Pedants' Paradise

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The whole idea of a future tense is strange really;

The future on Radio 3 is anything that might take place after 1900.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The future on Radio 3 is anything that might take place after 1900.

Except for those pesky concerts that begin at 1830.

[french frank]

I invented the phrase 'casual tourists' in this context. Yes, I did.

What I meant really was the more local visitors having a day out, wandering around the streets shopping or meeting friends. But I think they would properly be called day visitors, not tourists. So I was wrong, wrong, wrong. And I'm sorry.

I would call tourists those who had come from afar to look at the famed Georgian architecture or the famed Roman remains or visit the Holburne museum.

[french frank]

I think there's a subtle difference in meaning.

But I agree with your grammatical distinction, and what I meant was the council thought people liked buskers busking about the place. So they encouraged them.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I invented the phrase 'casual tourists' in this context. Yes, I did.

Oh NOW you tell us.

[jean]

But I agree with your grammatical distinction, and what I meant was the council thought people liked buskers busking about the place. So they encouraged them.

I thought that that was what you thought - except that I thought it was BANES actually said, and that you were quoting from them rather than from yourself on another thread!

[french frank]

I thought that that was what you thought - except that I thought it was BANES actually said, and that you were quoting from them rather than from yourself on another thread!

Bein' local like, I have heard it expressed as a council view. But I copied over the sentence because vinteuil ordered me to parse it, which seemed more pedantry (parsing it) than Platform 3.

[Serial_Apologist]

I suggest a casual tourist is rather like a spokesperson - a source of evidence that cannot be confirmed; i.e. a supposition.

An anecdotalist, possibly, then...

[mercia]

is there a dictionary definition of reckon ? - should it always involve maths ?

[Frances_iom]

is there a dictionary definition of reckon ? - should it always involve maths ?

yes for definition look up OED - 3 columns dating from c.1200 various meaning all involving some degree of estimating value or placeing in some order - no for always including maths - many are subjective qualities

[kernelbogey]

yes for definition look up OED - 3 columns dating from c.1200 various meaning all involving some degree of estimating value or placeing in some order - no for always including maths - many are subjective qualities

I reckon this is meaning 10c of the OED online entry for the verb, cited as 'colloquial'. I reckon it's moved on a bit in usage since that entry, which is the closest I can get to how I reckon it's now used.

[french frank]

is there a dictionary definition of reckon ? - should it always involve maths ?

Colloquial meaning would be: I reckon = It is my opinion that/I estimate that/I judge that/ I 'calculate' that?

Note also 'reckless' - not calculating, judging, estimating, weighing up (before acting).

[kernelbogey]

Colloquial meaning would be: I reckon = It is my opinion that/I estimate that/I judge that/ I 'calculate' that?

Note also 'reckless' - not calculating, judging, estimating, weighing up (before acting).

Reading the OED's definitions, it looks as though it may have migrated from a purely regional usage, eg 'This sort of discussion belongs on Pedant's Corner, I reckon'.

[french frank]

Reading the OED's definitions, it looks as though it may have migrated from a purely regional usage, eg 'This sort of discussion belongs on Pedant's Corner, I reckon'.

Or "Reckon so, ol' timer" (US usage)

[vinteuil]

Note also 'reckless' - not calculating, judging, estimating, weighing up (before acting).

... but note further : is it Cunningham or Caldwell?

http://www.e-lawresources.co.uk/Mens-rea-reckless.php

[ and please let us not descend to consider Tory turncoats who take the yellow penny of UKIP... ]