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Getting To Know You => Laid Back Lounge => Topic started by: xSilverPhinx on October 07, 2019, 01:45:36 AM

Title: No one
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 07, 2019, 01:45:36 AM
Apparently, the Latin word for 'no one' is nemo  (which gives a whole new meaning to 'Finding Nemo', heh).   

Just thought I'd throw in that bit of trivia.  :P

~Argentum.
Title: Re: No one
Post by: Ecurb Noselrub on October 07, 2019, 04:58:09 PM
I'm starting to read some in Portugese.  Are Rs pronounced like Ds?  Are RRs pronounced like H?  Any other tricks?
Title: Re: No one
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 07, 2019, 05:32:19 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on October 07, 2019, 04:58:09 PM
I'm starting to read some in Portugese.  Are Rs pronounced like Ds?  Are RRs pronounced like H?  Any other tricks?

Cool! 8)

:notsure: I can't think of any case in which R is pronounced like a D. Do you have an example you're not sure about? If so, you can look up a word in a pronunciation dictionary, such as https://forvo.com/ (https://forvo.com/).

As for RR, depends on the word and the accent.  ;) Some pronounce it with a rolling R, others as H.


Title: Re: No one
Post by: No one on October 07, 2019, 07:14:19 PM
Dreamt is the only word in the English language that ends with "mt."
Title: Re: No one
Post by: Icarus on October 07, 2019, 11:04:02 PM
Dreamt is a word used by Brits and Aussies.  Americans are much more likely to use the term Dreamed.    Other Brit usages are seen in words like Learnt, or some other past activity.
Title: Re: No one
Post by: xSilverPhinx on October 07, 2019, 11:41:38 PM
Quote from: Icarus on October 07, 2019, 11:04:02 PM
Dreamt is a word used by Brits and Aussies.  Americans are much more likely to use the term Dreamed.    Other Brit usages are seen in words like Learnt, or some other past activity.

I learnt it as 'dreamt' and not 'dreamed', but even so I think my English is a mixed mess between American and British usage.  :P

Oh well, what's important is being understood by all, is it not? :lol:
Title: Re: No one
Post by: hermes2015 on October 08, 2019, 05:02:47 AM
I was taught dreamt as well.

How many English words have the combination md in them?