AH>  Hi again, James!  Much cheered by the thought that you
 AH>  probably didn't notice the errors in my last message,
 AH>  I shall continue bravely on the same path:

 JB>  Who... Wa... Me?
 AH>           "For this relief, much thanks!" [Wm.
Shakespeare]....  :-))

Didn't he also say, "Come here wench." 

How accurately do you know the theory that Willy was a mere drunkard
broker of literature?


 AH>  Hmm.  At least it's not something like "King Charles's
 AH>  head", i.e. a recurrent & irrational obsession, from a
 AH>  novel by Charles Dickens... [grin].

 JB>  But we also have a Dickens' Pub.

 AH>           I gather that's correct in American English.  In
 AH> British English it's "Dickens's", but the "s" would *not*
 AH> be added with certain other names....  :-)

I might have read the sign wrong, but it's not like a lot of people
thumb through their, "How to Confuse The Masses (English, The
Idiotic)". Well, not on a Friday night, anyway. 


 AH>  ... but what did I say about decisions based on fear?
 AH>  One of the best *and* worst features of English, IMHO,
 AH>  is its hybrid vigour....  :-))

 JB>  Ah... "Don't let beer and common sense stop you?" I
 JB>  mean "fear".

 AH>           Perhaps I should have said something like
"anxiety".  Fear is
 AH> healthy & appropriate in its place, as is common sense!
 AH> Okay... so what do you have to lose??  Confusion is a stage
 AH> in learning, and I've yet to meet a person who has had to
 AH> go to the emergency ward as a result of dangling a
 AH> participle... [grin].

I can tell this is going to be one of those days. I smell a tagline
comin' on! I'm gonna look for my work-boots for now. [TTYL8R]


 JB>  A persons' name identifies them *properly,* as a noun?

 AH>           Hey, good mnemonic!  I hadn't seen that one
 AH> before.  Because "person" is singular in the above context,
 AH> however, I'd say "person's"....  :-)
  
OK, if it can make sense I can make an attempt at learning it. 

Ten persons' fingers waving.
That person's hands had ten fingers.

I won't elaborate on what they were waving at. 

 JB>  Ah, shoot. My head hurts. Can I go to the washroom?


 AH>           "Please, Sir, my brain is too full!"  This
 AH> comment was allegedly made by the student of a friend, and
 AH> it has become one of our family jokes....  :-))

L!! That's a good-un!! I keep forgetting exactly what a friends'
sister complained of to miss a test, but it was something like
rheumatoid arthritis, or scorhsis... The kid was like eight at the
time. Poor girl was the brunt of too many jokes, but they were all too
true, and all too funny!


 AH>  ... possessive pronouns don't use the apostrophe.

 JB>  What apostrophe?


 AH>           Apostrophe.  It comes from a Greek word meaning "omission
 AH> mark". The spelling might be easier for you to remember if you

Ah... My head was thinking a comma was an apostrophe, and I thought I
 was just being smart. )-: I just spent the day fixing a fence
 yesterday, so I might have a few more of those today.

 AH> think of "calliope"... i.e. a musical instrument.  When I
 AH> was young & foolish, I thought it might be rather fun to
 AH> study ancient Greek.  I hadn't planned on learning medical
 AH> terms such as "thrombocytopenia".  Be careful what you wish
 AH> for.  You just might get it.  ;-)

All I can fathom, is it must throb.

I've gathered a paltry amount of Latin through plant, and disease
 names mostly. When I hear a reporter try to stumble through "A
 beneficial parasite that feeds..." "Bacillus thrungie,
idiot!" 

 JB>  I know it's not a tilde, but there is a name to the
 JB>  thing. I heard it once. It's likely a Spanish word.


 AH>           Huh??  You lost me there.  Are you thinking of

I lost myself! Honest, I thought the comma was called... That's my
 story, and I'm sticking to it. LOL!

 AH> the "schwa", the sound some people make between /r/ and /l/
 AH> in "Charles" (for example) when they can't get from one to
 AH> the other without inserting a vowel?  Another Greek word.
 AH> :-))

"WHAAA!!! I wan-na go home!!!!" 

What is a half an umlaut, now that we are on the target? How about the
 French typical apostrophe that sits above an "e" like an umlaut. I'd
 *like* to know what I'm talking about, but so much is forgotten as
 soon as I learn it these days. 


 JB>  Neither does Charles. I just know that "e" isn't there
 JB>  to augment the "a"! Two vowels... My head hurts. 


 AH>           Okay, you're on the right track!  Hang in there....  :-)

My head's gonna split!

 JB>  Teacher, can I go to the washroom? I REALLY gotta go!


 AH>           Sure, whatever.  I'll do a bit more research in
 AH> your absence....  :-)

Ok, I'll stay to keep an eye on ya! 




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