Talk:union

Again, a bad article. What's the difference between 1)a join 2) a joint 3) a bond? I don't know where to put translations. Someone, please expand this with usage examples. --Vahagn Petrosyan 04:12, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

A join is very unusual. Join is normally a verb. But as a noun, a join is a seam (where two pieces are connect with something such as glue, cement, or grout), or in mathematics it means a union or a logical sum, the sum of the elements of two or more sets.

A bond is the connection between two friends, or a man and his wife, or molecular bonds that hold molecules together. A bond can also be a glued or cemented joint between two surfaces.

A joint usually can be articulated, as a knee joint or finger joint, or a point of articulation between two sections. Joint is the most general noun, join is usually the verb, and bond is more figurative. —Stephen 05:16, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Is the sense of "sexual intercourse" really archaic? I remember hearing a 40 year old woman say c1965 "We haven't had union lately".2A02:C7D:1207:3300:598A:D2A0:381A:D53D 15:09, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

The section on Welsh at the bottom claims that the first u is always pronounced ⟨ɪ⟩ no matter where in Wales you're from. That can't be true because I pronounce it as ⟨ɨ⟩ the same way I would any other u as a North-Westerner. So do most people I know. The sounds can be similar when said quickly, or if you get very lazy about the pronunciation but properly prounced it would be the expected u sound. And if I listen carefully my lazy ⟨ɨ⟩ is not the same as an ⟨ɪ⟩ even so. Does anybody else have thoughts? (Sorry I never use this account, I'm not sure if I followed all the rules)