i like the british spelling "tonnes" a lot because my brain absolutely refuses to pronounce it correctly
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@futurebird @hipsterelectron I think Ed Sullivan used "shew" for the noun? But pronounced that way
Instead of pronounced the same as "show"
@catmisgivings @hipsterelectron
I'll shew you a show like you've never seen.
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I think we should use "show" for the noun and "shew" for the verb
@futurebird @hipsterelectron
and the Lord said "Behold!" and he did shew forth a programming language, and shew fly a pie. -
I think we should use "show" for the noun and "shew" for the verb
@futurebird @hipsterelectron how would one conjugate that verb?
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@futurebird @hipsterelectron how would one conjugate that verb?
shew
shewing
shewn or maybe shewed? shew'd(so call expert English speaker can't conjugate a single verb)
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I think we should use "show" for the noun and "shew" for the verb
People think English got messed up naturally but it took people like me working for centuries to make it this confusing.
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People think English got messed up naturally but it took people like me working for centuries to make it this confusing.
@futurebird @hipsterelectron we could have phial and gaol but some individuals made deliberate decisions to be different
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@futurebird @hipsterelectron we could have phial and gaol but some individuals made deliberate decisions to be different
@catmisgivings @hipsterelectron
phial? You can use phial. no one can stop you. "I drank several phials of the substance" works just fine.gaol is harder to pull off. "right to gaol" just isn't the same.
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@futurebird @hipsterelectron we could have phial and gaol but some individuals made deliberate decisions to be different
@catmisgivings @futurebird @hipsterelectron
You mean Noah Webster?
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@catmisgivings @hipsterelectron
phial? You can use phial. no one can stop you. "I drank several phials of the substance" works just fine.gaol is harder to pull off. "right to gaol" just isn't the same.
@futurebird @hipsterelectron gaolbird
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@futurebird @hipsterelectron gaolbird
@catmisgivings @hipsterelectron
Sounds like a lesbian pulp novel title.
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@catmisgivings @futurebird @hipsterelectron
You mean Noah Webster?
@MegaMichelle @futurebird @hipsterelectron kind of? Just because some guy writes a dictionary doesn't mean anyone has to use it
We could be using the OED, or Macquarie
Noah Webster got in good with the Federalists and through them became influential. They used his quirky but rational spellings as part of the project of nation-building because they so would
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@MegaMichelle @futurebird @hipsterelectron kind of? Just because some guy writes a dictionary doesn't mean anyone has to use it
We could be using the OED, or Macquarie
Noah Webster got in good with the Federalists and through them became influential. They used his quirky but rational spellings as part of the project of nation-building because they so would
@catmisgivings @MegaMichelle @hipsterelectron
If one wants to bring back a word, or start a new one what matters more is what people around you will let you get away with and how often you can do it. I've been using "'d" in place of "ed" oft enough and no one stops me. Not one person is ofend'd.
Just dive in and start making changes. If they catch on you win!
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@catmisgivings @MegaMichelle @hipsterelectron
If one wants to bring back a word, or start a new one what matters more is what people around you will let you get away with and how often you can do it. I've been using "'d" in place of "ed" oft enough and no one stops me. Not one person is ofend'd.
Just dive in and start making changes. If they catch on you win!
@futurebird @catmisgivings @MegaMichelle @hipsterelectron I want everyone to use the word callipygian more often. I think i read it in an Angela Carter novel, but I don't recall.
