Re: Rs

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake X" <starvingpoet@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: Rs


> [tSr\Ist@n r\oUt]
> > True, but that's wasted on Americans who pronounce 'cot' and 'caught'
> > the same. And it's not as if the homophones cause much trouble; context
> > normally sorts it out. And the homophony has meant that we've finally
> > sorted out when you should use 'farther' and when you should use
> > 'further' (you use 'farther' when you can't spell and are talking about
> > a male parent, and 'further' when talking about distance).
> That's not what I've read.  I read that you say farther when your talking
> about distance, and further when you're talking about continuance of an
> action.  Here are examples of the usage as I know it:
>
> "It is farther from Los Angeles to San Francisco than it is from New York
> to Boston."
>
> "I'm breathing heavily.  I can't run any further."
>
> Jake
>
I think he was joking.