text/JavaScript>if (document.cookie.indexOf('come_from_search=') >= 0){var dt = new Date();dt.setTime((new Date()).getTime() - 24*60*60*1000);document.cookie = 'come_from_search=nope;expires=' + dt.toGMTString() + ';path=/';document.write('Find what you were looking for?');} Marisa | |
| Posted: August 21, 2008 4:11 PM | Post #153758—in reply to #153756 | |
| Jacek K. TC Master ![]() Mother tongue: Polish Joined: February 18, 2003 Location: Poland |
Hi Marisa, I hope that these links can help: http://www.englishforums.com/English/MoneyMoniesFoodFoods/ccvgj/post.htm http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=286505 Jacek [Edited by Jacek K. on August 21, 2008 4:15 PM] | |
| Posted: August 21, 2008 4:33 PM | Post #153763—in reply to #55431 | |
Marisa Paván![]() Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mother tongue: Spanish Posts: 260 Joined: April 6, 2003 Location: Argentina | Hi Jacek! Thanks a lot!!! Very useful information! Marisa
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| Posted: August 21, 2008 11:21 PM | Post #153784—in reply to #153763 | |
David Kallans![]() Expert ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mother tongue: English Posts: 1722 Joined: April 13, 2007 Location: United States | "Monies" is a word that I believe I have only ever seen in very formal legal documents, where it is roughly synonymous with "funds." I expect the vast majority of English-speakers are not even aware that there is such a word. | |
| Posted: August 22, 2008 7:59 AM | Post #153828—in reply to #153695 | |
| Jacek K. TC Master ![]() Mother tongue: Polish Joined: February 18, 2003 Location: Poland | http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/english/2005/02/fish_or_fishes.html Canadian usage permits "beer" as a plural; American usage, as far as I know, does not. Linguists call the line between two such usages an "isogloss" (literally, "same language"). Just as an isobar on a weather map describes a region of equal air pressure, an isogloss describes a region where most people follow a particular usage or pronunciation. In the "beer" example, the isogloss runs right along the US-Canadian boundary. Similarly, isoglosses separate British "lorry" and North American "truck," and Californian "fender bender" and Tennessee "car smash" .... I suspect isoglosses also exist between social classes and generations. My generation uses "said" for "said." My students use "like": "So Crawford is like, 'We have a quiz on Monday,' and I'm like, 'Omigod, I can't be there!" | |
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