Gormenghast Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 22 minutes ago, Jim Hardie said: Where’s the indication of a glottal stop if it’s written “in bin”? There isn’t any. There are too many to list here. The most common one I've come across in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ʔ, like a question mark without a dot at the bottom, but there are many in different languages so it's difficult to choose just one. Look it up if you're interested... Don't want to bore people, but I might have done that already. Sorry... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellatrix Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 25 minutes ago, saywhatnow said: Ah, Good point. I've always interpreted as 'in to bin' rather than 'int bin' That would work too: Put it into the bin -> Put it in' t'bin -> Put it int bin. or Put it into the bin -> Put it int' bin -> Put it int bin. If the apostrophe removes the 'the' too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slighty batty Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 When I moved to Holland I noticed that the Dutch have a similar thing, where their word “het” (meaning “the”) gets abbreviated to ‘t. For example “in the field” which translates as “in het veld” is sometimes seen as “in ‘t veld”. That Dutch word “het” is very similar to “det”, which is the Danish word for “the”. Now something like 75% of Yorkshire dialect has Norse or Danish origin, and of course because of trading there was also a certain Dutch and Frisian influence along the east side of England as well. I’m wondering if the Yorkshire “t” isn’t really an abbreviation for “the” but is a hangover from our Viking past when people would have spoken Danish? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 put it int bin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Purrit in bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spilldig Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 I'm still trying to figure out the old Star Trek one, "To go boldly" or, "To boldly go". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 I usually say "Lob it in bin" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRESLEY Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 1 hour ago, Padders said: I usually say "Lob it in bin" Does that account for Padders Bar, this is what happens when you barr an innocent Law abiding Citizen and picking them up on their smelling mistakes and miss pronouncing their worms. You Tyrant! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slighty batty Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 3 hours ago, spilldig said: I'm still trying to figure out the old Star Trek one, "To go boldly" or, "To boldly go". Nitpickers would say that “to boldly go” is wrong because it splits the infinitive but really there’s no reason why you can’t do that and both versions are equally ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 My ex always said bin it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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