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Michel
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 Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 11:44 am Post subject: [Off-topic] English |
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On May 8, 2006, at 5:58 PM, Rex wrote:
| Quote: | Not to start another off topic, but I often wonder how
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Yes, yes, yes! I love "off-topics," that's the only thing I am good at,
Rex! 
The reason some words are written differently in UK and US English is
that there wasn't a proper English dictionary for a long time. The
first language to come with a dictionary was Castilian (Spanish) then,
French. From the 17th century the Academie de la Langue francaise made
sure there was only one way to write French. And that's the reason it
became the diplomatic language, spoken by the Russian, Dutch, and many
other aristocrats in Europe and beyond. It was the only language one
could learn from a dictionary and a grammar.
And that is the reason so many French words made their way in the
English language, especially within law and trade, where words needed
to be precise. Then, while the Brits kept more closely the French
writing, the American early settlers used the words more like they are
pronounced. A good example is manoeuvre and manover, the former being
written as the French word it comes from, la manoeuvre, which literally
means: hand-work. As a Floridian, do you speak some Spanish, Rex?
Manover = maniobra! Same Latin root.
Cheers,
Michel
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject: [Off-topic] English |
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ad da flat prt to da rnd prt put ta long prt tru it titn um a lot but not to
tit do da sam to the uter side till thy roll a long tim den put air in them
and god to go
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject: [Off-topic] English |
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I am definitely not the best English speller and my low end Micro Word won't
interface with my Outlook Express so often I have my Word Perfect running in
the background and I will type in the unknown word for the red underline
misspell warning.
Sorry to say this, but manover gets the underline treatment. My dictionary
insists on maneuver as the cerect spellin.
Lowell
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject: [Off-topic] English |
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OK By U?
Kurt S.
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--- Malcolmbru(at)aol.com wrote:
| Quote: | ad da flat prt to da rnd prt put ta long prt tru it
titn um a lot but not to
tit do da sam to the uter side till thy roll a long
tim den put air in them and god to go
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 5:03 pm Post subject: [Off-topic] English |
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I use Wordperfect too Lowell.
But some days it doesn't know what I am saying either,
so I have to pick a different word or expression....
cause I can't spell worth a darn.
Frustrating when your computer just looks at you with
a blank face and says, "What?"
kurt S.
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--- Lowell Fitt <lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
| Quote: | I am definitely not the best English speller and my
low end Micro Word won't
interface with my Outlook Express so often I have my
Word Perfect running in
the background and I will type in the unknown word
for the red underline misspell warning.
...............
Lowell
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Michel
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| Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 2:50 am Post subject: [Off-topic] English |
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| Quote: | From: Lowell Fitt [lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net]
Sorry to say this, but manover gets the underline treatment. My dictionary
insists on maneuver as the cerect spellin.
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Sorry, my mistake, Lowell, I tried too hard to make it American-as-it-sounds-like!
I'd just like to add a wee bit here: the reason I use a speller, read Time and try to write proper English is that, for many years now, I have to write brochures in English, for the international maritime marked. The funny thing is that I write English better than Norwegian, the country where I have lived for the past 30 years. It proves one thing: once you put your mind to do something well, ... it gets better with time. Oh, just another precision: In Belgium and Norway (probably other too), the English we learn at school is British English. I guess it's like when you learn Spanish in the US, you don't learn Mexican but Castilian, the language spoken by the people of Castilla in Spain.
Cheers,
Michel
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