Pedants' Paradise

[Serial_Apologist]

Have we now to assume, following today's High Court ruling, that one's sex can only be defined for one's entire lifetime by what it was at birth? I find it extraordinarily restrictive that a person who concurrently with having had hormone treatments along with genital amputation and various other irreversible physiological modifications cannot now legally define herself as a woman.

[oddoneout]

Have we now to assume, following today's High Court ruling, that one's sex can only be defined for one's entire lifetime by what it was at birth? I find it extraordinarily restrictive that a person who concurrently with having had hormone treatments along with genital amputation and various other irreversible physiological modifications cannot now legally define herself as a woman.

Where does it leave those individuals who are, for whatever reason, mis-assigned at birth?

[vinteuil]

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... I thought this was a useful summary of the 'real life' issues the Supreme Court was grappling with -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx4z2ln2j3o

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[Pulcinella]

When did the word edition start to be used in expressions such as this?

Má Vlast has been performed at every edition of the Spring Festival since 1952.

Although I can't think of another word offhand that would do, what did we say before the word 'edition' crept in?
Just numbers in some instances, I suspect:
The 1968 Olympics
The fourteenth Eurovision Song Contest (that almost certainly would now be an edition)

[kernelbogey]

...Although I can't think of another word offhand that would do, what did we say before the word 'edition' crept in...?

Iteration?

[Pulcinella]

Iteration?

That might work, but I wonder if anything is needed at all:

Má Vlast has been performed at every Spring Festival since 1952.

[kernelbogey]

That might work, but I wonder if anything is needed at all:

Má Vlast has been performed at every Spring Festival since 1952.

[kernelbogey]

Have we now to assume, following today's High Court ruling, that one's sex can only be defined for one's entire lifetime by what it was at birth? I find it extraordinarily restrictive that a person who concurrently with having had hormone treatments along with genital amputation and various other irreversible physiological modifications cannot now legally define herself as a woman.

This may be helpful, albeit a tough read;

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/16/supreme-court-definition-woman-judges-law

[vinteuil]

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... one of the characteristics of the English language is its ability to turn any word into a verb - noun - adjective - whatever.

This is often a strength : it can be a disadvantage in a headline (BBC News website) like the following -

Refurb plans for council blocks over safety issues

- reading the article enlightens - but the headline by itself is a bafflement...


( cf I hate visiting relatives - and our old favourite, British shove bottles up German rear )

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[smittims]

In my experience headlines had too many nouns and no verbs:

Johnson drug rap sentence query

[LMcD]

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... one of the characteristics of the English language is its ability to turn any word into a verb - noun - adjective - whatever.

This is often a strength : it can be a disadvantage in a headline (BBC News website) like the following -

Refurb plans for council blocks over safety issues

- reading the article enlightens - but the headline by itself is a bafflement...


( cf I hate visiting relatives - and our old favourite, British shove bottles up German rear )

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'transition' seems to have replaced 'change'.

[vinteuil]

'transition' seems to have replaced 'change'.

"In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be transitioned... "

mmm

[Serial_Apologist]

In my experience headlines had too many nouns and no verbs:

Johnson drug rap sentence query

But that's all verbs - apart from Johnson!

[Roger Webb]

But that's all verbs - apart from Johnson!

To Johnson = inadvisably attend a party?

[Roger Webb]

Just heard on the BBC News, 'One of the kites was 30 metres long...that's nearly 100 feet!'