pronunciation - Why is Sean pronounced Shawn? - English Language . . . The semi-Anglicised Sean is formed by removing the fada (accute accent) from the Irish name Seán It is a Gaelicisation (more specific than Hibernisation) of the Norman-French name Jehan which makes it cognate of the English John with both coming from the Old-French Jehan but in the case of the English the Anglo-Norman Johan then became John
and me or me and. . . - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Possible Duplicate: ldquo;Me and my wife rdquo; or ldquo;my wife and me rdquo; I keep seeing that it's just courtesy to put yourself last in a list of nouns eg "They went to the game with S
You can contact John, Jane or me (myself) for more information The use of "myself" and similar reflexives for emphasis is normal English usage of the word This particular speaker wanted to place emphasis on the fact that they personally were one of the people you could contact for information
Why are sugar and sure pronounced with an SH? Think about the way Sean Connery speaks (not to mention how the Se in his name is pronounced) Read the section on nomenclature here and click on some of the links about Anglic and Scots (Yes, I realize I'm quoting Wikipedia, but there is a source attached to this quote) Note how the s is pronounced sh:
tenses - English Language Usage Stack Exchange To add to Martha's answer: The simple past ("Did you see this") refers about an event in the past; The present perfect ("Have you seen this") suggests a link with the present time
punctuation - Is the correct format Good morning, John or Good . . . Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers