Battra92 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 What's archaic for US is more often than not based on something English . I only started hearing about "miners" when I started watching CSI. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsoa1wHJT2E These miners? or did you mean minors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I put it in "s cos I know I was spelling it wrong. The point being up until CSI miners were men working under ground, not minors as under-18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 A child during the earliest period of life (or still unborn); now most usually applied to a child in arms, a babe; but often extended to include any child under seven years of age (cf. infant class, infant-school n.); in early use (esp. when transl. Latin infāns, or French enfant) used in the wider sense of ‘child’, and thus passing into the legal sense 2. Not adding anything new here, but (unsurprisingly) the OED sums it up perfectly. I love having access to OED online at uni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 'That's what OED said!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 You should see if they have any almond syrup. Almond syrup and milk is completely lush. WTF does lush mean in this context? And where did it come from? My cousin who's in the air force just came back from California and was saying that too. I've never heard it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Lush = short for luscious Same meaning to. Tasty, delicious. Normally sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kovach_ Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Gives a new meaning to "lush forest canopy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 In this context it's a Welsh term (but in English) and can be used for anything that is lovely or gorgeous. attractive people are lush, "did you see him, he's well lush". A night out can be lush. Anything that is awesome is lush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 In this context it's a Welsh term (but in English) and can be used for anything that is lovely or gorgeous. attractive people are lush, "did you see him, he's well lush". A night out can be lush. Anything that is awesome is lush. English vs English territory here but a forest can be lush but to say a person is "lush" would be to say they are a dirty stinking drunk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Yes, we have both those meanings too, just we have the extra one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 I thought lush for a drunkard was a noun though. Other lush is an adjective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Watching Stargate Universe. They've said it several times cos someone is ill: UK:medi-sin US: med-asi-nal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Medicinal is a noun in the US, you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 They pronounce it wrong(similar to aluminium), and yeah it's a noun. The dude asked for some medicinals, not something that is medicinal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Silly North-Americans. On a similar note, my friend noticed their plural of cannon is cannons. Or at least it is for Canadians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 A child during the earliest period of life (or still unborn); now most usually applied to a child in arms, a babe; but often extended to include any child under seven years of age (cf. infant class, infant-school n.); in early use (esp. when transl. Latin infāns, or French enfant) used in the wider sense of ‘child’, and thus passing into the legal sense 2. Not adding anything new here, but (unsurprisingly) the OED sums it up perfectly. I love having access to OED online at uni. I love that too =D ... What's our plural for 'cannon', Hot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Same as the singular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Are you sure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 I'm OEDefinitely sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Something I noticed watching Napoleon Dynamite, everyone pronounces Pedro as Pay-dro whereas in the UK we'd say it with a short 'e' so it rhymes with head(ro). Or at least I would. I can't remember how Pedro himself pronounces it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sindo Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 That's the way a Hispanic would pronounce it. Those names are so common here that we say them correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Well, well who knew. The Hispanics mispronounce it as well. But yeh, when I imagine it being said in a Hispanic accent (or my nearest approximation of one) it sounds less weird with a long e. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I thought lush for a drunkard was a noun though. Other lush is an adjective. I always considered a lush to be someone who gets drunk quick and starts flirting with everyone as in "She's a total lush, get her out for a few drinks and she'll be all over you." or "Be careful, I hear she's a bit of a lush. Ya might want to keep a tight leash on her when you're out." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I've never heard it used like that...but I guess the Irish do need some way of distinguishing between the sexes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 They pronounce it wrong(similar to aluminium), and yeah it's a noun. The dude asked for some medicinals, not something that is medicinal. That's not an American thing... I have never heard that before. The only usage I'd ever heard I imagine is how you would use it: Medicine, noun, a thing you give someone to heal them ("take some medicine") Medicinal, adjective, a word describing things that heal people ("medicinal herbs") *Edit* - On a similar note, my friend noticed their plural of cannon is cannons. Or at least it is for Canadians. I've heard both "cannons" and "cannon" for the plural. I think it's one of those things where "cannon" is technically correct but so many people say "cannons" that it's become accepted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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