Tonsu

I have no plans, just to see where things lead me. Some yoga, certainly. Some swimming at the beach, from early morn till night, yes! And some time spent with my elephant friends, most definitely!! :laugh3: I would freakin love to know what 'freakin' means! And then why don't Americans spell it as 'comprehenzion'??! (Just joking :P)

^ I'm just a poor humble ex-English teacher (and not a very good one anymore by the looks of it, hehe). So no more grammar tips from me, but a free piece of advice would be Capitilisation, Capitilisation, Capitilisation (though don't tell Brown or Obama, as that was what got us all in to this mess in the first place :P)

^ Indeed! And while we're on the subject of correction, I must correct my own posts here on the subject of British English. My only defence is that language is like a muscle; if you don't use it you will lose it, and I haven't taught for some years now (plus, I am slightly drunk!!) From Michael Swan's excellent 'Practical English Usage': 'We sometimes just add an apostrophe to a singular noun ending in -s, especially older and foreign names. Socrates' ideas But 's is more common. Dickens's novels

Probably best to check then. I qualified as an English teacher in a college right by St James's, and my tutor was scathing about the way it was written on the signs there - never told him I'd looked into it and found out it was an archaic usage, as his rage was always so amusing :laugh3: I'd get my grammar books out to check for you, but am busy packing, and no doubt you have them yourself. Anyway it's always best to follow what your tutors say, right or wrong, leads to better marks :)

Yes :) In Medieval times they did add an extra 's' but in British English that finished many many years ago. The only place I've ever seen the extra 's' is on the signs at St James's Park tube (underground/metro/subway) station in London, which is a throwback to olden days. You can pronounce the extra 's' if you like, but you don't write it (at least here in Britain). Anyway, must go, still haven't finished my packing and the taxi comes in an hour or so :)

It's not legit in British English at least - the extra 's' at the end went out with the codpiece (or at least was meant to!) Here you can either pronounce an extra 's' or leave it off in speech, but in written form it always should be just the apostrophe after the final 's'.

Good answer! What was the question??

^ A thread about a minor grammatical point expressed in sentences that have far more obvious errors? Call me nit-picky then! <edit> Oh, you did already :laugh3:

You mean 'couple of weeks' I think. My goodness where to start here?! 'My military mess manager and I have been in a minor argument with reference to some grammar in the shortened version of....' The fact that you don't put apostrophes in your original, non-abbreviated 'warrant officers and sergeants mess' though seems to make the whole thread redundant anyway, so I shan't waste any more time on this ...:dozey:

Thanks for the romaji (now that I am pretty good at!) It's a good thing my Japanese friends don't come on this forum, or they would realise just how much I pretend to understand kanji and kana when I don't :embarassed::lol: YES :P

Goodnight sleepy-head Your mango-fresh locks smell great Your lucky pillow! Learning Japanese is a huge endeavour. Easy to start and get in to to a basic level, but years of absolute dedication to master (including at least one to two years living there if you have any intention of trying to achieve proficiency). To be fluent? Five years hard work, very hard work, I'd say. For starters try to download the Pimsleur course from torrents. It's rather 'unnatural' in a sense (the same sense in which blatantly non-native English speakers grab your hand when you first meet and loudly exclaim 'how do you do') but in every other way (intonation, grammar, sentence structure etc) it's good. Lots of near-fluent friends have sworn by it. Here endeth the off-topicness. I really should be packing now :escaping:

^^ Doesn't that say 'this is Japan'? (Don't mind me, I lived there for years but never even learned to spell my name right!) :D

No speaky English? Alright, I give up to speak! Chinese from now on!

^ She has already And you should have said 'issues' But your point is great :)

I am no master My puppet rules me, rather I am a lap dog :( :D

Metal-smelling head? The answer lies in shampoo made from mango juice

Mango, you have? Oh! Put it on your head, why not? Your hair will smell sweet!

Learning English school you wanna try it my friend? only twenty quid! :laugh3:

Oh, you are annoyed? nevermind, let's all get food then we will be fed. :)

^ Ignore him he's just an attention whore on here rude is not worthy.

Pride (In the Name of Lunch) by U2 (can have your food delivered if you like) One man come in the name of lunch One man come and bake One man come here to stir-fry One man to cook some grub In the name of lunch! One man in the name of lunch In the name of lunch! What more? In the name of lunch! One man called by a ham pickle roll One man he resists One man washed up all the dish(es) One man betrayed by a fish (supper) In the name of lunch! What more in the name of lunch? In the name of lunch! What more? In the name of lunch! ...nothing like you...there's nothing like food... Mmm...mmm...mmm...(gettng hungry now!) Early morning, April 4 Doughnuts out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your snacks They could not take your pie In the name of lunch! What more in the name of lunch? etc etc Bono you do go on about food :laugh3: I'll get my coat now, I have packing to do ...:)

Arsenal win the Champions (and not champions) League??????? :o <edit> and also League and yet not a league.

A Million Lunch Songs by Take That (away, or alternatively you can have free delivery if your order's over £10) Put your head against my fridge What do you hear? A million words just trying to make The lunch song of the year Close your eyes but don't forget What you have heard A man who's trying to eat three meals The words that make me peckish A million lunch songs later And here I am trying to tell you that I crave A million lunch songs later And here I am Looking to the future now This is what I see A million lunches pass me by A million chances to chow down Take me back, take me back To where I used to be To hide away from all my tucker Through the light I see A million lunch songs later And here I am trying to tell you that I care A million lunch songs later And here I am. (dedicated to all the hungry ladies of the forum :kiss:)

^ :laugh3: I feel it in my fingers I feel it in my toes Lunch is all around me And so the hunger grows It's written on the menu It's everywhere I go, oh yes it is ... There's no beginning, There'll be no end cause on my lunch you can depend oooohwohowohooo :whistle:

As a former student of African-American history I can only agree with you my friend.