Ooooh, shiney

[PacificDogwood]

[TheWomanTheyCallJayne]

I thought shiney or shiny was an American English and British English thing.

[AphraBane]

Ooh, nice here, innit?

[AphraBane]

That was meant to be more of an exclamation than a question. Nice here innit!

[PacificDogwood]

I started the thread (giving away my American upbringing with 'shiney' ) and ran away to supervise feeding time at the zoo.

So, velvet chesterfields - check
Library with dusty tomes - check
Superfast interweb access - check

Anything else??

[AuntieStella]

Hard copy OED.

Preferably all 24 volumes + the occasional updates in hardback.

[AphraBane]

"Anything else??"

A plaque on the wall honouring Brian for the name, given that a share of the profits is a little unlikely.

[CuttedUpPear]

Oooh

[TawdryTatou]

Hurrah!

Loved the thread last night!

[PacificDogwood]

I missed the thread about 'who'd understand me on my high street how far back' and now it's developed so nicely, I'm just lurking on it. V good though.

[PacificDogwood]

Is it weird that I just posted this and then went on Active Convos to see what it looked like there?

[AuntieStella]

I've asked MNHQ if they'll move the High Street thread, the one I linked earlier, and the 'oleaginous' thread to this topic. I hope they at least do the first, as otherwise it'll expire as it's in Chat (the other two are in permanent topics).

[PacificDogwood]

Oh, good idea, some retrospective tidying-up

[CuttedUpPear]

So this is what the gentrification of Mumsnet looks like

[PacificDogwood]

[meditrina]

I was wondering if, rather than gentrifying, this topic will attract .. um .. interesting Friday night posts?

[BustedRussian]

MMMMmmmm! I feel like I've come home!

[magimedi]

So exciting to see 9 different threads on this board already.

I will have to wait until tomorrow to explore them fully - but it's going to make a rainy Wednesday a happy day for me.

[ItStillLooksLikeRainDear]

Any body else notice what it sounds like if you say it really quickly?

[BustedRussian]

Yes that was our department slogan!

[ShadowOfTheDay]

Have not really dabbled much in the linguistic side of MN... yet.... but do love some word play.... we were told by our English Language teacher (in Scotland) 30+ years ago

ghoti (fish) could also be silent ..... gh(though) - o(people) – t(ballet) - i(business)... I wanted to say pronounced silently, but that didn't make sense...

[BustedRussian]

When we moved to Cheshire my primary teacher marked me down when I said that fur and hair rhymed, because for me, they did, and in fact still do!

[BustedRussian]

I still burn with the injustice.

[complexnumber]

Me:Is this a result of the
//www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1979541-If-I-was-to-time-travel-how-far-back-could-I-go-and-still-have-a-conversation-with-someone-in-my-high-street?pg=2 Thread?


MardyBra: complex It's taken a bit longer than that.
//www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/1945805-Any-chance-of-a-topic-about-language-and-linguistics?msgid=44514512

Me: Oops, sorry. I see that now! How arrogant of me. I shall wait a little longer for my 15 mins of fame.

I do intend returning to this topic regularly though.

[PixelAteMyFace]

May I join you?

I am the owner of a hard-backed OED and many dusty tomes

Unfortunately the OED is the third edition from 1934

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

Aaaaah

Home!