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RobertFripp 10/15/20 1:34:10 PM #51:	thronedfire2 posted... Because hospital is a noun That literally doesn't make any sense @thronedfire2 --- R.I.P. https://imgur.com/n0kzWpQ <cite>RobertFripp posted [p:945886430] in Why do Ame... [t:79041331]...</cite> <quote>thronedfire2 posted... </cite> <quote>Because hospital is a noun</quote> That literally doesn't make any sense @thronedfire2 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ForsakenHermit 10/15/20 1:42:15 PM #52:	Why do English people pronounce bra with another r at the end? --- Beware the fanatic! Too often his cure is deadlier by far than the evil he denounces!-Stan Lee RIP Make Arcades Great Again! <cite>ForsakenHermit posted [p:945886684] in Why do Ame... [t:79041331]...</cite> <quote>Why do English people pronounce bra with another r at the end? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JE19426 10/15/20 1:42:44 PM #53:	cjsdowg posted... Because Herb comes form a French word and the H is silent . Sure, but when it was brought in from French the H wasn't there, it only got put in afterwards. Why add an H but not pronounce it? <cite>JE19426 posted [p:945886701] in Why do Ame... [t:79041331]...</cite> <quote>cjsdowg posted... </cite> <quote>Because Herb comes form a French word and the H is silent .</quote> Sure, but when it was brought in from French the H wasn't there, it only got put in afterwards. Why add an H but not pronounce it? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Thompson 10/15/20 1:45:35 PM #54:	Lonestar2000 posted... Why do British people call guns "rooty tooty point and shooties"? That came to be as a reaction to Germans calling guns "Hand-held user-operable portable high velocity projectile discharging devices." --- Sigs are rather pointless, except if it's to showcase animation and images. <cite>Thompson posted [p:945886795] in Why do Ame... [t:79041331]...</cite> <quote>Lonestar2000 posted... </cite> <quote>Why do British people call guns "rooty tooty point and shooties"?</quote>That came to be as a reaction to Germans calling guns "Hand-held user-operable portable high velocity projectile discharging devices." </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thronedfire2 10/15/20 1:47:02 PM #55:	RobertFripp posted... That literally doesn't make any sense @thronedfire2 so if someone is driving a car do you say hes in a car or hes in car? --- I could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen... <cite>thronedfire2 posted [p:945886853] in Why do Ame... [t:79041331]...</cite> <quote>RobertFripp posted... </cite> <quote>That literally doesn't make any sense @thronedfire2</quote> so if someone is driving a car do you say hes in a car or hes in car? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lorenzo_2003 10/15/20 1:55:35 PM #56:	RobertFripp posted... It doesn't make any sense. You don't say "he's in the prison" so why "in the hospital"? Not always true. People do use the, such as he works at the prison or she is being treated in the prison. --- ... <cite>Lorenzo_2003 posted [p:945887142] in Why do Ame... [t:79041331]...</cite> <quote>RobertFripp posted... </cite> <quote>It doesn't make any sense. You don't say "he's in the prison" so why "in the hospital"?</quote> Not always true. People do use the, such as he works at the prison or she is being treated in the prison. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RobertFripp 10/15/20 2:05:53 PM #57:	thronedfire2 posted... so if someone is driving a car do you say hes in a car or hes in car? so are you saying prison isn't a noun? --- R.I.P. https://imgur.com/n0kzWpQ <cite>RobertFripp posted [p:945887502] in Why do Ame... [t:79041331]...</cite> <quote>thronedfire2 posted... </cite> <quote>so if someone is driving a car do you say hes in a car or hes in car?</quote> so are you saying prison isn't a noun? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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