Re: USAGE: English, Masculine, Feminine
From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, June 16, 2004, 13:44 |
I didn't see it. In this tiny box here, the ?? goes on a separate line.
Sal
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: English, Masculine, Feminine
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 11:30:44PM -0400, Sally Caves wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
> >
> > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 01:57:49PM -0400, Roger Mills wrote:
> > > > A dissenting message, from a Midwesterner who's spent a lifetime
> > sluffing
> > > > (??)
> > >
> > > Standard spelling of that is "sloughing".
> >
> >
> > Are we correcting spelling on this list when people don't ask for it?
>
> Indeed not. I interpreted the "(??)" as asking for it. How do you
> interpret it? :)
>
> -Mark
>