clearly they're going to have to add a k to the spelling of dictionary...-Target (August 28, 2013, 07:25 PM)
I guess the negativity is to do with the dumbing down of language (and entertainment, and maybe even life in general...).-tomos (August 29, 2013, 08:04 AM)
I guess the negativity is to do with the dumbing down of language (and entertainment, and maybe even life in general...).-tomos (August 29, 2013, 08:04 AM)
+1 - Nailed it!
Sorry Vurbal, tomos and I are changing the meanings of a few words to allow for "properly" conveying the English language's newly acquired level of dumber-ness. :D-Stoic Joker (August 29, 2013, 12:06 PM)
I guess the negativity is to do with the dumbing down of language (and entertainment, and maybe even life in general...).-tomos (August 29, 2013, 08:04 AM)
+1 - Nailed it!
Sorry Vurbal, tomos and I are changing the meanings of a few words to allow for "properly" conveying the English language's newly acquired level of dumber-ness. :D-Stoic Joker (August 29, 2013, 12:06 PM)
I'd love to see how you measure that. :P-Vurbal (August 29, 2013, 01:13 PM)
I guess the negativity is to do with the dumbing down of language (and entertainment, and maybe even life in general...).-tomos (August 29, 2013, 08:04 AM)
+1 - Nailed it!
Sorry Vurbal, tomos and I are changing the meanings of a few words to allow for "properly" conveying the English language's newly acquired level of dumber-ness. :D-Stoic Joker (August 29, 2013, 12:06 PM)
I'd love to see how you measure that. :P-Vurbal (August 29, 2013, 01:13 PM)
Why using the formula you gave us earlier in another post of course!
2 + 2 = fish
;)-Stoic Joker (August 29, 2013, 03:46 PM)
English was in a state of flux around 1600, changing towards what we know today.And thank goodness for that — I mean to say, who'd want to kiff onef fifter?-tomos (August 29, 2013, 08:04 AM)
who'd want to kiff onef fifter?-cranioscopical (August 29, 2013, 05:02 PM)
I'd love to see how you measure that. :P-Vurbal (August 29, 2013, 01:13 PM)
maybe *you* have a fifter I could kiff ?fo forry, fad to fay no fifter. :(-tomos (August 29, 2013, 06:20 PM)
Hey Vurbal, forgive my tardiness in welcoming you to the site. Welcome!-kyrathaba (August 29, 2013, 07:35 PM)
congratulations on your novel!
congratulations on your novel!
Oh! Thanks!
I you want an ebook copy, you can get one for $0.90 USD here: williambryanmiller.com
If you want a paperback and are in the US, I can get it for you cheaper than you can buy it yourself on Amazon.
Sadly, the novel doesn't distinguish itself by using any of the words mentioned in the link referenced in my OP...-kyrathaba (August 30, 2013, 03:31 PM)
I think the Oxford dictionaries work on "historical principles," which means that they record how the language is being used and include new words as soon as they are established. They aren't trying a top-down enforcement of Proper English.-rjbull (August 30, 2013, 03:45 PM)
• The dictionary content in ODO [Oxford Dictionaries Online] focuses on current English and includes modern meanings and uses of words
• The OED, on the other hand, is a historical dictionary and it forms a record of all the core words and meanings in English over more than 1,000 years, from Old English to the present day, including many obsolete and historical terms. Words are never removed from the OED.
"even if you were using perfect english, who would know it?"
"even if you were using perfect english, who would know it?"
Spot on!-kyrathaba (September 23, 2013, 09:56 AM)
I completely concur regarding the importance of grammar.
(see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=35935.msg338515#msg338515))-kyrathaba (September 23, 2013, 11:02 AM)
maybe *you* have a fifter I could kiff ?fo forry, fad to fay no fifter. :(-tomos (August 29, 2013, 06:20 PM)-cranioscopical (August 29, 2013, 08:39 PM)
True, but I haven't a long s on my f-ing keyboard :omaybe *you* have a fifter I could kiff ?fo forry, fad to fay no fifter. :(-tomos (August 29, 2013, 06:20 PM)-cranioscopical (August 29, 2013, 08:39 PM)
Actually, that would be 'kiſs your ſiſter', consistent with the post-medieval/pre-modern usage of the archaic 'long s'w.
Glad to see it go, really. I've a spelling-nazi streak in me that would have been driven to fits...-Edvard (September 29, 2013, 02:52 AM)
consistent with the post-medieval/pre-modern usage of the archaic 'long s'w.-Edvard (September 29, 2013, 02:52 AM)
Even though long s has otherwise disappeared from German orthography, ß is still used as a ligature and is replaced by 'SS' or 'SZ' in capitalized spelling. Its German name is Eszett, the lexicalized expression for "sz", from "es-zed") or scharfes S, "sharp S").-
I've a spelling-nazi streak in me that would have been driven to fits...--Edvard (September 29, 2013, 02:52 AM)
and here I thought all along that you were this real chilled out kind of guy ;-) :p