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Re: Rs

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Saturday, April 5, 2003, 17:56
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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.