Leapt Or Leaped

[2sp_]

Just watching 5 News.

Some Russian lunatic has jumped off Everest.

The reporter said "Mr Russian Man leaped of the summit"

I thought the word was leapt?

[Alston]

@bibblebub.... You have said.."this is the nana". Surely you meant 'banana'.

Let's all speak proper like.!!

Al.

[bibblebub]

no, i've always known it as nana - "he's a proper nana" not "he's a proper banana"

[DaisyNonna]

Not heard that expression for years. :)

[Alston]

bibblebub....I would say that someone is 'Bananas' and a 'Nana' is another word for Grandma.

Having said that..... I really agree with you and am just trying to be humorous....Perhaps I should type 'Humerus', so you can 'pick a bone with me' about my spelling. :-) ☺☺☺

Al.

[Old_Geezer]

Leaped sounds American to me.

[2sp_]

The other one I have issue with is the word "proven".

I pronounce it with the "pro" bit to rhyme with low (I think most Scots do?), but I hear a lot of people (usually South of the border!) pronouncing it to rhyme with who.

[DTCwordfan]

leaped or leapt - he's a Russian idiot. (ps. I prefer leapt but there are plenty of examples where "...ed" sounds better than "...t"

[DaisyNonna]

Cringe when I hear privacy rhymed with piracy.

[mazie]

Jumped would have been better

Leap "To spring or bound upward from "

[ttfn]

^^ jumpt?

[mazie]

Much better Ena xxx

[DaisyNonna]

2sp Non proven? I have always rhymed it with low. (Welsh background).

[ttfn]

;) xxx

[2sp_]

Daisy, with or without the Not prefix, I pronounce it the same.

I think Scots pronounce it that way because of the Not Proven verdict in Scots Law.

[DTCwordfan]

so "Not Proven" leaves us all high and dry here, 2sp.....no wonder your lot invented Scotch when such semantics had to be discushed.

[2sp_]

DTC, we invented Scotch to help us get through the long cold winters.

And make the neighbours more tolerable...

(JOKE - before I get shot!)

[DTCwordfan]

(run for the Wall - not sure which one though)

[DTCwordfan]

Or was "Not Proven" the expression for "It ain't got enough alcohol in the mash yet?"

[2sp_]

lol!

[DTCwordfan]

Entymology is wonderful, isn't it?