Kind've a drag - 09/22/04 11:09 AM
Hypercorrection or what? - 09/22/04 11:16 AM
PLEASE! I just finished breakfast. It's an abomination, not a hypercorrection.
Re: Hypercorrection or what? - 09/22/04 11:36 AM
In addition to being an egregious insult to the Buckinghams’ pop song from the 70s...
Re: Kind've a drag - 09/22/04 12:43 PM
or what?
What can you expect?
What can you expect?
Re: Kind've a drag - 09/22/04 02:00 PM
the Buckinghams’ pop song from the 70s
???i'm sort've confused
???i'm sort've confused
Re: Kind've a drag - 09/22/04 02:42 PM
hush
Re: Kind've a drag - 09/22/04 04:14 PM
My mistake, it was in 1967 that the Buckinghams recorded "Kind Of A Drag"
"Hush" by Deep Purple in 1968 and there was a less famous version by Billy Joe (Down in the Boondocks) Royal in 1967
Edit: However, if the past is any indication, it's entirely possible that I'm the one who's missed more than something.
He hoo remains foolish, fairly happy & undaunted, O’bow
"Hush" by Deep Purple in 1968 and there was a less famous version by Billy Joe (Down in the Boondocks) Royal in 1967
Edit: However, if the past is any indication, it's entirely possible that I'm the one who's missed more than something.
He hoo remains foolish, fairly happy & undaunted, O’bow
Re: Kind've a drag - 09/22/04 04:28 PM
heh. I was thinking of, "there's a kind of hush, all over the world..."
by not sure who...
edit: ah. Herman's Hermits. I loved those guys. "Mrs. Brown you've got a lovely daughter..."
by not sure who...
edit: ah. Herman's Hermits. I loved those guys. "Mrs. Brown you've got a lovely daughter..."
Re: Kind've a drag - 09/22/04 05:25 PM
I used to love that song...sigh--the one with the 'of' and not the 've.
Re: Hypercorrection or what? - 09/23/04 10:51 AM
an abomination, not a hypercorrection
Perhaps I should of been more specific in my reference.
Perhaps I should of been more specific in my reference.
But wait! There's more! - 09/23/04 12:15 PM
Re: But wait! There's more! - 09/23/04 12:54 PM
so, should the contraction be: kind'f and sort'f?...
Re: But wait! There's more! - 09/23/04 01:26 PM
Oughtn't that to be kinda and sorta?
Re: But wait! There's more! - 09/23/04 01:42 PM
There's at least 1k ghits that have all three versions: kind've, kinda, and kind of.
http://tinyurl.com/4r5pf
http://tinyurl.com/4r5pf
Re: But wait! There's more! - 09/23/04 01:54 PM
Is kind'f/sort'f a closed set, et'?
Nagh...there's apart'f. Any others that are apart'f this set?
Nagh...there's apart'f. Any others that are apart'f this set?
Re: But wait! There's more! - 09/23/04 04:24 PM
apart'f
I allus thought that was a little drink after dinner...
I allus thought that was a little drink after dinner...
Re: But wait! There's more! - 09/26/04 09:35 PM
I think you're all making too much've this issue. Our language is flexible; that the glory've it.
Ron.
Ron.
Re: flexibility - 09/26/04 11:19 PM
I suppose even EB White, proto-descriptivist that he was, would of drawn the line at 've, despite the below:
"The living language is like a cow-path: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay."
-E.B. White, writer (1899-1985)
"The living language is like a cow-path: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay."
-E.B. White, writer (1899-1985)
would of? - 09/27/04 02:54 PM
???
Re: would of? - 09/27/04 03:02 PM
wood've ???
Re: would of? - 09/27/04 03:17 PM
Do you need something splained, TEd?
Re: would of? - 09/27/04 04:30 PM
must a been one a them magnetic postings...
Kind've Recursive - 10/03/04 04:00 AM
Faldage: click your link, and you you will find your post is number four on the Google Hit Parade.
Re: Kind've Recursive - 10/03/04 12:28 PM
Thanks, Rocky.