Re: Doctor Who Spotting

Your Name wrote on 12/06/2024 6:53 am:

On 2024-06-11 19:34:55 +0000, Blueshirt said:

Daniel70 wrote:

Blueshirt wrote on 11/6/24 4:49 am:

Daniel70 wrote:

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'y' .... implied Vowel! EVERY WORD MUST HAVE A VOWEL* !!

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Except the words that don't...
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Grrr is a word, no vowel. As is Psst, no vowel... Brrr,
etc...

https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=grrr
"grrr" ... Representing the *sound* of growling, as by a dog or similar animal
https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=psst
psst .... Used to attract attention or give warning, esp. surreptitiously .... represent a hiss.
https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=brrr
brrr .... Used as an exclamation to accompany a shiver of cold, fear, disquiet, etc.
Not really GLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS as *WORDS* !!

:-)

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No, they are NOT words .... they are Vocalisations ..... and
the above are attempted written representations of the
sounds/vocalisations!!

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If they are in the OED

Yeap!

Yep, they are definitely words.

Nope, VOCALISATIONS!! SOUNDS!!

If you want to get really pedantic, then "every word must have a vowel" is wrong since there are quite a few non-English words that do not have vowels. For example, in Croation there is "prst" (finger), "krv" (blood), "trg" (square), "smrt" (death), etc. :-)

Maybe in *Croatian* , they have a different *Golden Rule* !! .... Maybe, in Croatian (possibly one of my G-G-Grandfathers native languages, although I think he might have fled (Russia/Urals) to get to Croatia!!) the *Golden Rule* is "Every word MUST have a 'R'"

and I can use them in Scrabble then they are words!

 I wouldn't go that far. Scrabble allows many things that are not real English words. For a start it allows "color" which is just wrong.  :-p

Thank you. ;-P     "color" ... Wrong or lazy!! ;-P
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Daniel