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Little linguists, come out to play...

Werde Spinner
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Jul 20 2013, 8:42pm


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Little linguists, come out to play... [In reply to] Can't Post
Now I have that song in my head.

I say 'skwerl' for 'squirrel', when I am not saying 'rat with a fuzzy tail' or 'squiggle' (long story).

It seems my comment about American English (or lack thereof on the part of many of its speakers) may have started a discussion. So...um... oops... sorry...

I probably would have phrased it better if I said, "My generation has terrible spelling and grammar and I never want to see the Professor's writings translated into that! Shame on my generation!" Because that is much closer to my original intention.

That being said, reading everyone else's responses has been quite interesting. I love words and different languages, and as someone with a love-hate relationship with the English alphabet (yes, I know it is technically the Roman alphabet) I find the differences between pronunciation and spelling fascinating and frustrating.
"I had forgotten that. It is hard to be sure of anything among so many marvels. The world is all grown strange. Elf and Dwarf in company walk in our daily fields; and folk speak with the Lady of the Wood and yet live; and the Sword comes back to war that was broken in the long ages ere the fathers of our fathers rode into the Mark! How shall a man judge what to do in such times?"

"As he ever has judged. Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a man's part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house."

Subject User Time
Possibly Moronic question...was there ever any attempt to publish Tolkien's books in 'American English'? malickfan Send a private message to malickfan Jul 19 2013, 5:12pm
    My Ballantine editions Rembrethil Send a private message to Rembrethil Jul 19 2013, 5:32pm
        I wonder what Tolkien thought? noWizardme Send a private message to noWizardme Jul 20 2013, 8:12am
        Ah, OK thanks for clearing that up malickfan Send a private message to malickfan Jul 20 2013, 6:33pm
    In short, no. - geordie Send a private message to geordie Jul 19 2013, 6:53pm
        Belvish Elthir Send a private message to Elthir Jul 20 2013, 12:29pm
            yes; I can't remember the exact details - geordie Send a private message to geordie Jul 20 2013, 4:56pm
    "Bilbo was gonna be eleventy-one,111, a right big number..."// L. Ron Halfelven Send a private message to L. Ron Halfelven Jul 20 2013, 1:51am
    I am an American Werde Spinner Send a private message to Werde Spinner Jul 20 2013, 1:57am
        I see a lot of mangled writing from lots of locations when reading on the internet Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Jul 20 2013, 2:26am
            What particularly pains me Ataahua Send a private message to Ataahua Jul 20 2013, 3:44am
                yeah... that's a bit ironic when it happens Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Jul 20 2013, 1:45pm
                    The most bizarre posts I've seen Eowyn of Penns Woods Send a private message to Eowyn of Penns Woods Jul 20 2013, 3:58pm
                        I do think that accounts for some of them. Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Jul 20 2013, 6:28pm
            I agree Magpie elaen32 Send a private message to elaen32 Jul 20 2013, 4:14pm
        in defense of american english Maciliel Send a private message to Maciliel Jul 20 2013, 4:04pm
            Hah, we have EXACTLY the same problem here in the UK Mac! elaen32 Send a private message to elaen32 Jul 20 2013, 4:24pm
            It does seem to be more of a generational thing angelclaw Send a private message to angelclaw Jul 20 2013, 5:38pm
                lowercase Maciliel Send a private message to Maciliel Jul 20 2013, 5:47pm
                    Since when did being dumb become cool? angelclaw Send a private message to angelclaw Jul 20 2013, 6:01pm
                        i suspect Maciliel Send a private message to Maciliel Jul 20 2013, 6:08pm
                Americanise TH? geordie Send a private message to geordie Jul 20 2013, 9:29pm
                    I hadn't heard of it before HP Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Jul 20 2013, 10:32pm
                        Apropos nothing much - geordie Send a private message to geordie Jul 20 2013, 10:58pm
            Oh, sure. Werde Spinner Send a private message to Werde Spinner Jul 20 2013, 5:46pm
    Thankfully, Arandiel Send a private message to Arandiel Jul 20 2013, 4:52am
        Never understood it, either. Werde Spinner Send a private message to Werde Spinner Jul 20 2013, 5:51pm
            well... Maciliel Send a private message to Maciliel Jul 20 2013, 6:01pm
                don't you just love discussing words and language! Magpie Send a private message to Magpie Jul 20 2013, 6:43pm
                    Yes- great discussion elaen32 Send a private message to elaen32 Jul 20 2013, 8:12pm
                    word geek Maciliel Send a private message to Maciliel Jul 22 2013, 11:15pm
                        Similarly dernwyn Send a private message to dernwyn Jul 23 2013, 1:51am
                            the shibboleth of boston Maciliel Send a private message to Maciliel Jul 23 2013, 1:54am
                                And how do you pronounce dernwyn Send a private message to dernwyn Jul 23 2013, 2:17am
                                    +exactly+ Maciliel Send a private message to Maciliel Jul 23 2013, 2:21am
                                        LOL! dernwyn Send a private message to dernwyn Jul 23 2013, 2:30am
                                    Fanu'l squire Send a private message to squire Jul 23 2013, 2:30am
                Little linguists, come out to play... Werde Spinner Send a private message to Werde Spinner Jul 20 2013, 8:42pm
                    Squiggles elaen32 Send a private message to elaen32 Jul 20 2013, 10:15pm
            'Grammatically ecumenical' - I love that word, 'ecumenical'!// Arandiel Send a private message to Arandiel Jul 21 2013, 5:50am
                It's one of my favorites. :) Werde Spinner Send a private message to Werde Spinner Jul 22 2013, 8:38pm
    I certainly hope not demnation Send a private message to demnation Jul 20 2013, 5:29am
    Oops just noticed - geordie Send a private message to geordie Jul 22 2013, 8:48pm

 
 
 

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