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Sex God
I was about to post a rant about "when did 'female' become a noun?" It has always been an adjective to me.
Of course, when I consult my dictionary (it's best to be sure of the facts before making a fool of yourself. If you're right, you're just a fool. If you're wrong you look like an idiot) I find that the good men and women at Oxford think it's a noun too.
So I'll keep my mouth shut.
Of course, when I consult my dictionary (it's best to be sure of the facts before making a fool of yourself. If you're right, you're just a fool. If you're wrong you look like an idiot) I find that the good men and women at Oxford think it's a noun too.
So I'll keep my mouth shut.
Sex God
Quote by DJohn
I was about to post a rant about "when did 'female' become a noun?" It has always been an adjective to me.
Of course, when I consult my dictionary (it's best to be sure of the facts before making a fool of yourself. If you're right, you're just a fool. If you're wrong you look like an idiot) I find that the good men and women at Oxford think it's a noun too.
So I'll keep my mouth shut.
You are correct! Yet, my reference says it could be a noun too. Isn't the English language a wonderful thing!
female
•adj.
1. of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs. →relating to or characteristic of women or female animals. →(of a plant or flower) having a pistil but no stamens.
2. (of a fitting) manufactured hollow so that a corresponding male part can be inserted.
•n. a female person, animal, or plant.
- DERIVATIVES femaleness n.
- ORIGIN ME: from OFr. femelle, from L. femella, dimin. of femina 'a woman'; the change in the ending was due to assoc. with male.
Silky xxxx
Quote by DJohn
I was about to post a rant about "when did 'female' become a noun?" It has always been an adjective to me.
Of course, when I consult my dictionary (it's best to be sure of the facts before making a fool of yourself. If you're right, you're just a fool. If you're wrong you look like an idiot) I find that the good men and women at Oxford think it's a noun too.
So I'll keep my mouth shut.
DJohn, I too have always been confused by this particular word: my research reveals that in medieval times, a female was in fact a noun, but often transformed into Nun. This faded out when Henry VIII made the habit more difficult to achieve.
In my own experience, I have come across several grammatic anomolies with this word.
When I was young, the noun became nan. Good sort she was too. As a teenager it was definitely transmuted to 'none'. Later, female became objective, in my case at least, but always reverted to it's noun , or rather the french derivative', 'NON!'! , whenever I attempted to get a grasp of the 'subject' This became the 'rejective' case, often accompanied by several clauses in the 'invective'. However, I persevered and tried the dative case. Big mistake: it got very 'vocative', ended up in the 'accusative' and I finally achieved clarity on one case: it comes up at Bow Street Magistrates next wednesday.
Sex God
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I finally achieved clarity on one case: it comes up at Bow Street Magistrates next wednesday.
At noon? No one could envy you. It is the most abject state to have your objective's objection brought under the State's obligation.
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Two out of three ain't bad. Whoooooooaaa wasn't there a song about that??????
Dave_Notts
PS Clare does my Platic Pauline count me in as a couple?:lol:
Oooh i suppose so,i guess at least she doesnt talk back!! :lol:
Clare,xxx
Very true, but she never does the washing up, ironing or cleaning either............between me and u I think she is lazy
Dave_Notts
Sex God
What an insufferable collection of linguistic pedants; it's nice to know that we're among peers! :mrgreen: Now, if I could just get my head around the acceptable use of the semicolon...
~Reese!
~Reese!
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WOULD a nutty old acentric women do?......That has piles!.............................and wears a cucumber suit! for a turn on!................and has nasel hair growing so fast she cannot keep up with it!.......................cannot put a beach tent back into its cover!...................and suffers from PMT?
Take its a no then!
OOOOOOOOOOO i forgot and smocks like a trooper :smoke: :smoke: :smoke: :smoke:
:rotflmao: 
Orgasminator
Quote by Reese
What an insufferable collection of linguistic pedants; it's nice to know that we're among peers! :mrgreen: Now, if I could just get my head around the acceptable use of the semicolon...
~Reese!
I love the semicolon; a great invention! Can also be used to seperate lists when more than one word is used in each element of the list so making a commas usage un-acceptable.
I also love using the ... in the wrong way
I tend to use it to denote a pause... or to show there is some thinking going on... not that that hapens much, as apposed to its correct usage... what ever that may be :lol:One thing that does piss me off tho, is when people quote things and dont put the ooogemeflips inside the quotes "norty buggers." Dont they know how to use punctuation?
*runs off knowing that the punctuation of this post is totaly wrong :lol: :lol: :lol: *
