Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 15:43:36 -0500 From: Peter Lai <PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu> To: 'Cliff Sarginson ' <cliff@raggedclown.net>, Peter Lai <PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu> Cc: ''Y u r i ' ' <ure@home.com>, "''questions@freebsd.org ' '" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Tyr'd with all this pronunciation thread Message-ID: <9F36E367710D474E9806AA393FE737FB019EF1@resnetnt.resnet.uconn.edu>
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actually shakespeare got cowfused because Dr. Johnson didn't show up on the scene for another 200 years to write the first standardized spelling documentation, otherwise known as the core components of the dictionary. (mr. webster gets credit for filling in all the definitions). -----Original Message----- From: Cliff Sarginson To: Peter Lai Cc: 'Y u r i '; 'questions@freebsd.org ' Sent: 12/2/2000 6:23 AM Subject: Re: Tyr'd with all this pronunciation thread On Saturday 02 December 2000 12:06, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > Well the REAL culprit for the spelling and general oddness > of English is the French ! > English was just trundling along as a highly inflected > typical germanic language until the Normans invaded > britain in 1066 and introduced French as the official > language. > This confused everybody. > Even Shakespeare was a bit baffled. > He is famous for spelling the same word sometimes in > 3 or 4 different ways on the same page :) > > Anyway. It's the only international language we have, so > you are stuck with it my friends. > > I blame it on Mickey Mouse. I mean it's his fault as well as the French's :) hasta la vista ! > > Auf wiederhoren.. > > Cliff > > On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 05:06:02AM -0500, Peter Lai wrote: > > i'd have to agree > > > > English is classified as a Germanic languague because that is what the > > core is written in :) > > > > Then people added more and more words from other languages that were > > ported over to English. :) > > > > Syntatical structure is quite unique, based on the Latin system. > > > > Hello , > > > > Unfortunately, the English language predominates the Internet world > > despite it not being a very good language. Really just a bastardization > > of other languages, English doesn't even follow it's own standards. The > > only thing going for the English language is its large installed base -- > > sort of like Microsoft Windows. > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Y u r i mailto:ure@home.com > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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