Re: Aussie terminology question
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 7, 2005, 5:48 |
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On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:10:57 +1100, Tristan McLeay
<conlang@...> wrote:
> (I hold that
> calling *anything* 'football' is deviant, because it always refers to
> the dominant football code in your area: a linguistic variable.)
Like "corn", which can mean "wheat", "barley", or "maize" depending on
the region? (And probably other things in other places, too. Perhaps
it means "rice" in India?)
> British criticism of American
> spellings like 'behavior' and 'bastardize'.
Heh. -ize is used in the UK, too, AFAIK. And it's the original
spelling, etymologically -- just as "aluminum" is the original form of
the word.
...I still prefer -ise and "aluminium" because it's what I grew up
with. I was just pointing out that criticising people for retaining
the original spellings and claiming they corrupted them is...
interesting :)
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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