Pavlides Posted 11 years ago
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Is this rude English: What's the time?
Is "What's the time" rude English?
Is asking "What's the time?" rude English?
The question is based on the 17 July 2006 entry on this blog:
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/blog0607.htm
Is this rude English: What's the time?
Is "What's the time" rude English?
Is asking "What's the time?" rude English?
The question is based on the 17 July 2006 entry on this blog:
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/blog0607.htm
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The question is based on this: As I was jogging in a local park, a man coming the other way asked me, You 'haven’t got the / time on you, have you mate? Since I was indeed wearing a watch, I duly answered him, E'leven fifty-\ sev en. The wording and intonation of his question was appropriate for the situation of an English person addressing a stranger.
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The question is based on this:
As I was jogging in a local park, a man coming the other way asked me,
You 'haven’t got the /time on you, have you mate?
Since I was indeed wearing a watch, I duly answered him,
E'leven fifty-\seven.
The wording and intonation of his question was appropriate for the situation of an English person addressing a stranger. But an EF
As I was jogging in a local park, a man coming the other way asked me,
You 'haven’t got the /time on you, have you mate?
Since I was indeed wearing a watch, I duly answered him,
E'leven fifty-\seven.
The wording and intonation of his question was appropriate for the situation of an English person addressing a stranger. But an EF
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