What's the difference between an aisle and an isle?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

Huh?

Huh?

Hhu?

[AnyaKnowIt]

an aisle is what you get in shops and isle is an island

[SminkoPinko]

Are you seriously asking? Or is this a common error that's annoying you?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

Yus, I know.

[toomuch2young]

Isn't one like a supermarket aisle? Or walking up the church aisle?

Wheras isle is like an island?

[toomuch2young]

Slow typing! And confused by question now!!

[2kidsintow]

lol....

I'm personally annoyed (slightly) by the number of my friends etc that don't know the difference between

borrow/lend
less/fewer
specific/pacific

[MirandaWest]

I was marking exams recently where an answer involved an aisle. There were many isles involved in the answers I marked.

[IamtheZombie]

You OK, Chaos?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

Yup.

I'm "good".

[wikn]

Serious;y, NO.

[PootlePosyPerkin]

What is r..isle..ing you Chaos? Or, r..aisle..ing you obviously .

[PootlePosyPerkin]

And god yes, 2kidsintow. "Can I lend some money" is quite a common phrase round these parts. One friend in particular, looks very confused when I reply "yes please" .

[steppemum]

bring and take

THEY ARE NOT THE SAME!!!!!!


(feel better now, rant over)

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

There's a large sign outside a local school for its Toy Library inviting you to "come and lend some exciting toys today".

Sigh.

[badtime]

Steppemum, bring and take are indeed different, but the usage is different in different dialects.

In Hiberno-English (from Wikipedia, sorry):


"Bring and take: Irish use of these words differs from that of British English because it follows the Gaelic grammar for beir and tóg. English usage is determined by direction; person determines Irish usage. So, in English, one takes "from here to there", and brings it "to here from there". In Irish, a person takes only when accepting a transfer of possession of the object from someone else ? and a person brings at all other times, irrespective of direction (to or from).

Don't forget to bring your umbrella with you when you leave.
(To a child) Hold my hand: I don't want someone to take you."


I often find myself bringing things when an English person would take them. (and in these situations, the past tense is often brung, not brought!)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English#Grammar_and_syntax