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mnottertail -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 11:10:46 AM)
And what does it do with spelled? (if I've spelt it correctly?)

PeonForHer -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 12:05:08 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mnottertail And what does it do with spelled? (if I've spelt it correctly?) It says 'spelled' is fine. However, when I entered your "fourtuitous" of earlier, it instantly opened a web page that told me I should either write English properly or get on the Mayflower and sod off to America.

mnottertail -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 12:08:29 PM)
There were only three of us, fortuitously, but I was engaging in some puffery. I have been found out.

MistressDarkArt -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 12:30:47 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer FR May I recommend WordWeb to everybody? It's a dictionary/thesaurus that sits in your systems tray. You've only to double-click a word you're not sure of, and it'll come with 'not found' if it's not spelt correctly, and give suggestions. If it is spelt correctly, it'll give a definition as well as synonyms. Dead handy. Freebie version here. Awesome. Done. Thanks, Peon.

Awareness -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 1:39:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer My brother did history at uni - they'd have heated debates about 'an historical' versus 'a historical'. I'd go with the latter as a matter of taste and an unwillingness to sound (even more) pompous. That doesn't scan at all for me. And in this case, I simply choose the a/an distinction automatically and unconsciously based upon the strength of the vowel sound immediately following it. So, for me it would be "an historical oddity" because the h is subdued - almost silent. However I could in the same breath refer to "a history lesson" because the h - at least in my pronunciation - is significantly harder. If I suddenly went off the rails and started talking in a crap cockney accent from Dicken's era I'd revise it again - "Some geezer tryin' to give me an eeestory lesson". This reflects the entire purpose of the a/an distinction - which is not to provide a platform for pedants - but simply to allow a smooth flow between two vowel sounds without requiring a glottal stop. Thus, the decision on whether to do so is a phonetic one, not a lexical one and is thus going to be highly variable and based upon your accent.

TheFireWithinMe -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 2:24:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer FR May I recommend WordWeb to everybody? It's a dictionary/thesaurus that sits in your systems tray. You've only to double-click a word you're not sure of, and it'll come with 'not found' if it's not spelt correctly, and give suggestions. If it is spelt correctly, it'll give a definition as well as synonyms. Dead handy. Freebie version here. That is All. Thank you so much peon [:)]

mnottertail -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 2:25:35 PM)
Ah for fucks sake mate, now I got to learn how to talk good now?

HannahLynn -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 2:32:01 PM)
quote: So, for me it would be "an historical oddity" because the h is subdued - almost silent. However I could in the same breath refer to "a history lesson" because the h - at least in my pronunciation - is significantly harder. If I suddenly went off the rails and started talking in a crap cockney accent from Dicken's era I'd revise it again - "Some geezer tryin' to give me an eeestory lesson". This reflects the entire purpose of the a/an distinction - which is not to provide a platform for pedants - but simply to allow a smooth flow between two vowel sounds without requiring a glottal stop. Thus, the decision on whether to do so is a phonetic one, not a lexical one and is thus going to be highly variable and based upon your accent. bingo, exactly fucking right. an historical/a history. i say it the same fucking way.

mnottertail -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 2:34:14 PM)
Open yer bloody clenched gubs and pronounce the aitch, 'es there for a reason, good enough?

TheFireWithinMe -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 2:47:02 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mnottertail Ah for fucks sake mate, now I got to learn how to talk good now? No, Ron you already speak good, you need to work on speaking gooder...er.

mnottertail -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 2:49:44 PM)
You got a real fire in your breastages over this grammaticus-spelticus do ya?

TheFireWithinMe -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 2:57:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mnottertail You got a real fire in your breastages over this grammaticus-spelticus do ya? Oh THAT'S what it is, I thought it was heartburn

tazzygirl -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 2:58:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer FR May I recommend WordWeb to everybody? It's a dictionary/thesaurus that sits in your systems tray. You've only to double-click a word you're not sure of, and it'll come with 'not found' if it's not spelt correctly, and give suggestions. If it is spelt correctly, it'll give a definition as well as synonyms. Dead handy. Freebie version here. That is All. Thanks, but I dont care that much about people on here to worry about that.

PeonForHer -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 3:11:56 PM)
I didn't install WordWeb in order to help me impress people here, TG. I got it in order to help me impress publishers who might pay me.

PeonForHer -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 3:14:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Awareness So, for me it would be "an historical oddity" because the h is subdued - almost silent. However I could in the same breath refer to "a history lesson" because the h - at least in my pronunciation - is significantly harder. Eh? You'd pronounce the 'h' in 'history' harder than you'd pronounce the 'h' in 'historical'? Why?

PeonForHer -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 3:26:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MistressDarkArt quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer FR May I recommend WordWeb to everybody? It's a dictionary/thesaurus that sits in your systems tray. You've only to double-click a word you're not sure of, and it'll come with 'not found' if it's not spelt correctly, and give suggestions. If it is spelt correctly, it'll give a definition as well as synonyms. Dead handy. Freebie version here. Awesome. Done. Thanks, Peon. MDA and FWM, You are both most welcome. Take no notice of these others - their minds and cultures have been sadly eroded by centuries of savagery fighting Indians and grizzly bears and they now know no better. I'm always glad to help any North American move beyond his or her primitive milieu and towards membership of the civilised world community. [:)]

tazzygirl -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 3:27:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer I didn't install WordWeb in order to help me impress people here, TG. I got it in order to help me impress publishers who might pay me. For a paycheck, I will try and impress many. [:D]

tazzygirl -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 3:28:25 PM)
quote: You are both most welcome. Take no notice of these others - their minds and cultures have been sadly eroded by centuries of savagery fighting Indians and grizzly bears and they now know no better. I'm always glad to help any North American move beyond his or her primitive milieu and towards membership of the civilised world community. Ahem.... I was fighting Indians?

PeonForHer -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 3:31:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: tazzygirl Ahem.... I was fighting Indians? OK, grizzly bears, then. I know that you colonials have a rich variety of challenges in your struggle to survive out there.

HannahLynn -> RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! (10/21/2011 3:35:51 PM)
quote: Eh? You'd pronounce the 'h' in 'history' harder than you'd pronounce the 'h' in 'historical'? Why? no fucking clue, i just do.

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