Re: USAGE: Language revival
| From: | Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 24, 1999, 5:57 |
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At 6:56 pm -0500 23/11/99, Nik Taylor wrote:
>"David G. Durand" wrote:
>> Ray's example of the spelling "gaol" in english is a perfect example:
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>Well, that only applies to English English, American English uses
>"jail". When I first encountered "gaol" I thought /gejl/, /gowl/,
>/gawl/, uncertain of which it was. Little did I know at that time that
>it was simply good ol' "jail" spelt funny! :-)
As it still is in good ol' York Village in Maine :)
Ray.
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A mind which thinks at its own expense
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