Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[vinteuil]

But when it comes to VERBS - the original poster referred to 'immigrating' - do you think 'immigrate'/'immigrating' are as commonly used as the respective noun? I feel, not.

... probably not. But 'immigrate' is a properly establisht English verb - I see that the OED has examples from 1623, 1651, 1792, 1845 &c.... and the earliest example of the noun immigrant seems to be 1792.



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[Stanfordian]

... if you're talking about Ireland or Ethiopia you are perhaps more likely to talk about emigrants; if you talk about England or Australia you are more likely to talk about immigrants. Fifty years ago in Greece the talk wd have been about emigrants; now it is about immigrants.

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When do you ever hear? It's the fault of those emigrants. Not in The Sun, Daily Mail or Express etc.

[LezLee]

i can't think when 'immigrating' would be used. You'd say "I'm emigrating to Australia" but I can only think of 'immigrating' if someone was on holiday in Australia for instance, and said "I'm thinking of immigrating here", but it sounds really weird.

[Padraig]

the earliest example of the noun immigrant seems to be 1792.

Possibly the verb was unwieldy and they needed a noun.?

[Serial_Apologist]

i can't think when 'immigrating' would be used. You'd say "I'm emigrating to Australia" but I can only think of 'immigrating' if someone was on holiday in Australia for instance, and said "I'm thinking of immigrating here", but it sounds really weird.

Not "I'm thinking of emigrating here", or even "emigrating to here"? I've heard those quite often.

[LezLee]

Just heard one of my pet hates on 'Tipping Point':

Presenter: "You've got three boys?"
Contestant: "I do".

[Pulcinella]

Just heard one of my pet hates on 'Tipping Point':

Presenter: "You've got three boys?"
Contestant: "I do".

I blame the Yes/No interlude (if that was what it was called!); remember it?
You had to last a minute being quizzed without answering Yes or No, or the gong was struck and you were out!
Was it the first part of Take Your Pick?

[LezLee]

No, it tends to be younger people. They don't seem to have a sense of 'do' answering 'have ....got' being wrong. Yet another Americanism I'm afraid.

[kernelbogey]

I was just being a teeny-weeny bit ironic, KB. I should have tail-ended with a , or a .

Surely in linguistic matters, there can be no irony? *

* NB this is not a dog whistle

[gurnemanz]

Inner emigration was a popular option in Germany for non-Nazis during the Third Reich. I'm planning to go down that route once Brexit kicks in.

[LMcD]

[QUOTE=Pulcinella;734826]I blame the Yes/No interlude (if that was what it was called!); remember it?
You had to last a minute being quizzed without answering Yes or No, or the gong was struck and you were out!
Was it the first part of Take Your Pick?[/QUOTE]

Indeed it was (oops, I nearly said 'Y*s'), conducted by 'Your quiz inquisitor Michael Miles' (the stuff one remembers).

[cloughie]

[QUOTE=LMcD;734923]

I blame the Yes/No interlude (if that was what it was called!); remember it?
You had to last a minute being quizzed without answering Yes or No, or the gong was struck and you were out!
Was it the first part of Take Your Pick?[/QUOTE]

Indeed it was (oops, I nearly said 'Y*s'), conducted by 'Your quiz inquisitor Michael Miles' (the stuff one remembers).

That’s right!

[LezLee]

QUOTE=cloughie;734934]

That’s right!

You can still catch the later Des O'Connor ones on 'Challenge'. Does anyone else remember the original series on Radio Luxembourg?

[LMcD]

..and the announcer was Bob Danvers-Walker and the (bespectacled?) Man With The Gong was Alex Dane.

[LezLee]

Just heard the dreaded 'off of'. Aarrggh!