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Post by isaacs on Mar 27, 2007 11:52:35 GMT 10
Apostrophes can also be used to indicate omission of letters. Seeing as muso's is short for musicians, I believe it's acccepable. I don't buy that at all. Where did the added "o" come from then? Your paradigm would produce mus'ns or something like that. Muso is a standard Australian colloquialism that renders a polysyllabic word disyllabic. It's not about omitting letters, it's about omitting whole syllables and then tacking on a vowel-like sound. Other examples: journalist/journo, compensation/compo, vegetable/veggie, barbeque/barbie. The technique involves using the first syllable and adding either "ie" or "o". Muso is the colloquial word. Musos is the plural. Muso's has to denote some kind of possessive function. |
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Post by aj on Mar 27, 2007 13:07:21 GMT 10
Apostrophes can also be used to indicate omission of letters. Seeing as muso's is short for musicians, I believe it's acccepable. Sorry Mim, totally unaccepable. |
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Post by isaacs on Mar 27, 2007 13:10:44 GMT 10
Apostrophes can also be used to indicate omission of letters. Seeing as muso's is short for musicians, I believe it's acccepable. Sorry Mim, totally unaccepable. Actually aj, I believe it was totally una cccepable |
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Post by mim on Mar 27, 2007 14:21:49 GMT 10
Apostrophes can also be used to indicate omission of letters. Seeing as muso's is short for musicians, I believe it's acccepable. I don't buy that at all. Where did the added "o" come from then? Your paradigm would produce mus'ns or something like that. Muso is a standard Australian colloquialism that renders a polysyllabic word disyllabic. It's not about omitting letters, it's about omitting whole syllables and then tacking on a vowel-like sound. Other examples: journalist/journo, compensation/compo, vegetable/veggie, barbeque/barbie. The technique involves using the first syllable and adding either "ie" or "o". Muso is the colloquial word. Musos is the plural. Muso's has to denote some kind of possessive function. I hope you're being at least a little tongue-in-cheek with this reponse. |
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Post by isaacs on Mar 27, 2007 15:27:18 GMT 10
Toungue-in-cheek? Not really Mim. That would be like "I was only joking Mim when I made all that stuff up".
Since I am really terribly interested in language it's all meant "seriously" (as serious as a pleasant 5 minute diversion here on a busy day can be!). I love debating points of grammar with intelligent people such as yourself. I get really passionate about it.
But I certainly don't mean it in any kind of personal way. Please don't misread my tone. I'm just enjoying a bit of a debate. Don't mistake vigour for anything other than enthusiasm.
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Post by mim on Mar 27, 2007 21:05:36 GMT 10
As for "acccepable", must have been a slip of the toungue.
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Post by ironguts on Mar 28, 2007 7:24:44 GMT 10
pedantic's
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Post by isaacs on Mar 28, 2007 9:16:08 GMT 10
Since you provide no context, I think this actually can work as you have it. I see it as simply a SIGN, a one-word declaration of ownership claiming that the place the word occupies belongs to a pedant. |
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Post by freddy on Mar 28, 2007 12:34:16 GMT 10
Shand ought to resign if he feels so unenthusiastic about the music as his responses indicate. That would be the honest thing to do. Big Question: who would replace him if he did?
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Post by trumpetguy on Mar 28, 2007 13:42:21 GMT 10
Shand ought to resign if he feels so unenthusiastic about the music as his responses indicate. That would be the honest thing to do. Big Question: who would replace him if he did? Molly Meldrum |
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Post by bod on Mar 28, 2007 14:02:54 GMT 10
'why is there no John Coltrane or Miles Davis playing music at the moment?'
I hope the above question represents disingenuity on Mr Shand's behalf.
That a critic should appear to have such shallow familiarity with postmodern social theory is concerning.
Any chance of having him make an appearance here to discuss this issue further?
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Post by freddy on Mar 28, 2007 16:45:26 GMT 10
Shand ought to resign if he feels so unenthusiastic about the music as his responses indicate. That would be the honest thing to do. Big Question: who would replace him if he did? Molly Meldrum Incredible wit on your part. |
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Post by ironguts on Mar 28, 2007 17:21:32 GMT 10
see mr i's'a'a'c's, i'm clevera than ya thunked!
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Post by alimcg on Mar 30, 2007 9:20:49 GMT 10
guts, that New Zealand trip has really influenced your writing. thenk ewes all.
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Post by ironguts on Apr 11, 2007 16:03:37 GMT 10
So has anyone read the second installment of the article?
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