German autobahns?

Yep, still use hoover too

Its the T I would object to in ATM, cashier would be the normal term in the
UK I would have thought.

Cash machine anybody?

Anyway, my original point was that as soon as a word gets borrowed by a
language then it is perfectly legitimate to use the plural form customary in
that language, so, writing in English on an English language forum then
autobahns is a better choice than autobahnen. Same with pronunciation IMO.
When speaking English then VW cars are Volkswagens or Vee Dub and not
Folksvargen or Fow Vay (if you can see through my virtual spelling).
It all started with Angela Rippon and her nightly (different) renditions of
Buenos Aires if you ask me.
Long live Anglicised spelling and pronunciation YKIMS.

 

Sure. Or cashpoint, if speaking. But when typing ATM is only three
letters.

 

Really? So the plural of 'nebula' is 'nebulas', then (and not 'nebulæ')?
And the plural of 'appendix' is 'appendixes' (and not 'appendices')? And
the plural of 'matrix' is 'matrixes' (and not 'matrices')? And the plural
of 'crisis' is 'crisises' (and not 'crices')? And the plural of 'datum' is
'datums' (and not 'data')? And the plural of 'alumnus' is 'alumnuses' (and
not 'alumnæ')?

I could go on but, erm, I believe you've got the idea...

 

Grrr...

'crises'.

 

I admit you do have a point there.

 

Those plural forms are customary in English,
I would dispute the data one though, how many IT people ( or normal people
for that matter ) refer to *these* data instead of *this* data?

 

Erm, they are Latin and Greek plurals. Despite the fact that the word is
far more 'integrated' into English than is 'Autobahn', those words still
retain their original foreign pluralisation. The same as 'gâteaux',
'châteaux', 'bureaux', etc (although the first and second-named tend to
lose the circumflex in most uses in English). If they haven't taken
English plural forms, what chance does 'Autobahn' which is surely a word
far less familiar to most people?

Erm, I do. Always.

Anyway, **** this. It's not important.
--
des
'As I write, civilised human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill
me'
(George Orwell (1903 - 1950))
<http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/>

 

I win then?

 

*gallic shrug*

Yeah, if you want.
--
des
'... the Palestinian leadership is not, and has never been, eager for
any compromise resolution. Instead, its top priority has been total
victory, possession of the entire land, with Israel's disappearing from
the map'.
(Barry Rubin)
<http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/>

 

Heh. Always be sure to have a sacrificial Welshman to throw
to the rapacious old biddies when their alcohol fuelled libidos
are up.

 

Have you changed sides on the fora/forums debate as well?

 

He was 40 km/h (25 mph) over the speed limit and dangerous overtaking.

 

'debate'..?

 

"He"?

"They", thankyouverymuch.

 

A sort of formal discussion...........

HTH

 

It is in the UK

and this is UK.rec.motorcycles

 

I'm really referring to friends in Cudrefin near Neuchatel

out and out piss artists

 

/applause

 

I'm one of the unusual here in the States. I stay as far right on the
road as I can tolerate. Don't tell anyone, but it's commonly the
fastest lane of the bunch. All the motoring morons move left and camp.

 

Undertaking is also illegal in der CH; I expect in Germany and
Austria too.

--
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Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
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KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".