Talk:or
I'm drawing a blank on what is meant by this and whether it's idiomatic or not. - -sche (discuss) 19:13, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
- Maybe they meant or were groping toward either ... or. I'd wait for a recurrence. DCDuring TALK 19:45, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
- I considered that, like French soit... soit.... Which I would defintely define under soit. Mglovesfun (talk) 19:46, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Basque etymology
editNoting that the Proto-Basque term was *hor, is it possible that the origin of the word was onomatopoeic? Compare English arf, (deprecated template usage) woof. 97.89.216.62 19:26, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Burma vs Myanmar
editI think that for people living there, it's offensive to say that "Burma" is equivalent to "Myanmar". The name Myanmar was given to it by its current dicatorial rulers. I can imagine a lot of its inhabitants do not agree with the name change. Please use a different example. Christine (talk) 19:39, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
In negative constructions, CAN'T or CANNOT is more common than MAY NOT
editRegarding CAN'T or CANNOT is, is there a specific meaning of or that makes the verbal concordance singular is? --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:05, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
- I don't understand. The linked page says "can't or cannot is more common than may not". It isn't referring to a phrase "can't or cannot is". Equinox ◑ 17:48, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
the greater of A or B
editAccording to Garner's fourth edition,
Logic loses to idiom when deciding whether to use and or the disjunctive or in phrases such as the greater of A or B
Conjunction (Archaic) Used to indicate the first of two alternatives, with the force of either or whether
edithttps://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=or --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:45, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
UK pronunciation
edit@-sche Just to respond to your edit summary about UK pronunciation shifting towards the US: the accent in the YT video you linked is Northern Irish, so doesn't really suggest this. Theknightwho (talk) 02:06, 15 January 2023 (UTC)