an enthusiasm of AWAD subscribers

[ymf]

An earful of iPod users. -Paul Kitching (paulkitchingATripitup.com.au

Comments

[thrashy]

what's all that?

[ymf]

they're collective nouns. hmmm when you're referring to a group of objects (people, things, animals etc), you usually use a special term for it, for example when you see hundreds of ants together, you'll say they are "a colony of ants". come to think of it, i don't seem to have learnt anything like this in french...

[thrashy]

Oh okay! That makes more sense to read now :P
Mmmh there must be few in French too, I just can't think of any as for now!

[thrashy]

Une colonie de fourmis works too.
Un troupeau d'éléphants.
Une montagne de documents.
There :D! haha

[schizophoenix]

Shouldn't it be "a earful of ipod users"? having a y-consonant beginning sound.

[ymf]

hmmm i'm one for pronouncing it as "ee-year-ful". does the pronunciation of "earful" and similar words vary on geographical locations? o_O but if your version is commonly accepted, then i suppose it'll be "a" (do you call that an article too?).

[schizophoenix]

hmm. my dictionary says "ir", with i as in English. i can't get it to sound right!!

[ymf]

your dictionary is...?