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[Innula Zenovka]

Hmmm, now I am queation it. A sounds "natural" but an would be "grammatical."

Would it? I thought the rule was to use "an" before words starting with a vowel unless the vowel is pronounced like a consonant. So "an understanding" (soft u) vs "a union" (hard u, pronounced like the "y" in "youth") rather than "an union."

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Elon Musk’s misinformation machine made the horrors of Southport much worse

The X owner’s commitment to free-speech absolutism contributed to a whirlwind of false reporting around the perpetrator’s identity, writes Alan Rusbridger. Why does he seem to care so little about the truth?

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Would it? I thought the rule was to use "an" before words starting with a vowel unless the vowel is pronounced like a consonant. So "an understanding" (soft u) vs "a union" (hard u, pronounced like the "y" in "youth") rather than "an union."

It's just based on what it sounds like.

For example, "An honor".

 

[Noodles]

Would it? I thought the rule was to use "an" before words starting with a vowel unless the vowel is pronounced like a consonant. So "an understanding" (soft u) vs "a union" (hard u, pronounced like the "y" in "youth") rather than "an union."

I guess it is based on the sound more than the letter. I always just think of it as the letter though over the sound.

 

[Free]

It's just based on sound. Which is stupid when we're writing things down here.

 

[detrius]

It's just based on sound. Which is stupid when we're writing things down here.

Especially because words get pronounced differently if spoken in a local dialect.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Especially because words get pronounced differently if spoken in a local dialect.

It wasn’t just a misplaced apostrophe, it was a misplaced Yorkshire apostrophe that caused the furore. “Gerrit in’t bin,” said the new municipal anti-litter posters. “Tha what?” came the chorus of complaints.

 

[Free]

Is it true that South Yorkshire is called the People's Republic of South Yorkshire?

 

[Wesleytron]

Is it true that South Yorkshire is called the People's Republic of South Yorkshire?

That was the nickname for South Yorkshire County Council in the 70s and early 80s, until Thatcher won the election in 1983 and the Tories broke it back down into the separate Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster councils.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Is it true that South Yorkshire is called the People's Republic of South Yorkshire?

Certainly used to be, and after the recent election, it has a fair claim to that name again. My family is from there, and I grew up just to the south.

 

[Wesleytron]

Public transport (which was publicly owned) under the SYCC was quite possibly the cheapest in the country - so cheap that the apparent plan was to eventually just make it all free to use. Then Thatcher came along, disintegrated the SYCC and deregulated the bus services.

 

[detrius]

How do you say "I've got a headache" in Cockney?

 

[Govi]

"Someone's pinched me winkles"?*






*Yes, I know it's Ozzie.

 

[Free]

"Someone's pinched me winkles"?*

*Yes, I know it's Ozzie.

 

[Khamon]

I would've guessed "nah"

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Speaking of Musk, why isn't he already in legal hot water over this?

Don’t register to vote on Elon Musk’s AmericaPAC website. Do this instead.

Avoid the portal to nowhere.

www.popsci.com

 

[Isabeau]

She has more to say…

Bluesky

bsky.app

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

"Flash Crowd", Larry Niven, 1973.

Also, I used to be a big fan of the general idea of rapid online corrections countering propaganda but Facebook and Twitter have turned it into a weapon for the Fash.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

New word combo from Elon meaning "Only I can save you."