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Post by cartomancer on May 30, 2010 9:33:02 GMT -5
Try Beowulf in the original... It is purportedly the oldest written work in English. Having seen the manuscript in a museum, both the letter forms, and the words do not seem much like English to me... Ah, the beauty of speaking a living language. :0). Give it a few hundred years and when people look back upon what we've written they'll be equally as mistified. Lol.
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Post by dekh on Jun 9, 2010 7:17:01 GMT -5
The poll currently shows that:
100% have chosen English 50% have chosen proper English 50% have chosen colonial English
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Post by sligo on Jun 9, 2010 7:43:54 GMT -5
It's unanimous, then... I think we'll go with Swahili
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Post by alloydog on Oct 4, 2010 1:33:38 GMT -5
I go along with the thought that the English used should be that the author wishes to use. It isn't just spelling. There are all sorts of differences, such as from the use of hyphens to the use of terms and expressions. The other day, on telly there was a documentary about why people get tattoos. The narrator said "... by the age of fourteen, he had joined some gang-bangers..." My British English mind said "Woo Hoo! Lucky lad!" But, from the scenes they showed, clothes stayed firmly on... The average Joe Brit can also raise a few eye-brows, by walking into a bar in the US and asking (in total innocence, of course ) "Can I get some f*gs here?" I once read the US English is closer to the English spoken around the 1700's. Also, I heard it said that English is not a language, it's a compromise. As T&T is sort of set in a medievally type period, perhaps we should use Ye Olde Engliƒhe - turn off ye olde spelle chekker and rite how ye wants to rite? ----- edit I just saw the forum's auto "obscene word filter" censored the word "f a g s". Is referring to cigarettes so offensive?
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Post by mahrundl on Oct 4, 2010 7:17:27 GMT -5
----- edit I just saw the forum's auto "obscene word filter" censored the word "f a g s". Is referring to cigarettes so offensive? It is in my house. (Mainly because the Trollwife is allergic to tobacco. OK, we don't actually get offended by people just talking about it.) In any case, I think that the providers of this board's webspace are in the US, and so it looks at the US definition of 'fa gs' when determining offensiveness.
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Post by Aramis of Erak on Oct 5, 2010 22:26:38 GMT -5
I just saw the forum's auto "obscene word filter" censored the word "f a g s". Is referring to cigarettes so offensive? In the US, it is a derogatory term for persons with same-sex attraction. It's specifically listed in several states' hate speech laws.
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Post by alloydog on Oct 9, 2010 5:07:09 GMT -5
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Post by trollfactor on Oct 9, 2010 10:53:44 GMT -5
Why can't we press 2 for espanol? Seriously, we all know that American English IS English. That is why it is called English instead of American. Oh wait... never mind.
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