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Apprentice
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written Friday, June 20 2003 07:19
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If this is English thread, then you spelled "explains" wrong -------------------- Why do we loaf around? 'Cuz it's fun Posts: 16 | Registered: Tuesday, June 11 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 20 2003 07:27
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Imby wins. Stop stealing my name SAPHER. I do not want to MAKE you do it. -------------------- - WITH LOVE, THE OL' RELIABLE BOYLOVE, TO BE EXACT Posts: 761 | Registered: Thursday, June 19 2003 07:00 |
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Dance the Banned Dance
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written Friday, June 20 2003 07:31
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Eh, you're TGM, right? :P Posts: 543 | Registered: Sunday, June 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 20 2003 07:35
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Yes. Now stop the crap. -------------------- - WITH LOVE, THE OL' RELIABLE BOYLOVE, TO BE EXACT Posts: 761 | Registered: Thursday, June 19 2003 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Friday, June 20 2003 08:05
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ok, what's up w/ the Swirls? -------------------- Why do we loaf around? 'Cuz it's fun Posts: 16 | Registered: Tuesday, June 11 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 20 2003 08:08
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Nothing but the fact that he's stealing my name. :P -------------------- - WITH LOVE, THE OL' RELIABLE BOYLOVE, TO BE EXACT Posts: 761 | Registered: Thursday, June 19 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 20 2003 09:45
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quote:And 'weird', which is weird. -------------------- desperance -- je me souviens arena -- et je me souviens de vous Posts: 2449 | Registered: Monday, October 15 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, June 20 2003 09:59
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Hey, the teachers always said there was no ironclad rule. At least it got you close I guess. You at least had a 50-50 shot :P I was just finishing the little ditty as I'd heard it said. Ah, English, such a fun language. Just think about trying to figure out the whole ie ei thing after being taught only phonetics... -------------------- The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. Larry Hardiman Posts: 110 | Registered: Thursday, June 19 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 20 2003 10:04
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English is a Germanic language. Therefore, dipthongs should be pronounced using Germanic phonetics (aka pronounce the latter of the two letters in an i+e dipthong). Wierd shoul be spelled as such. Either is pronounced [ai+thur], not [ee-thur]. -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Dance the Banned Dance
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written Friday, June 20 2003 10:07
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quote:Eh, I changed it cause TGM didn't want the crap blood swirl. ;) :D Posts: 543 | Registered: Sunday, June 1 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 20 2003 10:09
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The French certainly don't pronounce their language like Latin, and they're a lot closer to Latin than we are to German. Basically, better than half of our words come from a source that isn't related to German, so we oughtn't get all pissy about English being pronounced unlike German is. (And on top of that, we're low-germanic and German is high-germanic.) -------------------- desperance -- je me souviens arena -- et je me souviens de vous Posts: 2449 | Registered: Monday, October 15 2001 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Friday, June 20 2003 10:19
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I'm only 12, I'll nod my head dumbly like I understand *nods head dumbly like I understand* -------------------- Why do we loaf around? 'Cuz it's fun Posts: 16 | Registered: Tuesday, June 11 2002 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, June 20 2003 10:26
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Adding to the mix is English as spoken in America. Any relation to the Germanic roots is all but gone now. And you're right many "English" words have roots other than German. It is more like the Heinz 57 of languages. -------------------- The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. Larry Hardiman Posts: 110 | Registered: Thursday, June 19 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 20 2003 10:30
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My problem isn't with either being used, it's with both being used. If we chose one way of pronouncing dipthongs, we should stick to it. Saying the dipthongs in weird and percieve as the same is irritating when they're spelled differently. If the majority of ie/ei dipthongs are pronounced Germanically (and they are), then we should pronounce them all that way. -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, June 20 2003 10:50
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I say let's dig up all those old Esperanto books!! -------------------- The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. Larry Hardiman Posts: 110 | Registered: Thursday, June 19 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, June 23 2003 05:30
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This is why we should all speak Newspeak. YAY4ORWELL -------------------- "Man hands down misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself."--Philip Larkin, "This Be the Verse" Fear the wrath of the Grammar Wench, lest ye be cut down by the Glistening Scythe. Posts: 1150 | Registered: Friday, May 17 2002 07:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Monday, June 23 2003 05:53
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We should just start calling our language American, not English, and say it as no roots. Why not. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, June 23 2003 07:05
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Ingsoc, David. The Party invented the airplane. -------------------- "Man hands down misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself."--Philip Larkin, "This Be the Verse" Fear the wrath of the Grammar Wench, lest ye be cut down by the Glistening Scythe. Posts: 1150 | Registered: Friday, May 17 2002 07:00 |
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