As always, lots of fun. Incidentally, Yorkshires are Yorkshire puddings which are often served with roast beef and are a batter cooked in very hot fat. The best of them inflate and are puffy, brown and crisp. Delectable.
You explained that the 's possessive in English was (mainly) not "[noun]-his" but didn't say what it actually IS. I always figured it was left over from the Germanic genitive case, which usually has a noun with the suffix "es". I know that in singing German lieder you sometimes will even run into the apostrophe "s" form in German (mainly in poetic form, I guess, it being lieder and all).
When I was in elementary school, some of my classmates used to accuse each other of being “bay-bay kids.” I just thought it meant the accused was acting like a baby. I had no idea it came from a stand-up routine! I wonder whether my classmates knew the bit or had just heard the term from parents and siblings.
The first and only thing I think of when I hear "Apostrophe S" is Lee Chamberlin singing a vaudeville style song of the same title on The Electric Company. The song has been stuck in my head off and on since the 1970s and when I read "Apostrophe S" the song automatically plays in my head!
It's on Youtube under "Apostrophe S - The Electric Company."
As always, lots of fun. Incidentally, Yorkshires are Yorkshire puddings which are often served with roast beef and are a batter cooked in very hot fat. The best of them inflate and are puffy, brown and crisp. Delectable.
Happy New Year.
In Suriname's jungle lived Ting
For whom, sadly, a lisp was a thing;
Though he spoke Saramaccan
It sounded like Latin,
So they crowned him and made him their king.
You explained that the 's possessive in English was (mainly) not "[noun]-his" but didn't say what it actually IS. I always figured it was left over from the Germanic genitive case, which usually has a noun with the suffix "es". I know that in singing German lieder you sometimes will even run into the apostrophe "s" form in German (mainly in poetic form, I guess, it being lieder and all).
When I was in elementary school, some of my classmates used to accuse each other of being “bay-bay kids.” I just thought it meant the accused was acting like a baby. I had no idea it came from a stand-up routine! I wonder whether my classmates knew the bit or had just heard the term from parents and siblings.
The first and only thing I think of when I hear "Apostrophe S" is Lee Chamberlin singing a vaudeville style song of the same title on The Electric Company. The song has been stuck in my head off and on since the 1970s and when I read "Apostrophe S" the song automatically plays in my head!
It's on Youtube under "Apostrophe S - The Electric Company."
I think an interesting topic would be that in today's English almost any noun can be used as a verb and vice versa.
ALSO: I just CANNOT figure out how to get the bonus segments, even though I am a subscriber.
Thanks. Carrick Patterson, Little Rock AR