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« Reply #30 on: 13 May 2011, 15:54:59 pm » |
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interesting fact:
OCBC stands for Oversea (sic) Chinese Banking Corporation
they must have spelt it wrong when they registered!!
dumb mum - you are, indeed. Oversea as an adjective or adverb is acceptable. Adj. 1. oversea - being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade in grain arose" Adv. 1. oversea - beyond or across the sea; "He lived overseas for many years" overseas |
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« Reply #30 on: 13 May 2011, 15:54:59 pm » |
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« Reply #31 on: 13 May 2011, 17:40:23 pm » |
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PP - sorry I still don't understand.
You have given 2 examples; one and adverb and one an adjective and in both occasions you added the "s" (i.e. you used overseas and not oversea - which would not have made any sense at all). So how is Dumb Mum dumb?
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« Reply #32 on: 13 May 2011, 17:59:08 pm » |
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Either way - you'll get wet if you try walking there.
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« Reply #33 on: 13 May 2011, 18:05:58 pm » |
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interesting fact:
OCBC stands for Oversea (sic) Chinese Banking Corporation
they must have spelt it wrong when they registered!!
dumb mum - you are, indeed. Oversea as an adjective or adverb is acceptable. Adj. 1. oversea - being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade in grain arose" Adv. 1. oversea - beyond or across the sea; "He lived overseas for many years" overseas I think you need to re-read what you've just wrote, then apologize to (the not so) Dumb Mum |
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« Reply #34 on: 13 May 2011, 19:57:07 pm » |
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Actually, OCBC stand for Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation.
This makes it clear that it is not a Chinese Banking Corporation which is overseas, but it is a Banking Corporation for or by Chinese who are overseas.
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« Reply #35 on: 13 May 2011, 20:52:38 pm » |
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adding an "S"
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« Reply #36 on: 13 May 2011, 21:57:58 pm » |
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References in classic literature:
overseas
For a long time the stream itself could accommodate quite easily the oversea and coasting traffic.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
They went over to Troop's eighteen-hundred-dollar, blue-trimmed white house, with a retired dory full of nasturtiums in the front yard and a shuttered parlor which was a museum of oversea plunder.
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard
My point is - the grammar police are trying too hard. Oversea is also acceptable. You can have a memo of 2 pages or you can have a 2-page memo.
Yes, so Conrad and Kipling are wrong.
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« Reply #37 on: 13 May 2011, 22:02:52 pm » |
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The OCBC bank was founded in 1932.
At that time it was more common in British grammar to use "oversea".
Although presently "overseas" is more widely used, "oversea" is grammatically not incorrect.
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« Reply #38 on: 13 May 2011, 22:21:08 pm » |
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The OCBC bank was founded in 1932.
At that time it was more common in British grammar to use "oversea".
Although presently "overseas" is more widely used, "oversea" is grammatically not incorrect.
in other words it was before their Speak Good English movement? figures. |
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« Reply #39 on: 16 May 2011, 8:46:55 am » |
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« Reply #40 on: 16 May 2011, 11:44:00 am » |
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Does Pripp have anything constructive to add other than inane comments? Pot calling kettle? |
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« Reply #41 on: 30 May 2011, 10:10:14 am » |
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None.
If you are looking for a safe haven, better to buy gold or the devils metal. Or invest in the soon to be gargantuan agriculture.
The major economies worldwide will get worse before it gets better.
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« Reply #42 on: 30 May 2011, 10:14:31 am » |
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You are not a jerk for having Americans as friends, I called you a jerk for calling them "seppo".  Sorry to see how hyper-sensitive you are. Please help me, what should I have called them: ang mo, gweilo, gaijin, farang, merkin, round-eye, honky, yank, redneck, septic, infidel or maybe jerk? When I refer to Britishers, which is the best term to use: Ang Mo, Limey, Pommy or Pom, Rosbif or Rosbeef, Rooinek, Khaki, Soutie, Ingraj, Angrez, Angrej, Anggrit, Sayip, John Bull, Tommy, Redcoat or Inselaffen lol infidels...thats what they call us white folks. And farang if u are seen with an asian girl |
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