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.
It's essentially the same batter as popover rolls, traditionally baked in a pan under the roasting beef and catching all the juices as the mean cooks. Really good. I wish I had some right now.
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.
It's essentially the same batter as popover rolls, traditionally baked in a pan under the roasting beef and catching all the juices as the mean cooks. Really good. I wish I had some right now.
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