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- 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:
- punctuation - Is the correct format Good morning, John or Good . . .
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- contractions - Does hes mean both he is and he has? - English . . .
Yes and no You do use "he's" for "he is" and "he has" You do use "he's got something" for "he has got something "
- present perfect - have been working vs. have worked - English . . .
What is the difference between the following two sentences? I have been working here for 20 years I have worked here for 20 years
- What is Oki-doki or Oki-dokie or Okay-dokay
Okay, since now we know what is the origin of OK (I like the Oll Korrect version), I have another question about it's relative: What is an "Oki-doki" or "Oki-dokie" or "Okay-dokay"?
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