The

[angela]

I never knew that. 53 and a half  years old and I never knew!! Amazing

[lynne]

I never knew that either.....

My lesson today was the difference between Hung and Hanged!  Something else I new knew!!!!

[loz]

English must be the most contradictory language, I gave up on it over 50years ago; take i before e except after c, then write all the word you know that do not follow this rule.


The, vowel or consonant?  thi apple, would you say thi apple on the tree, or the apple on the tree? 


 

[Lotty]

Thee apple.

[stoop]

Actually I do agree with the way they are said. It's just that us Yorkshire folk pronounce 'thee' as the and 'the' as thugh.

So thee apple is correct but if I said it you would almost think I said the as the difference is so subtle.

[loz]

Thee apple.

See the English language, and why I hate it. Apple begins with a vowel, but now Apple is a Noun and it is therefore 'The' Apple.


Adjective Nouns- lets throw a few more into the mix.
If you say "that is a green apple" Then it is a noun, because the green and the apple go together as a name. so now it is The and not thee,


Abstract nouns-
affection
annoyance (the annoyance, thee annoyance of others)
enjoyment (the enjoyment or thee enjoyment)

I give up, hated English and still do, rather be washing the/thee floor

H you started this!!! how you can go right off some people!!!!

[Lotty]

The definite article is pronounced 'thee' ONLY before a vowel, Green doesn't begin with a vowel.

So by using an adjective like 'green' apple it reverts back to 'the'. Similarly if using the indefinite article you would say 'an' apple but 'a' green apple.

However if the adjective begins with a vowel like 'unripe' it would then be pronounced 'thee' or 'an' unripe apple.

Yes I know. . . time for my tablets . . .

[steveb1]

The boat

The mountain

An otter

The sea

An eagle

The beach

A stag

[mary62]

In Liverpool, the majority of people going shopping say...
I am going to The Asda,
I am going to the Aldi,
I am going to the Lidl.....
But they never say
I am going to The Sainsburys, or The Marks & Spencer, or The Tesco.
Is this just a Liverpool thing?

[angela]

 well from my parents who hailed from Salford it would have just been  'I'm going down't.........' to any of them