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English "eventual" means something like "in the end". Legolas Send a noteboard - 23/03/2010 05:23:33 PM
I've used that word in the same way as the Swedish eventuell for twenty years without realizing this. That's not good.

So "eventual Dutch qualification" means that the Dutch will for sure qualify at some point in the future.
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Do you really need to have two different pronunciations of "the"? Lordling - 23/03/2010 02:06:02 PM 1311 Views
Need? No. Rebekah - 23/03/2010 02:17:09 PM 481 Views
I've never heard of that in my life. LiterateDog - 23/03/2010 02:29:37 PM 567 Views
I pronounce it both ways Sareitha Sedai - 23/03/2010 02:35:45 PM 560 Views
It's like "a". LiterateDog - 23/03/2010 02:45:14 PM 656 Views
Oh. I do that too. Sareitha Sedai - 23/03/2010 02:59:20 PM 587 Views
"all intenstive purposes"...*shudder* LadyLorraine - 23/03/2010 02:45:35 PM 530 Views
Yeah, that makes me shudder, too. People are retarded. *NM* LiterateDog - 23/03/2010 02:50:41 PM 296 Views
I have never actually heard anyone say "all intensive purposes". MightyYT - 23/03/2010 05:25:37 PM 540 Views
Or you could be surrounded by smarter people than I am. *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 23/03/2010 05:26:44 PM 207 Views
Really? I'd say most people say it incorrectly and most don't even know... everynametaken - 23/03/2010 09:35:49 PM 527 Views
I do too damookster - 24/03/2010 04:07:56 AM 453 Views
Or irregardless. *shudders* I saw it in the dictionary but really... globug0822 - 26/03/2010 12:03:13 PM 484 Views
You should a a few words Floffe - 26/03/2010 12:42:36 PM 468 Views
What Joe said, almost. Palatine - 23/03/2010 04:51:08 PM 738 Views
Seems to me that only works if you pronounce "history" without the H. *NM* Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:02:29 PM 361 Views
That's my point. I've never heard anyone say it without the "h." *NM* Palatine - 24/03/2010 04:55:35 PM 301 Views
An history Rebekah - 23/03/2010 05:07:08 PM 690 Views
(h)erb. *NM* everynametaken - 23/03/2010 09:37:58 PM 292 Views
I will not use "an." Palatine - 24/03/2010 04:59:00 PM 487 Views
Never heard that one snoopcester - 23/03/2010 05:09:40 PM 495 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 23/03/2010 05:13:17 PM 625 Views
I wasn't using it as that snoopcester - 23/03/2010 05:19:43 PM 483 Views
OK. Rebekah - 23/03/2010 05:25:22 PM 543 Views
It's enough of a rule. Palatine - 24/03/2010 05:02:46 PM 510 Views
Re: Never heard that one ßelals Girl - 23/03/2010 06:14:21 PM 646 Views
I speak mid-west English and have never said an history or ever heard anyone else use it. everynametaken - 23/03/2010 09:38:53 PM 597 Views
I've heard it spoken that way several times--on TV/radio by someone trying to be "serious." *NM* Palatine - 24/03/2010 05:05:48 PM 305 Views
It seems I use them both. Beqi - 23/03/2010 06:05:30 PM 496 Views
I also don't post in the correct place, it seems. Beqi - 23/03/2010 06:36:59 PM 497 Views
One is sufficient. The Shrike - 23/03/2010 02:30:53 PM 712 Views
Is it possible you do it and don't realize it? Avendesora - 23/03/2010 05:11:28 PM 453 Views
I think I do it in many cases, yeah... Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:19:13 PM 574 Views
That's what we were taught in school as well ironclad - 23/03/2010 02:35:29 PM 544 Views
That's what I thought of, too. Joel - 23/03/2010 05:42:14 PM 548 Views
Re: Do you really need to have two different pronunciations of "the"? lyringlas - 23/03/2010 02:46:41 PM 678 Views
As long as you don't say, "should of" 'cos then I must beat you. Joel - 23/03/2010 05:49:09 PM 585 Views
Re: As long as you don't say, "should of" 'cos then I must beat you. lyringlas - 23/03/2010 06:09:27 PM 473 Views
"Should've" versus "should of" Bored - 23/03/2010 06:46:37 PM 552 Views
Sounds like we're on thee same page. Joel - 23/03/2010 06:58:21 PM 622 Views
I tend to use both Isaac - 23/03/2010 10:06:01 PM 545 Views
I think that there are people who pronounce The with that convention LadyLorraine - 23/03/2010 02:47:59 PM 565 Views
Unfortunately you chose two very bad examples. Tim - 23/03/2010 02:48:42 PM 761 Views
British English is weird oO LadyLorraine - 23/03/2010 02:59:49 PM 577 Views
I don't. Tim - 23/03/2010 03:04:22 PM 575 Views
Right Sareitha Sedai - 23/03/2010 03:10:08 PM 554 Views
duly noted LadyLorraine - 23/03/2010 03:10:16 PM 528 Views
I do! Liam - 23/03/2010 10:57:48 PM 552 Views
Shut up, Frenchie! LiterateDog - 23/03/2010 11:03:21 PM 509 Views
Hehe ironclad - 23/03/2010 03:06:31 PM 493 Views
"Park Life!" *NM* Tim - 23/03/2010 03:09:24 PM 208 Views
*NM* ironclad - 23/03/2010 03:10:35 PM 242 Views
Heh, thanks for bringing this up. *NM* Avendesora - 23/03/2010 04:37:07 PM 266 Views
That was my immediate reaction to this post! *NM* Tom - 23/03/2010 05:21:16 PM 331 Views
"y" is a consonant? or the "u" sound Aeryn - 23/03/2010 09:02:57 PM 682 Views
Hopefully this will explain. Tim - 23/03/2010 11:29:58 PM 600 Views
Re: Hopefully this will explain. Aeryn - 25/03/2010 08:40:21 PM 746 Views
I've only just discovered I do it. Liam - 23/03/2010 11:02:18 PM 472 Views
AH! globug0822 - 26/03/2010 11:48:35 AM 468 Views
Whatever the nativespeakers say Sophy - 23/03/2010 05:01:16 PM 532 Views
Do you mean "consistent"? If not, I can't work out what you mean by "consequent". Tim - 23/03/2010 05:05:38 PM 496 Views
I can testify that that one is a terribly annoying false friend in Dutch. And apparently in Swedish. Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:10:03 PM 636 Views
What do people confuse "eventual" with? "Eventful"? Tim - 23/03/2010 05:12:02 PM 499 Views
You never realize even the most obvious of these things in your own language. Sophy - 23/03/2010 05:16:35 PM 563 Views
"Gift" has amused me ever since I started learning German. Joel - 23/03/2010 05:39:48 PM 445 Views
*NM* ironclad - 23/03/2010 07:45:48 PM 260 Views
Oh, it must be an incredibly important word to know when visiting Europe. Sophy - 23/03/2010 08:12:19 PM 554 Views
Even so. Joel - 23/03/2010 08:29:52 PM 548 Views
I wasnt invited! Sophy - 23/03/2010 09:04:16 PM 541 Views
You were so. Joel - 23/03/2010 09:05:58 PM 473 Views
No, I better finish my stupid essay! Sophy - 23/03/2010 09:08:06 PM 536 Views
I can't imagine a world where that could possibly be as rewarding or invigorating as my company. Joel - 23/03/2010 09:11:49 PM 485 Views
Nah, it's not about EFL, it's about Dutch-English false friends. Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:17:28 PM 672 Views
Wait! The English eventual doesnt mean that? Sophy - 23/03/2010 05:21:19 PM 523 Views
English "eventual" means something like "in the end". Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:23:33 PM 514 Views
Whoops! Sophy - 23/03/2010 05:26:05 PM 539 Views
I think the English "eventual" applies to something that is more certain (or assumed) in the future Sareitha Sedai - 23/03/2010 05:25:39 PM 458 Views
LOL what is it with you today?? *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2010 07:57:33 PM 277 Views
You mean that I'm usually brighter? Sophy - 23/03/2010 08:13:04 PM 536 Views
How would you translate eventueel into English? "Potential"? "The possibility of"? Tim - 23/03/2010 05:23:58 PM 613 Views
I think I'd ditch the adjective and switch the sentence around to a different construction. Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:33:19 PM 639 Views
Do you only use it for future? Or all possible things that may or may not be? Camilla - 23/03/2010 10:27:16 PM 542 Views
Dutch is way closer to Norwegian than to Danish. Legolas - 23/03/2010 11:07:51 PM 490 Views
Re: Dutch is way closer to Norwegian than to Danish. Camilla - 23/03/2010 11:09:54 PM 601 Views
*nods* Similar, but not the same, then. Legolas - 23/03/2010 11:12:37 PM 512 Views
Re: *nods* Similar, but not the same, then. Camilla - 23/03/2010 11:22:52 PM 460 Views
Isn't that T an adverbial marker, then? Legolas - 23/03/2010 11:28:01 PM 541 Views
tim might be able to answer that better than me, as he probably understands what you are referringto Camilla - 23/03/2010 11:33:07 PM 467 Views
Re: Isn't that T an adverbial marker, then? Legolas - 23/03/2010 11:39:37 PM 564 Views
Re: Isn't that T an adverbial marker, then? Camilla - 23/03/2010 11:42:29 PM 895 Views
Nah, I know, that's why I said "eventuell" was a bad example - it makes no sense as a predicate. Legolas - 23/03/2010 11:51:06 PM 614 Views
I would come in and lay the smackdown, but unfortunately I have to leave in a few minutes. Tim - 24/03/2010 09:27:28 AM 447 Views
Re: I would come in and lay the smackdown, but unfortunately I have to leave in a few minutes. Camilla - 25/03/2010 12:15:14 PM 570 Views
Ah, that's the right word, yes. Sophy - 23/03/2010 05:10:19 PM 497 Views
konsekvent Camilla - 23/03/2010 06:22:26 PM 515 Views
We need to make a Dutch-Norwegian-Swedish mixture language to replace English, clearly. *NM* Legolas - 23/03/2010 06:27:23 PM 359 Views
Re: We need to make a Dutch-Norwegian-Swedish mixture language to replace English, clearly. Camilla - 23/03/2010 06:28:47 PM 620 Views
This is an excellent point. Legolas - 23/03/2010 08:23:42 PM 424 Views
*clears throat* *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2010 07:58:21 PM 246 Views
Okay, we'll let Austrian join too. Legolas - 23/03/2010 08:00:26 PM 431 Views
Why dilute a perfectly good language with norwegian, dutch and austrian? *NM* jh - 23/03/2010 08:12:40 PM 310 Views
Cool! I'm in! Sophy - 23/03/2010 08:16:32 PM 527 Views
I've no doubt its grammar is awesome... making more sense, that sounds rather less likely. *NM* Legolas - 23/03/2010 08:23:10 PM 312 Views
Don't listen to her ironclad - 23/03/2010 08:24:06 PM 488 Views
Hmpf! Böse Kartoffel! Sophy - 23/03/2010 09:05:37 PM 575 Views
Like Esperanto but with germanic roots? Me likey! *NM* Floffe - 24/03/2010 04:43:59 PM 275 Views
Nopes. nossy - 23/03/2010 05:03:18 PM 514 Views
In my dialect, it's more or less like that Larry - 23/03/2010 05:35:31 PM 439 Views
I don't, but I'm American, and apparently that makes the difference. Joel - 23/03/2010 05:55:10 PM 564 Views
Try it with a bunch of words starting with vowels, then. Legolas - 23/03/2010 05:59:03 PM 481 Views
"thuh" for the first two, seems like "thee" for the rest. Joel - 23/03/2010 06:08:14 PM 583 Views
The (thuh) for all of them. everynametaken - 23/03/2010 09:53:16 PM 509 Views
Thee for all of them *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2010 09:54:58 PM 309 Views
Me too. *NM* Legolas - 23/03/2010 09:59:16 PM 273 Views
Thee for all! o/ Avendesora - 24/03/2010 08:37:23 PM 551 Views
I don't know if we need to, but it would sound silly if we didn't ßelals Girl - 23/03/2010 06:05:53 PM 472 Views
Re: I don't know if we need to, but it would sound silly if we didn't Lordling - 23/03/2010 06:26:30 PM 650 Views
Just go with instinct Rebekah - 23/03/2010 06:29:52 PM 514 Views
Quit while you're behind... Tom - 23/03/2010 08:58:26 PM 536 Views
Unless you like to use archaic English, that is Larry - 23/03/2010 09:20:26 PM 510 Views
I somehow doubt that Lordling - 25/03/2010 08:09:44 PM 641 Views
I like it Camilla - 23/03/2010 06:23:06 PM 530 Views
You sound like him Lordling - 23/03/2010 06:32:09 PM 553 Views
Re: You sound like him Camilla - 23/03/2010 06:33:03 PM 591 Views
Oh!!! That's just the kind of teacher I'm going to be! *NM* Sophy - 23/03/2010 09:06:26 PM 439 Views
Haha good stuff *NM* ironclad - 23/03/2010 09:24:37 PM 279 Views
Never heard of that before. *NM* Wibble - 23/03/2010 08:18:48 PM 200 Views
I do it AgentOrange - 23/03/2010 09:32:04 PM 465 Views
Same here. *NM* Legolas - 23/03/2010 09:33:51 PM 300 Views
Thuh is what most people I know use although I find that more educated people use thee at times. everynametaken - 23/03/2010 09:58:57 PM 503 Views
I have never heard that before in my life. globug0822 - 26/03/2010 11:46:44 AM 632 Views
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