skirt guards

"Michael MacClancy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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In message <[email hidden]>, Mark South
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in the old days, before the use of the subjunctive died out

I don't know what you mean by 'old days' but my copy of Fowler's

Modern

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English Usage (1996) contains the following about the subjunctive:

ITYM "Fowler's Modern American Usage" because that's what it is.

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"The subjunctive mood was common in OE and until about 1600. Examples are harder to find in the
period 1600-1900 but have become remarkably prevalent since then, first in AmE and then in other
forms of English. ............. The subjunctive is increasingly found in BrE."

So the subjunctive is prevalent in modern English of all flavours? They clearly do make
this stuff up.

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So, although the use of the subjunctive in the informal environment of Usenet may not be
widespread the presumption that this elegant grammatical form has died is contrary to the actual
evidence.

It's very amusing when people display erudition in matters grammatical and historical, but miss
entirely the humorous tone of a sidelong remark.

Let them read with their hearts, say I.
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related with booze?"
- Juha Sakkinen

yitzk said:

Anyone know where I can get a skirt guard in London.

Estate agent's signboard. Stanley knife. Zip ties.

Also acts as a theft deterrent.

John

SabineUK said:

yitzk said:

Anyone know where I can get a skirt guard in London.

Estate agent's signboard. Stanley knife. Zip ties.

Also acts as a theft deterrent.

What? Putting "FOR SALE" on your bike stops people stealing it? :-)

Tim.

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Tim Woodall <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

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Estate agent's signboard. Stanley knife. Zip ties.

Also acts as a theft deterrent.

What? Putting "FOR SALE" on your bike stops people stealing it? :-)

Nope, you whack them over the head with the sign, cut off their goolies with the Stanley knife and
zip tie their hands and feet to the railings so they are left as a deterrent to other thieves.

Have fun!

Graeme

yitzk said:

Anyone know where I can get a skirt guard in London. It is for my daughter who is a keen city
cyclist, but has a wardrobe full of torn skirts

It has been "on order" at our local (good) cycle shop fo 2 months

Something along these lines might do the trick, if the mudguards are fairly solid and you're handy
with a bradawl:

bikeicons.com1930s%20Schwinn%20Excelsior%20Girls.htmlOpen ↗

Fairly unusual these days, I'll bet, but I did see one the other day at a vintage bike rally. The
one I saw was strung from eleven o'clock down to three o'clock towards the front of the bike. Proper
ones have what looks like little eyelets or rounded edges in the mudgard.

Alternatively, skirt guards tend to be common still in Holland. It might be possible to buy over the
web and have it shipped over.

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On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 13:28:30 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden] (Geraint

Jones) said:

"Mark South" <[email hidden]> wrote: ( > "Dave Larrington" <[email hidden]> wrote:
) > > But if one is a girlie, ... ( ) GJ wants you to say "If one should happen to be a girlie"

I had more in mind "If one were a girlie..." and if you cannot tell the difference... no, that
one's too easy.

I wish I was a girlie, just like my dear papa.

Tim In space no one can eat ice cream