Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT
Everything is inconsistent in English  . It's one of the joys of the language. |
- no taxpayer funded language police peering down from ivory towered academy's telling us what we can and can't write or what names we can give our children.
Only in the English speaking world could there be a
PM President named Goodluck Jonathan (Nigeria)
I often see quoted poetry where every line is centred, which is very rarely how the poet set down the original, same with libretto and song lyrics. Philistines
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrmikel
English is a mishmash of Romance and Germanic Languages. It veers one way then [ swerves] the other. |
- Also the impact of the Great Vowel Shift, in southern England in particular.
BR