Talk:or
I'm drawing a blank on what is meant by this and whether it's idiomatic or not. - -sche (discuss) 19:13, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
- Maybe they meant or were groping toward either ... or. I'd wait for a recurrence. DCDuring TALK 19:45, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
- I considered that, like French soit... soit.... Which I would defintely define under soit. Mglovesfun (talk) 19:46, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Basque etymology[edit]
Noting that the Proto-Basque term was *hor, is it possible that the origin of the word was onomatopoeic? Compare English arf, (deprecated template usage) woof. 97.89.216.62 19:26, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Burma vs Myanmar[edit]
I think that for people living there, it's offensive to say that "Burma" is equivalent to "Myanmar". The name Myanmar was given to it by its current dicatorial rulers. I can imagine a lot of its inhabitants do not agree with the name change. Please use a different example. Christine (talk) 19:39, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
In negative constructions, CAN'T or CANNOT is more common than MAY NOT[edit]
Regarding CAN'T or CANNOT is, is there a specific meaning of or that makes the verbal concordance singular is? --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:05, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
- I don't understand. The linked page says "can't or cannot is more common than may not". It isn't referring to a phrase "can't or cannot is". Equinox ◑ 17:48, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
the greater of A or B[edit]
According to Garner's fourth edition,
Logic loses to idiom when deciding whether to use and or the disjunctive or in phrases such as the greater of A or B
--Backinstadiums (talk) 17:35, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
Conjunction (Archaic) Used to indicate the first of two alternatives, with the force of either or whether[edit]
https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=or --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:45, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
UK pronunciation[edit]
@-sche Just to respond to your edit summary about UK pronunciation shifting towards the US: the accent in the YT video you linked is Northern Irish, so doesn't really suggest this. Theknightwho (talk) 02:06, 15 January 2023 (UTC)