> Bryan Parry wrote at 2005-02-17 23:50:06 (+0000)
> > Does anyone here know of a group dedicated to
> > increasing the number of strong or ablauted verbs
> in
> > English?
> >
> > I posted a thread at Zompist.com trying to
> regularise
> > and put English irregular verbs in ablaut or
> strong
> > classes, and in doing so, expand those classes.
> > However my cries have fallen on deaf ears (I
> believe
> > some of the other folks there just simply do not
> "get"
> > what I am about).
> >
> > So yeah, it is eccentric, it is mad, but has
> anyone
> > else attempted this, in a state of attempting
> this, or
> > know of any noble efforts to do such a thing? If
> so, I
> > would be mightily greatful in hearing about it.
> >
>
> I don't know of anyone doing this in English.
> However, below is the
> website (in German) of the _Gesellschaft zur
> Stärkung der Verben_
> "Society for the Strengthening of Verbs", who appear
> to be of like
> mind to you:
>
>
http://www.soviseau.de/verben/
>
> I don't actually speak German, but I see they have a
> page of English
> verbs:
>
>
http://www.soviseau.de/verben/en.htm
>
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