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Härth? Really? Not hearth like earth?
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No I agree with that as well, 'stealing' was just a colorful way to put it. I'd assert that it's also not just a history of British colonialism, but also a history of the British Isles being conquered by several different groups of people in its history. I mean you take the original pre-Roman tribes, add a layer of Latin, then a layer of German, and then a layer of French and you've got English, which makes it interesting structurally as well as cosmetically.
This is definitely the most fun I've had on this forum. :D
Oi, put some Danish in there or I'll go viking in your neighborhood! ;D
There was such a thing as the Danelaw after all.
(basically, it's the area where fury warriors were legal)
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mofomisfit
No I agree with that as well, 'stealing' was just a colorful way to put it. I'd assert that it's also not just a history of British colonialism, but also a history of the British Isles being conquered by several different groups of people in its history. I mean you take the original pre-Roman tribes, add a layer of Latin, then a layer of German, and then a layer of French and you've got English, which makes it interesting structurally as well as cosmetically.
This is definitely the most fun I've had on this forum. :D
Oi, put some Danish in there or I'll go viking in your neighborhood! ;D
There was such a thing as the Danelaw after all.
Ha! You are absolutely correct.
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You don't see this one as much anymore, but it's SKO-loh-mance!
This one always confuses me. From my first sighting of the word, I naturally pronounced it like the above. I don't understand how there is any other way to pronounce it.
How about
skoll-oh-mance
as in scholar?
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xaratherus
obviously 'correct' is a slippery slope. For instance, I always feel weird when germans say 'pommes' and pronounce the s.
Mmm, pummz fritz.
That's kinda like pronouncing the
s
at the end of Illinois. It makes me shudder.
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Slimda
I get goosebumps whenever somebody character with a ch-sound as in charcoal, and not as in crisp.
Err... Character is "karacter", not "CHaracter".
http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?charac02.wav=character
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Slimda
obviously 'correct' is a slippery slope. For instance, I always feel weird when germans say 'pommes' and pronounce the s.
Mmm, pummz fritz.
That's kinda like pronouncing the
s
at the end of Illinois. It makes me shudder.
When I was a kid, I said "Pommes Frites".
suffice to say, I never got any. :'(
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