Me and my bride

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:57:15 +0100
JNugent wrote:

"My bride and I" would be the more formal standard English, but I can
live with "my bride and me".

No, "my bride and me"[1] is correct despite many people's insistence
otherwise. If you're unsure just remove the other person - is it a
picture of "I" or "me"?


[1] "me and my bride" is just fine too, but it's considered polite to
put the other person first.

On 15/09/2011 18:10, Rob Morley wrote:

wrote:

"My bride and I" would be the more formal standard English, but I can
live with "my bride and me".

No, "my bride and me"[1] is correct despite many people's insistence
otherwise. If you're unsure just remove the other person - is it a
picture of "I" or "me"?

You're giving the answer to a different question.

[1] "me and my bride" is just fine too, but it's considered polite to
put the other person first.

Precisely.

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:33:54 +0100, Bertie Wooster
wrote:

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:55:48 +0100, "Mr. Benn"
wrote:

"Mr. Benn" wrote in message
...
"Bertie Wooster" wrote in message
...
http://www.britishschoolofcycling.com/photos/wedding

Oh dear. Very sad.


But congratulations anyway Tom. Hope it all went well.

Why thank you Mr Benn. It means much that while you may have antipathy
towards cyclists, you can respect a happy moment.

He can't. His initial comment was "how sad" - inappropriate on many
levels not least the fact that everybody in the picture was clearly
anything but.

Guy
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:57:15 +0100, JNugent
wrote:

On 14/09/2011 20:50, Bertie Wooster wrote:

wrote:
Bertie Wooster wrote:

http://www.britishschoolofcycling.com/photos/wedding

"You" and your bride?

My bride and me, if you prefer, but although more correct that way
around it somehow doesn't sound as poetic.

OK.

"My bride and I" would be the more formal standard English, but I can live
with "my bride and me".

You would say "This is me", not "This is I", so "This is my bride and
me" is correct, *not* "This is my bride and I"; thus "My bride and me"
is correct, *not* "My bride and I".

Congratulations, BTW.

On 15/09/2011 20:38, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:57:15 +0100,
wrote:

On 14/09/2011 20:50, Bertie Wooster wrote:

wrote:
Bertie Wooster wrote:

http://www.britishschoolofcycling.com/photos/wedding

"You" and your bride?

My bride and me, if you prefer, but although more correct that way
around it somehow doesn't sound as poetic.

OK.

"My bride and I" would be the more formal standard English, but I can live
with "my bride and me".

You would say "This is me", not "This is I", so "This is my bride and
me" is correct, *not* "This is my bride and I"; thus "My bride and me"
is correct, *not* "My bride and I".

http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThisIsMeOrThisIsI/vwmh/post.htm

Congratulations, BTW.

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:08:39 +0100, JNugent
wrote:

On 15/09/2011 20:38, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:57:15 +0100,
wrote:

On 14/09/2011 20:50, Bertie Wooster wrote:

wrote:
Bertie Wooster wrote:

http://www.britishschoolofcycling.com/photos/wedding

"You" and your bride?

My bride and me, if you prefer, but although more correct that way
around it somehow doesn't sound as poetic.

OK.

"My bride and I" would be the more formal standard English, but I can live
with "my bride and me".

You would say "This is me", not "This is I", so "This is my bride and
me" is correct, *not* "This is my bride and I"; thus "My bride and me"
is correct, *not* "My bride and I".

http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThisIsMeOrThisIsI/vwmh/post.htm

Ah ha. A web forum - it must therefore be correct.

Do you say, "This is we", or "This is us"?

Congratulations, BTW.

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011, Simon Mason wrote:

On Sep 15, 6:52*am, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:20:57 +0100, (Roger Merriman)
wrote:

Bertie Wooster wrote:

http://www.britishschoolofcycling.com/photos/wedding

looks like you two had a fun day, all the best.

It was some time ago now, 23 July. We are now enjoying our new home
together, which we moved into the day we returned from Honeymoon - 13
August.

Work on the bike shed should start the week after next.

Make sure it has a secure door and a strong lock.

Then you can bung the wife in it when she gets on your wick.

Only kidding, congratulations, and an my compliments on an excellent
carriage!

tom

--
Understand the world we're living in

Bertie Wooster wrote:

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:20:57 +0100, (Roger Merriman)
wrote:

Bertie Wooster wrote:

http://www.britishschoolofcycling.com/photos/wedding

looks like you two had a fun day, all the best.

It was some time ago now, 23 July. We are now enjoying our new home
together, which we moved into the day we returned from Honeymoon - 13
August.

Work on the bike shed should start the week after next.

have fun making the nest!

I was over your way a few weeks back up over Blackheath hill greenwich
park etc.

lovely sunny day and nice views.

roger
--
www.rogermerriman.com

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:08:39 +0100
JNugent wrote:

http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThisIsMeOrThisIsI/vwmh/post.htm

Which bit of that morass of confusion and misinformation was it that
particularly appealed to you?

On 15/09/2011 21:53, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:08:39 +0100,
wrote:

On 15/09/2011 20:38, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:57:15 +0100,
wrote:

On 14/09/2011 20:50, Bertie Wooster wrote:

wrote:
Bertie Wooster wrote:

http://www.britishschoolofcycling.com/photos/wedding

"You" and your bride?

My bride and me, if you prefer, but although more correct that way
around it somehow doesn't sound as poetic.

OK.

"My bride and I" would be the more formal standard English, but I can live
with "my bride and me".

You would say "This is me", not "This is I", so "This is my bride and
me" is correct, *not* "This is my bride and I"; thus "My bride and me"
is correct, *not* "My bride and I".

http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThisIsMeOrThisIsI/vwmh/post.htm

Ah ha. A web forum - it must therefore be correct.

Do you say, "This is we", or "This is us"?

The issue is which is correct, not which is more popularly used (still less
is it what I would say).

Congratulations, BTW.