Re: USAGE: Language revival
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 26, 1999, 1:50 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> > Well, that only applies to English English, American English uses
> > "jail".
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> Okay, if you don't like "gaol", then contemplate "through" /Tru/,
> "though" /Do/, "rough" /rVf/, "cough" /kO:f/, "bough" /bau/,
> "furlough" /fVrlo/, "borough" /bOr@ ~ bOro/, "hough" /h0k ~ hak/,
> and "hiccough" /hIk@p/. The last two are probably singletons.
Well, for that last example, the earlier <hiccup> is still in use.
(<hiccough>'s spelling was changed during standardization of the
language on the false analogy of <cough>).
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