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- pronunciation - Why is Sean pronounced Shawn? - English Language . . .
65 Sean (written "Seán" or "Séan" in Irish) is a Hibernization of the English name "John"; that is, it's a transliteration of "John" into a form which can be pronounced in Irish and written with the Irish alphabet (which nowadays is simply a version of the Roman alphabet)
- What is the proper way to say possesive with person X and self?
Possible Duplicate: My wife and I #39;s seafood collaboration dinner I've never known what the proper way to use a sentence in which you and a specific person (as in you can't just say "our" be
- and me or me and. . . - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Possible Duplicate: ldquo;Me and my wife rdquo; or ldquo;my wife and me rdquo; I keep seeing that it's just courtesy to put yourself last in a list of nouns eg "They went to the game with S
- You can contact John, Jane or me (myself) for more information
The use of "myself" and similar reflexives for emphasis is normal English usage of the word This particular speaker wanted to place emphasis on the fact that they personally were one of the people you could contact for information Some dictionaries even list this definition first: (used as an intensive of me or I): I myself will challenge the winner - dictionary reference com It is commonly
- Is the correct format Good morning, John or Good morning John?
Which of these is in the correct format? Good morning, John Or Good morning John
- Why are sugar and sure pronounced with an SH?
I've noticed many Scottish and Irish Gaelic words to be spelled with an s, followed by a vowel, and pronounced like sh Think about the way Sean Connery speaks (not to mention how the Se in his name is pronounced)
- Changes in English names of people
Why is Robert called Bob and John called Jack sometimes? What is the history of or reason for this practice in changing the English names of people?
- Is it acceptable to drop the comma in Thanks, John?
Commenting 12 years later… From the perspective of descriptive linguistics, I would say that "Thanks John" is used by native speakers, moreso "Thanks John!" When you use it, don't use a comma if in that context you wouldn't say it that way—if there would be no pause between "thanks" and "John", otherwise use a comma if there would be a pause
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