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Re: English diglossia (was Re: retroflex consonants)

From:David Barrow <davidab@...>
Date:Saturday, February 1, 2003, 14:37
I understand that "antidisestablishmentarianism" refers to the disestablishment
of the
Church of England  in England. A disestablishmentarian is someone who wants the
Cof E to be disestablished. You managed to work that out just by looking at the
word? : )

David Barrow

Sarah Marie Parker-Allen wrote:

> snip
> > BTW, "antidisestablishmentarianism" is almost phonetic (there's "ian" which > could get confused, I suppose), and one of the biggest words I've ever > sounded-out-and-figured-out-the-meaning of, before hearing it spoken. > And... learning little words that are spelled irregularly helps make bigger > words easier. Though I can't offhand think of any small words where "tune" > sounds like "tchoon..." > > Sarah Marie Parker-Allen > lloannna@surfside.net > http://www.geocities.com/lloannna.geo > http://lloannna.blogspot.com > > "I will never buy an apple from peddlers plying their craft in remote places > where the customer base could not possibly support a full-time merchant." -- > Rules for the Hero's True Love > > > -----Original Message----- > > Behalf Of Tristan > > > Becoz(?) it completely avoids aul that hassle ov having(havving?) to > > lern irregular spellings. If yoo donte hav too spend a year lerning how > > too spell 'all', 'were' and 'word', yoo can spend it lerning how to > > spell 'contrary', 'unfortunately' and 'antidisestablishmentarian' (or > > whatever it is). > > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by SURFSIDE INTERNET]

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