tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post1842502796700217344..comments2024-03-28T20:56:34.131+00:00Comments on Tracing Rainbows: Regarding The Elephant In The RoomAngelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-3677552954454424082020-08-07T15:54:41.970+01:002020-08-07T15:54:41.970+01:00Definitely thee before a vowel and ther otherwise....Definitely thee before a vowel and ther otherwise. <br />Queens English down the drain.helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513538275041367740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-31601234331872363252020-08-07T07:23:34.971+01:002020-08-07T07:23:34.971+01:00I don't think it was ever taught, it just came...I don't think it was ever taught, it just came naturally.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-2979420413625355972020-08-05T22:07:52.634+01:002020-08-05T22:07:52.634+01:00I remember that - I always felt that grammar rules...I remember that - I always felt that grammar rules had got lost in the rush to include "fronted adverbial" in every piece of writing! Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-60780502606548213382020-08-05T19:33:45.959+01:002020-08-05T19:33:45.959+01:00I'm with you Angela, but we were born in the ...I'm with you Angela, but we were born in the same year!The young teachers at SL always!asked Angela Smith or me for grammar guidance.....Christine17https://www.blogger.com/profile/13305963901751150615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-75227611401214063272020-08-05T12:31:08.493+01:002020-08-05T12:31:08.493+01:00I've never heard of using thee before a vowel ...I've never heard of using thee before a vowel - as Sue from Suffolk said -it's THE to me.Margie from Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103835021764804099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-81550641274936137632020-08-05T11:01:12.678+01:002020-08-05T11:01:12.678+01:00I'm in the thee camp too. The one that always ...I'm in the thee camp too. The one that always annoys me is announcers saying ad-ver-TIZE-ment rather than ad-vertis-mnt. But then I still get quite excited about the use of who and whom! Fifitrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327400913679058606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-16639996087152177032020-08-05T09:39:18.399+01:002020-08-05T09:39:18.399+01:00Always said thee, but without really thinking abou...Always said thee, but without really thinking about it. TV announcers are getting more and more sloppy in their pronunciation.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-75284248062087161972020-08-05T08:10:40.455+01:002020-08-05T08:10:40.455+01:00I said "thee" but the distinction betwee...I said "thee" but the distinction between thee and ther in different circumstances hadn't occurred to me, nor do I recall being taught a rule for it. I don't think its pedantic; its an interesting observation. So long as you resist the impulse to 'correct' people mid-conversation! When I was young I had difficulties with three which came out as free.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13415361156288825232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-52893242168582805042020-08-05T07:53:04.257+01:002020-08-05T07:53:04.257+01:00I agree with you on the pronunciation of "the...I agree with you on the pronunciation of "the" but to me it just comes naturally I don't think about it. I can see that a small child would get confused with the difference between loudly and out loud and if you think about it out loud is not loud at all!Pam Monkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13500352841984778956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-4289162151030672702020-08-05T07:49:45.018+01:002020-08-05T07:49:45.018+01:00As I'm not a native English speaker, I was tau...As I'm not a native English speaker, I was taught to say "thee" before vowel, It was one of the easy rules, and maybe one of the few I remember... My children use both, and it annoyes me.Ulvmorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475774550471643902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-38823668945122077272020-08-05T07:48:19.949+01:002020-08-05T07:48:19.949+01:00Never heard of thee before a word beginning with a...Never heard of thee before a word beginning with a vowel. So THE elephant in the room sounds right to me. Yet oddly THEE Unbelievable Truth sounds right too.<br />So the answer is ....No Idea!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.com