So given how language seems to interact with "common knowledge", - 4ChanArchives : a 4Chan Archive of /lit/

[Boards: 3 / a / aco / adv / an / asp / b / biz / c / cgl / ck / cm / co / d / diy / e / fa / fit / g / gd / gif / h / hc / his / hm / hr / i / ic / int / jp / k / lgbt / lit / m / mlp / mu / n / news / o / out / p / po / pol / qa / r / r9k / s / s4s / sci / soc / sp / t / tg / toy / trash / trv / tv / u / v / vg / vp / vr / w / wg / wsg / wsr / x / y ] [Home]

[4chan Archives]

So given how language seems to interact with "common knowledge",

Images are sometimes not shown due to bandwidth/network limitations. Refreshing the page usually helps.

You are currently reading a thread in /lit/ - Literature

Thread replies: 5
Thread images: 2

Anonymous
2016-06-26 04:39:47 Post No. 8208408
[Report] Image search: [Google]

File: 1944x2592-23603.jpg (1 MB, 1944x2592) Image search: [Google]

1 MB, 1944x2592

Anonymous 2016-06-26 04:39:47 Post No. 8208408 [Report]

So given how language seems to interact with "common knowledge", especially names for things, is it The Parliament Clock Tower or is the whole tower called Big Ben now?

>>

Anonymous 2016-06-26 05:23:23 Post No.8208488
[Report] Image search: [Google]

Anonymous 2016-06-26 05:23:23 Post No.8208488 [Report]

File: 1426813347354.png (40 KB, 496x500) Image search: [Google]

IDS GALLED BIG BENIS :DDDDD

>>

Anonymous 2016-06-26 07:28:42 Post No.8208757
[Report]

Anonymous 2016-06-26 07:28:42 Post No.8208757 [Report]

>>8208408
The clock is called Big Ben's
The tower is called St Stephen's Tower

>>

Anonymous 2016-06-26 07:30:37 Post No.8208761
[Report]

Anonymous 2016-06-26 07:30:37 Post No.8208761 [Report]

>>8208757

>The tower is called St Stephen's Tower

The Elizabeth Tower

>>

Anonymous 2016-06-26 07:38:38 Post No.8208779
[Report]

Anonymous 2016-06-26 07:38:38 Post No.8208779 [Report]

>>8208408
In the sense that "I could care less" is perfect English because it is understood and in common use, yes.

Thread replies: 5
Thread images: 2

[Boards: 3 / a / aco / adv / an / asp / b / biz / c / cgl / ck / cm / co / d / diy / e / fa / fit / g / gd / gif / h / hc / his / hm / hr / i / ic / int / jp / k / lgbt / lit / m / mlp / mu / n / news / o / out / p / po / pol / qa / r / r9k / s / s4s / sci / soc / sp / t / tg / toy / trash / trv / tv / u / v / vg / vp / vr / w / wg / wsg / wsr / x / y] [Home]

All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective parties. Images uploaded are the responsibility of the Poster. Comments are owned by the Poster.
If a post contains personal/copyrighted/illegal content you can contact me at [email protected] with that post and thread number and it will be removed as soon as possible.
DMCA Content Takedown via dmca.com
All images are hosted on imgur.com, send takedown notices to them.
This is a 4chan archive - all of the content originated from them. If you need IP information for a Poster - you need to contact them. This website shows only archived content.