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| Thread ID: 35712 | 2003-07-19 12:39:00 | Spelling in Posts | Winston001 (3612) | Press F1 |
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| 161307 | 2003-07-23 02:20:00 | The punctuation was fine. Two commas when the writer started running out of breath. The spelling and capitalisation need work. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 161308 | 2003-07-23 04:05:00 | As the thread has not yet died, I'll add another comment about JMs' comparing pronounce with pronunciation and why is there an 'o' missing. This is very interestings as in Middle/Old English, the pronunciation of both words (before the -iation) would be the same. The letter 'u' was pronounced 'oo', hence the Northern English expression 'oop north' for 'up north' The ou would also have been pronounced 'oo' since it would have been the Norman French way of spelling the Latin word which also had the same pronunciation. Another very interesting effect of the Great Vowel shift is in the sound of 'ea', break bread for breakfast they were all pronounced brek bred for brekfast. So before the Great Vowel Shift pronunciation and spelling were more consistent, it all went wrong afterwards. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 161309 | 2003-07-23 04:22:00 | > It doesn't really bother me too much, but sometimes the 'lingo' does go > too far, when trying to understand what the person is saying if they > just type BTW, Flemish for "GST". > BTL, A poorly made bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich. > Emo, Too choked up with emotion to type anything longer. > BTH Benzothiadiazole. Where's the problem? Argus |
argus (366) | ||
| 161310 | 2003-07-23 05:46:00 | Thanks for that Terry, it's very interesting. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 161311 | 2003-07-23 06:01:00 | Come on your being a bit generous GrahamL, :p I found: "youc" , "worke", "sirch", "findes", "computerif", "hardwhere", "priputeys", "actavatedin" :D Heck, I don't even know what priputeys is??? ;) |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 161312 | 2003-07-23 06:11:00 | >So before the Great Vowel Shift pronunciation and spelling were more >consistent, it all went wrong afterwards. One has to wonder how we manage. |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 161313 | 2003-07-23 06:41:00 | Sure does Thomas, how do you explain to someone learning English about brake, break and breakfast? | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 161314 | 2003-07-23 08:17:00 | To Spell correctly, or incorrectly; that is thy question. Dis is very amusing wotchin all of dis talk bout spellin. :D cheers, v.K |
vk_dre (195) | ||
| 161315 | 2003-07-23 09:30:00 | Some people are good at spelling but hopeless at thinking outside the squair I know I cant spell or type but give me a problem & I will fix it whatever it may be if we were all the same what a boring world it would be | Stick (204) | ||
| 161316 | 2003-07-23 10:09:00 | Stick. Keep smiling & be happy. PJ :D | Poppa John (284) | ||
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