Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, etc. - Page 11

Gwaimir Windgem · 08-21-2006, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

How about this Spelling Reform I've been hearing about? Some people want to change spelling to be written as heard...I think a lot of us are already familiar with it, since the internet is where you'll encounter most...

Down with that idea, sez I. English is a language which is spelled in an eccentric manner, and I love that about her.

Nerdanel · 08-21-2006, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

Down with that idea, sez I. English is a language which is spelled in an eccentric manner, and I love that about her.

*nod* agree.

Curubethion · 08-21-2006, 08:27 PM

*nod* I agree too!
Though
Thought
Cough
Through

Gwaimir Windgem · 08-21-2006, 08:50 PM

And it's those ridiculous inconsistencies that give my language a soul.

GreyMouser · 08-21-2006, 11:14 PM

The problem with spelling reform is that pronunciation always changes. After a few generations you'd need to do it all over again

hectorberlioz · 08-25-2006, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreyMouser

The problem with spelling reform is that pronunciation always changes. After a few generations you'd need to do it all over again

Pronunciation. Exactly the problem. A Bostonian's spelling is going to be vastly different from an Arkansas homeboy if they simply had spelled how they sounded...

BTW, not one of you has answered my other question...

Butterbeer · 08-25-2006, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

And it's those ridiculous inconsistencies that give my language a soul.

... or an evolutionary path ...

Gwaimir Windgem · 08-25-2006, 06:41 PM

*whack*

hectorberlioz · 08-28-2006, 02:27 PM

yoohoo....*waves at cardboard Gwai and everyone else*...nobody seems to want to answer my question

hectorberlioz · 08-28-2006, 04:18 PM

Ok, I'm going to ask this one more time, after this if nobody replies to my question, I shall calmly execute/behead you all with a feather pillow

Does anybody besides me hate the the phrase "And then some"?

***Earniel*** · 08-28-2006, 05:40 PM

Seen that my head is on the line: no, I don't hate the phrase "And then some." In fact, I'm quite sure I have been guilty of using it as several different occasions. Why do you hate it?

hectorberlioz · 08-28-2006, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eärniel

Seen that my head is on the line: no, I don't hate the phrase "And then some." In fact, I'm quite sure I have been guilty of using it as several different occasions. Why do you hate it?

Because it makes non sense! It's just a random, stupid phrase. I can't stand the sound of it!

Gwaimir Windgem · 08-29-2006, 01:19 AM

It does make sense. My feelings on it are neutral.

Does anyone aside from me love the phrase, "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about"?

hectorberlioz · 08-29-2006, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

It does make sense. My feelings on it are neutral.

Does anyone aside from me love the phrase, "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about"?

How can your feelings about a phrase be neutral?

It's a stupid phrase! And then some. Yuck!

08-21-2006, 08:27 PM	#203
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	nod I agree too! Though Thought Cough Through __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

08-21-2006, 08:50 PM	#204
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	And it's those ridiculous inconsistencies that give my language a soul. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

08-25-2006, 06:41 PM	#208
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	whack __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

08-28-2006, 02:27 PM	#209
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	yoohoo....waves at cardboard Gwai and everyone else...nobody seems to want to answer my question __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

08-28-2006, 04:18 PM	#210
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Ok, I'm going to ask this one more time, after this if nobody replies to my question, I shall calmly execute/behead you all with a feather pillow Does anybody besides me hate the the phrase "And then some"? __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

08-21-2006, 11:14 PM	#205
GreyMouser Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 301	The problem with spelling reform is that pronunciation always changes. After a few generations you'd need to do it all over again

08-28-2006, 05:40 PM	#211
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Seen that my head is on the line: no, I don't hate the phrase "And then some." In fact, I'm quite sure I have been guilty of using it as several different occasions. Why do you hate it? __________________ We are not things.

08-29-2006, 01:19 AM	#213
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	It does make sense. My feelings on it are neutral. Does anyone aside from me love the phrase, "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about"? __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
LOTR Grammar	Yodaman	Lord of the Rings Books	9	07-13-2004 08:21 PM
English spelling reform	Linaewen	General Messages	46	09-04-2003 04:27 AM
Spelling	Evenstar1400	General Messages	37	02-04-2003 08:08 PM
Punctuation	Laurelyn	General Messages	5	02-22-2002 05:08 PM
I corrected Ben's spelling!	Darth Tater	General Messages	12	10-29-2001 11:15 AM