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Forum: Philosophy 06-05-2009, 09:33 PM
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Posted By Kingswood
I don't get this. Isn't orthography a part of the...

I don't get this. Isn't orthography a part of the language too?

If spellings remain fixed while pronunciations change in the spoken language, it is inevitable that the orthography will diverge...
Forum: Philosophy 06-05-2009, 08:49 PM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
An interesting word (it is the only common root...

An interesting word (it is the only common root word with the sequence aigh), but I do not have an issue with this particular spelling.

The reasons are to do with pronunciation in regional accents...
Forum: Philosophy 05-22-2009, 08:41 PM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
You're close but not quite right. Sorry about...

You're close but not quite right. Sorry about that, so I'll clarify this.

The letters u and v were once the same letter, which looked a bit like this: capital letter V, minuscule letter u. Around...
Forum: Philosophy 05-22-2009, 08:00 PM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
Time for you to eat a smilie, Shawnee123. (Please...

Time for you to eat a smilie, Shawnee123. (Please don't eat this one: :greenface it looks like it's spoilt and might make you ill.)

Here are ten words, each put into grammatically-complete...
Forum: Philosophy 05-20-2009, 07:49 AM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
Oh you poor baby!! You didn't have any problem...

Oh you poor baby!! You didn't have any problem when several posters did the same to me: they made personal remarks directed at me, my ability to spell, my intelligence and a few other libellious...
Forum: Philosophy 05-20-2009, 07:14 AM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
Did you miss the bit about systematic variation? ...

Did you miss the bit about systematic variation?

Speakers with the General American (GA) accent do not round the lips when they say words like "pot" and "bomb". The result is pronounced...
Forum: Philosophy 05-20-2009, 06:53 AM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
The only stubbornness in this thread are those...

The only stubbornness in this thread are those people who get too precious when their views on the immutability of spelling are challenged, and who resort to puerile name-calling and other gutter...
Forum: Philosophy 05-15-2009, 07:57 PM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
If the available context was good enough for...

If the available context was good enough for Shawnee123 to avoid "eating a smilie", it is good enough for you.

Proper nouns always begin with capital letters, and can be easily disambiguated from...
Forum: Philosophy 05-15-2009, 07:14 PM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
Don't misrepresent what I say. It would be...

Don't misrepresent what I say.

It would be spelt on a similar pattern to words like sit, him, dish? Do you have trouble with these words?

Again, you are misrepresenting what I have said.

The...
Forum: Philosophy 05-15-2009, 06:38 PM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
That depends on whether the spelling of the word...

That depends on whether the spelling of the word is dysfunctional for everyone.

The number of words where the pronunciation differs in a non-systematic manner between British English and American...
Forum: Philosophy 05-13-2009, 04:51 AM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
I hope you don't use a "DRIVE THRU" very often,...

I hope you don't use a "DRIVE THRU" very often, as you would be so startled by that spelling that you would probably rear-end the car in front. :rolleyes:

The "tho" and "thru" spellings are both...
Forum: Philosophy 05-12-2009, 08:35 AM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
These spellings were just examples so there's no...

These spellings were just examples so there's no need to get worked up about them. But for the record, I pronounce "thorough" the same as you, but prefer a spelling based on the American...
Forum: Current Events 05-12-2009, 06:55 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,501
Posted By Kingswood
Enquiry into bushfires is underway

The Enquiry into the Black Saturday bushfires is underway.

Some links:
Ash Wednesday warnings convinced me to leave: witness (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/12/2568233.htm)
No...
Forum: Philosophy 05-12-2009, 05:41 AM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
Stretchiiiiiiiiiiiiiii *snap*. Sorry, you...

Stretchiiiiiiiiiiiiiii *snap*. Sorry, you stretched too much and it broke. You are seriously scraping the bottom of the barrel with that one.

Come back when you know how proper nouns are spelt.
Forum: Philosophy 05-12-2009, 05:34 AM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
Thank you for your post. It is this kind of...

Thank you for your post. It is this kind of well-thought out post that I was seeking when I chose to post this thread.

I also did not give you sufficient credit at the time in your previous post,...
Forum: Philosophy 05-12-2009, 04:19 AM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
I encountered an article on Wikipedia on the...

I encountered an article on Wikipedia on the weekend about the upcoming Magic:the Gathering expansion Zendikar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zendikar). It reads in part: "Zendikar (codenamed Live) is...
Forum: Philosophy 05-09-2009, 12:15 AM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
It is really odd how you find it acceptable to go...

It is really odd how you find it acceptable to go for years before getting a simple word with an irregular spelling right. What's worse is how you think that's more acceptable than any effort to...
Forum: Philosophy 05-08-2009, 11:10 PM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
How would you know that it is always irrelevant?...

How would you know that it is always irrelevant? How do you know that context is always available?
Forum: Philosophy 05-08-2009, 08:26 PM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
Not true for the most part. We can muddle along...

Not true for the most part. We can muddle along most of the time. However, in some cases it is easy to demonstrate that the current standard spellings are not optimum and we would be better off with...
Forum: Philosophy 05-05-2009, 07:48 AM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
The different accents differ in the realization...

The different accents differ in the realization of individual phonemes, but this is done systematically. The vowel assignments of Australian English are almost the same as British English; the...
Forum: Philosophy 05-05-2009, 07:02 AM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
Please expand on this point. You claim that...

Please expand on this point. You claim that people would be disadvantaged by changes to spelling. Who would be disadvantaged and how?
Forum: Image of the Day 05-05-2009, 06:14 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 5,285
Posted By Kingswood
Now we know who's the father of those babies.

Now we know who's the father of those babies.
Forum: Philosophy 05-01-2009, 09:06 PM
Replies: 200
Views: 31,586
Posted By Kingswood
This is what you would do if you were reading it...

This is what you would do if you were reading it out loud: you would sound a bit stupid if you had to correct your pronunciation.

Answer this: Why do the authorities that look after the other...
Forum: Image of the Day 05-01-2009, 07:54 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,814
Posted By Kingswood
Miniature guide horses...

Miniature guide horses (http://www.guidehorse.org/) are a different matter.
Forum: Image of the Day 05-01-2009, 07:07 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,269
Posted By Kingswood
How did the sign come to be misspelt in the first...

How did the sign come to be misspelt in the first place? I suspect someone's penmanship wasn't up to scratch.

"It's an aitch."
"No, looks like an en to me."
"But ens don't have long ascenders."...
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