Commercial Divers Trusted Knife

[muddiver]

I'll buy one from them, anyone who can say,
and misspells "ain't" in the process gets my business.

It's the unstated "we are in Thailand" that get's my vote of confidence.

 

[Luis H]

Best go back to class, preferably with with a new and competent teacher. The etymology of "ain't" is as a contraction for "are not." It dates back to 1749.

Thanks...I had to look it up and this is what I found:

ain't [ aynt ]


contraction

Definition:

a contraction of "am not," "is not," "are not," "have not," or "has not" ( nonstandard )


Word Usage:

Ain't is one of the most informal verb contractions in English, and its use in formal contexts may be criticized because it is associated with careless speech. It is, however, accepted in folk and popular song lyrics, show titles, direct quotations, and fictional dialogue. Otherwise ain't is best avoided, except as a deliberate rhetorical device and in allusive expressions such as You ain't seen nothing yet.

It is a good day when I learn something new...especially with English…what a corrupted language.

 

[Thalassamania]

Thanks...I had to look it up and this is what I found:




It is a good day when I learn something new...especially with English…what a corrupted language.

Not corrupted, but plastic, adaptable, changeable and almost unique in it's incredible ability to both borrow from other languages as well as facilely express new concepts. Have you ever thought why it's a "pig" in the barnyard yet "pork" on the table? Same with cow vs. beef. And what does that all have to do with 14 October 1066?

 

[NitroxAZ]

Spelling is definitely not his strong suit. He misspelled check wrong in his signature.

On the other hand, "I PITY DA FOO!!!", who doesn't listen to Mister T and order one of these.

 

[tridacna]

"almost unique in it's incredible ability to both borrow from other languages as well as facilely express new concepts."

Hastings aside, I hate the use of facilely. Yeah, I know it's proper. It just don't sound right guv. Sounds like a clear case of using marmalade when jam would suffice. Which meaning of facile do you intend? Easily, effortlessly or eloquently? My guess is that you're only using the word to impress us with your Brobdingnagian vocabulary. :tongue2:

 

[Thalassamania]

Hastings aside, I hate the use of facilely. Yeah, I know it's proper. It just don't sound right guv. Sounds like a clear case of using marmalade when jam would suffice. Which meaning of facile do you intend? Easily, effortlessly or eloquently? My guess is that you're only using the word to impress us with your Brobdingnagian vocabulary. :tongue2:

Guess again ... I chose "facilely" because it too came over from Middle French.

 

[tridacna]

Guess again ... I chose "facilely" because it too came over from Middle French.

If it's etymology you're after: Assez auras, se prens en grez. My late father was tutored by Tolkien at Oxford in the late 50s. Unfortunately he despised diving.

Now back onto the topic of commercial dive knives...

 

[Thalassamania]

To have been at Oxford would be cool enough ... but to have had JRRT as your tutor. I'm green with envy.

But I give you Duke William, and you give me that jailbird Villon?

 

[tridacna]

But I give you Duke William, and you give me that jailbird Villon?

A scoundrel indeed..but what verse!

 

[Couv]

Irregardless, you ain't supposed to use nonstandard words on Scuba Board.