Move over Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, here comes the Hungaro-Turkish Sultanate!
This thread is insane.
Bit of a contrast to that Chambers Encyclopaedia I was showing in the recent @Ciclavex - Chat which was from 1970, but not updated that much since 1950, and has two separate articles for "India" and a much shorter one for "Republic of India" for anything post-1947. Because they've had an article covering the history and culture of the whole of British India and what preceded it in those lands since their 19th century editions, and they're not going to bloody try to split up the bits of history of the parts that got partitioned into West and East Pakistan.There are people in there arguing that Pakistan actually existed since Muslims came to the subcontinent and...
What the actual fuck???
The original Alabama Colony was founded by Anglo-Irish fleeing the United Irish Rebellion, hence why the the St. Patrick's Saltire was adopted later as the provincial flag.The Alabama state flag is the St Andrew's Cross in English flag red and white, which always catches me out when I see it. "To curry favour with the Stuarts, Saint Andrew would be officially adopted as the patron of England as well and so 'George' became adopted as a nomme de guerre for dissidents. This ended in England after its climax, the American Revolution, when Washington and his fellow Founding Fathers all called themselves 'George'."
This is amazing, really puts 1906 in context and how far free trade was the mainstream at that point.The concept of the Swingometer for election coverage is often thought to only have begun with Bob McKenzie in the mid-twentieth century. While the idea of predicting results from a uniform national swing indeed doesn't predate that (I think!) the metaphor of a swinging pendulum to describe election results is much older, as seen in this pamphlet from 1910 which compares results going back to the Great Reform Act.
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I wonder when the 'e' in 'shewing' was finally replaced entirely by an 'o'. This is from The Times Book Club so I wonder if they were on trend or behind the times.This is amazing, really puts 1906 in context and how far free trade was the mainstream at that point.
There was a poster on some forum I was on who used shew. I think I last saw it about 10 years ago.I wonder when the 'e' in 'shewing' was finally replaced entirely by an 'o'. This is from The Times Book Club so I wonder if they were on trend or behind the times.
As Mark says, I've definitely seen isolated uses much later than one might imagine.I wonder when the 'e' in 'shewing' was finally replaced entirely by an 'o'. This is from The Times Book Club so I wonder if they were on trend or behind the times.
From Stack Exchange' English Language site it seems that Norfolk dilect might still use shew.As Mark says, I've definitely seen isolated uses much later than one might imagine.
I’ve definitely heard that in Suffolk before.From Stack Exchange' English Language site it seems that Norfolk dilect might still use shew.
Is the use of 'shew' and 'glew' as the past tense of 'show' and 'glow' commonplace in some areas?
A friend informed me recently that in some areas of England (he named Suffolk) it is relatively common to find 'incorrect' past tenses being used. His examples were: 'I shew him', instead of 'I sh...english.stackexchange.com
I never have, but Lowestoft might be a bit too big and urban by Suffolk standards.I’ve definitely heard that in Suffolk before.
My Dad lives in rural West Suffolk and there are still some people of an older generation with particularly thick Suffolk accents, it’s not as common now as growing up though.I never have, but Lowestoft might be a bit too big and urban by Suffolk standards.