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  1. pronunciation - Why is Sean pronounced Shawn? - English …

    Dec 27, 2014 · Sean (written "Seán" or "Séan" in Irish) is a Hibernization of the English name "John"; that is, it's a transliteration of "John" into a form which can be pronounced in Irish and …

  2. Why do we pronounce Dean as /diːn/ but Sean as /ʃɒn/?

    18 Sean is an Irish name, and so follows a completely different set of rules. Siobhan is another Irish name with a very non-English pronunciation.

  3. Is it acceptable to drop the comma in "Thanks, John"?

    Commenting 12 years later… From the perspective of descriptive linguistics, I would say that "Thanks John" is used by native speakers, moreso "Thanks John!" When you use it, don't use …

  4. When should "Mom" and "Dad" be capitalized? - English …

    When you are using the word "Dad" to refer to a specific person, it's standing in place of their name, and thus, like their name, would be capitalized. When you're talking about dads in …

  5. What is the proper way to say possesive with "person X" and self?

    Possible Duplicate: My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner I've never known what the proper way to use a sentence in which you and a specific person (as in you can't just say "our" …

  6. and me" or "me and..." - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Possible Duplicate: “Me and my wife” or “my wife and me” I keep seeing that it's just courtesy to put yourself last in a list of nouns. eg. "They went to the game …

  7. Difference between "sleeping with Sean Parker" and "sleeping on …

    1 Sleep on is a play of words here. You didn't know Sean Parker when you saw him -- you must have been sleeping all this while (you were unaware of developments related to Sean Parker).

  8. What does "life's a beach" mean? - English Language & Usage …

    Somewhere on Yahoo News I read this text: Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn turned heads when they showed up together at Reese Witherspoon's wedding. The 26-year-old actress took …

  9. You can contact John, Jane or me (myself) for more information

    You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote. Upvoting indicates when questions and answers are useful. What's reputation and how do I …

  10. punctuation - Is the correct format "Good morning, John" or …

    Apr 22, 2016 · Which of these is in the correct format? Good morning, John. Or Good morning John.