06-14-2012, 03:15 PM | #46 |
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06-14-2012, 03:47 PM | #48 | |
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06-14-2012, 03:59 PM | #49 |
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06-14-2012, 04:20 PM | #50 | |
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I did not know that! I thought you were joking!
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06-14-2012, 04:42 PM | #51 |
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Blond and blonde?
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06-14-2012, 08:00 PM | #52 |
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My guess is that the days are numbered for the word "blond".
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06-14-2012, 10:15 PM | #53 |
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Speaking of gender, I just found out about the difference between fiancé and fiancée.
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06-14-2012, 10:41 PM | #54 |
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One of the differences between English and many other languages is that there isn't any regulatory group guiding the language. No L'Académie française, Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española.
The evolution of English should, as a result, be more open and fluid. It allows English to borrow liberally from any language. No group can say, "No, no, no! That isn't English." In other words, English is a thoroughly crowd-source language. Some of the oddities of English spelling were introduced by folks (I tend to think that they were fools) who tried to guide the language and popularized the idea that spelling should indicate the original source of the word. "Qu" tends to show French, for example. There are others that show Latin, Greek, and such. One problem being that these folks where sometimes wrong in their etymology. |
06-15-2012, 01:17 AM | #55 |
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Specially fun when coming from language which is very largely spelled as spoken and school-system which aims to teach as grammatically perfect English as possible. I think I'm not good at it though... Still, sometimes it's bit annoying and I go by how it sounds...
Still, word count isn't everything. Much more fun when you can just add things to words and make monsters ;D Hypiskelisiköhän, epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäköhän ;D Agglutination is fun... |
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06-15-2012, 10:19 PM | #58 | |
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