Help with English

[DaveC426913]

My body is my temple.
One's body is one's temple.
Our bodies are our temples.

 

[geordief]

"My body lies over the ocean
My body lies over the sea
My body lies over the ocean
O bring back my body to me"

though I may have misheard that

 

[Write4U]

I always liked the chant "bringing in the sheep".....

 

[Baldeee]

"My body lies over the ocean
My body lies over the sea
My body lies over the ocean
O bring back my body to me"

though I may have misheard that

Ah, the song for when astral projection goes wrong!

I always thought it was about a girl called Bonnie, but turns out bonnie just means girl/lass.

 

[geordief]

Ah, the song for when astral projection goes wrong!

I always thought it was about a girl called Bonnie, but turns out bonnie just means girl/lass.

Bonnie Prince Charlie, I thought.
Did he not flee Scotland after defeat in battle dressed as a woman (to France, I suppose)?

EDIT: there is an adolescent "one skin" version that may still do the rounds

 

[Baldeee]

Bonnie Prince Charlie, I thought.
Did he not flee Scotland after defeat in battle dressed as a woman (to France, I suppose)?

Ooh, hadn't heard that.
If the time it was written fits then I guess it could have been about him.

 

[geordief]

Ooh, hadn't heard that.
If the time it was written fits then I guess it could have been about him.

I think lots of "nursery rhymes" were in fact political "pamphlets"

"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Mary,_Quite_Contrary is the example I am most familiar with.

 

[Write4U]

Bonnie Prince Charlie, I thought.
Did he not flee Scotland after defeat in battle dressed as a woman (to France, I suppose)?

EDIT: there is an adolescent "one skin" version that may still do the rounds

bon·ny, ADJECTIVE,

bonnier (comparative adjective) · bonniest (superlative adjective) · bonnie (adjective)

1. attractive; beautiful:
   "a bonny lass"
   • (of a baby) plump and healthy-looking.
   • sizable; considerable (usually expressing approval):
     "it's worth a thousand pounds, a bonny sum"

NOUN
bonnie (noun)

1. literary
   (my bonny)
   used as a form of address for one's beloved or baby.

ORIGIN
late 15th cent.: perhaps related to Old French bon ‘good.’

 

[geordief]

I think "bonny baby" is fairly common.

 

[sideshowbob]

My body is my temple.
One's body is one's temple.
Our bodies are our temples.

And yet one has two temples which are only a small part of one's body. Something doesn't add up.

 

[river]

DaveC426913 said: ↑
My body is my temple.
One's body is one's temple.
Our bodies are our temples.

And yet one has two temples which are only a small part of one's body. Something doesn't add up.

Oh it does add up .

Dave is trying to tell you that the health of your body matters .

 

[Saint]

Answer all questions on/in the answer booklet provided.

in or on?

 

[Write4U]

And yet one has two temples which are only a small part of one's body. Something doesn't add up.

Is it possible that these temples address the two functions of the brain? Anil Seth explains this curious duality of brain functions.
https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_how_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality

I believe I have posted this before in another thread, but seems appropriate here also.

 

[river]

Is it possible that these temples address the two functions of the brain? Anil Seth explains this curious duality of brain functions.
https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_how_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality

I believe I have posted this before in another thread, but seems appropriate here also.

No it is not appropriate here .

 

[Baldeee]

Answer all questions on/in the answer booklet provided.

in or on?

In

If you have to open/close the booklet then it should be "in".
If it's just a single sheet of paper then it would "on".

 

[Saint]

I can't find a suitable candidate to fill up a vacant post in my office.
Do I need "up"?

 

[Baldeee]

I can't find a suitable candidate to fill up a vacant post in my office.
Do I need "up"?

No.
Fill up is more for liquids into a container, when you want the liquid to go to the top, but even then the "up" is often not used.
You fill holes, vacancies, gaps etc.

 

[sideshowbob]

Oh it does add up .

Dave is trying to tell you that the health of your body matters .

We have these things in English called "jokes".

 

[DaveC426913]

Dave is trying to tell you that the health of your body matters .

He certainly is not. He is responding directly to the OP's question:

We say "our body" or "our bodies" ?

Note to self: always use the quote feature, so people don't get confused.

 

[Saint]

Take something with a grain of salt.

Why salt?