“he volunteered for a “special and hazardous duty” so a duty he volunteered for.
Yes brave or stupid, Probably both.
Mr Ecks
Test
dearieme
Some idiot in these comment threads recently claimed that I was quite wrong to say that there were Englishmen who used “one” to mean “I”. (I remarked on it because I find it a preposterous affectation.)
Mr Ecks
What the Hell is going on with this spam fiasco Tim? Every morning the posts are vanishing. You need a permanent fix.
Tim Worstall
Should be fixed now…..
PF
Ecks,
Just spotted (on the comments feed) some of the random porn spam winging in on some old threads (before Tim managed to hit delete on them). Problems of running a site, I guess?
Ottokring
The German equivalent is “man”
Man ging freiwillig in den Tod.
It is using “you” for “one” that annoys me.
Bloke in Germany
Otto,
That’s not first person usage, it’s third. You literally can’t say that in the past tense and first person. Not physically possible 😉
Jollygreenman
dierieme,
I like the use of one.
One should know one’s place, manners, and decorum when dealing with ones superiors.
And the Oxford comma!
Ottokring
BiG
Bah, haven’t you seen Sixth Sense ?
Spoiler
He was dead all along.
But that’s my point. One should be used in the third person, really.
Pcar
@Ottokring December 5, 2019 at 4:38 pm
It is using “you” for “one” that annoys me.
+1 also using “Me and my xyz…” “I was sat in xyz…”
“he volunteered for a “special and hazardous duty” so a duty he volunteered for.
Yes brave or stupid, Probably both.
Test
Some idiot in these comment threads recently claimed that I was quite wrong to say that there were Englishmen who used “one” to mean “I”. (I remarked on it because I find it a preposterous affectation.)
What the Hell is going on with this spam fiasco Tim? Every morning the posts are vanishing. You need a permanent fix.
Should be fixed now…..
Ecks,
Just spotted (on the comments feed) some of the random porn spam winging in on some old threads (before Tim managed to hit delete on them). Problems of running a site, I guess?
The German equivalent is “man”
Man ging freiwillig in den Tod.
It is using “you” for “one” that annoys me.
Otto,
That’s not first person usage, it’s third. You literally can’t say that in the past tense and first person. Not physically possible 😉
dierieme,
I like the use of one.
One should know one’s place, manners, and decorum when dealing with ones superiors.
And the Oxford comma!
BiG
Bah, haven’t you seen Sixth Sense ?
Spoiler
He was dead all along.
But that’s my point. One should be used in the third person, really.
@Ottokring December 5, 2019 at 4:38 pm
+1 also using “Me and my xyz…” “I was sat in xyz…”
OTish
I Missed this
The Daily Mail has bought the i newspaper and website
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/daily-mail-i-newspaper-dmgt-buy-purchase-price-a9225871.html
CMA allowed Mirror to buy Express, “i” is much smaller so should be approved
Humour
https://twitter.com/LordAshcroft/status/1198356391129485312