Re: The pitfall of Chinese/Mandarin
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 9, 2001, 0:25 |
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On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, nicole dobrowolski wrote:
> > The plural of `dwarf' is correctly `dwarfs', Tolkien was weird in
> > Lotr.
> well i dunno about tolkien but all the books i've ever read have used
> dwarves... mayhap both are correct?... or frequent usage of whichever
> one was 'incorrect' has made both acceptable...?
Could be. I know I pronounce the word /d@"wO:vz/, but I say /ru:vz/ for
`roofs' and such, I think I just have a regular voicing when I pluralise
-f words (of course, it wouldn't make sense if I'd said f-words, so don't
suggest that you horrible people!)
> ...nicole, who has a lovely drawing of a blue elf on her refrigerator
> and wonders if she'll ever get around to creating a conlang for the
> world of bluestone...
Haven't I told you anything? Don't mention the names of the lords and
ladies! ;)
Tristan
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