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Post by Ubereil on Feb 10, 2009 22:29:05 GMT
I'd like to announce that during a discussion today me and another friend of mine decided to officially changed the spelling of 'tongue.' From now on it will be spelt 'tounge.'
Thanks for your attention.
Übereil
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Post by Elliot Kane on Feb 10, 2009 23:42:38 GMT
You and your friend are a real pair of rouges, aren't you? ;D
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Post by Galadriel on Feb 11, 2009 2:55:53 GMT
Did you already contacted The American Heritage Dictionary?
After all, they need to take up that new spelling for the next year edition ;D
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Post by killerzzz on Feb 11, 2009 4:52:27 GMT
Oh, good, finally everyone will start spelling it right, like me.  Well done Ube, this is a great step (backwards? forwards?) for the English language. ;D Killerzzz |
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Post by cleglaw on Feb 11, 2009 6:21:50 GMT
Thanks, Uberiel.
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Post by Hand-E-Food on Feb 11, 2009 10:12:20 GMT
this is a great step (backwards? forwards?) for the English language. Sideways. |
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Post by Galadriel on Feb 11, 2009 16:53:45 GMT
This is the new spelling from today! Thanks Cleg for making that clear  ;D
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Post by LaFille on Feb 13, 2009 3:23:06 GMT
That sounds like the name of an elf on steroids. |
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Post by Flix on Feb 13, 2009 3:52:09 GMT
Or the unholy fusion of Ube and Gal.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Feb 13, 2009 4:33:36 GMT
Or the unholy fusion of Ube and Gal. I think I'm gonna have nightmares, now!  |
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Post by Galadriel on Feb 13, 2009 15:45:40 GMT
Or the unholy fusion of Ube and Gal. |
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Post by Alrik on Feb 13, 2009 18:28:14 GMT
I remember that the Larian forums have the "official" spelling of "tomatoes" now.   (Even worse: Probably invented by me ... ) |
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Post by rhiian on Feb 16, 2009 16:26:13 GMT
what's really strange is how sciencey things such as crystallisation are now spelt with a Z due to American spelling (apperently there are few terms we have to spell the American way for our GCSE ) and also sulphur to sulfur. to me the second one just doesn't look right... |
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Post by Hildor on Feb 16, 2009 16:48:54 GMT
The change form 'ph' to 'f' is made in a lot of languages, including Dutch. It's just natural that languages change when groups of people are divided from eachother. But I can still understand that 'sulfur' looks weird in comparison to 'sulphur', if you're used to the second ofcourse  |
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Post by Galadriel on Feb 16, 2009 18:13:56 GMT
Same with photo or foto, phobia or fobia etc. But the French score the highest with using many words to say something that could be said in a few words ;D
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Post by Elliot Kane on Feb 16, 2009 18:25:20 GMT
Seems crazy to me to adopt American spellings. The meaning of words is bound to change over time, but that's natural. This - not so much.
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Post by Hildor on Feb 16, 2009 18:33:55 GMT
Why would it be crazy when the US is the leading economical power? At college I have to study European symbols, notations, etc.. as well as American for different sciences and courses.
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Post by Flix on Feb 17, 2009 1:01:57 GMT
The only downside to me is academic - changes in spelling might obscure the etymology of a word, I guess. Of course, there's really no reason to foist American changes on the rest of the English speaking world, unless of course, our spellings are easier to remember and make more 'sense' intuitively. ;D I kind of like the American changes. Lots of them are thanks to Noah Webster and his famous dictionaries - he wanted to spell words how they sounded (interestingly enough, he wanted to spell tongue as 'tung' ). |
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Post by cleglaw on Feb 17, 2009 4:08:42 GMT
what's really strange is how sciencey things such as crystallisation are now spelt with a Z due to American spelling (apperently there are few terms we have to spell the American way for our GCSE ) and also sulphur to sulfur. to me the second one just doesn't look right... There is an irony in your post. You find changes in spelling odd, but you yourself do not take the trouble to spell correctly. I wonder what you would have to say about grammar. |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Feb 17, 2009 4:39:36 GMT
"She's me Muvver's Muvver, innit?" ;D
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