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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 21:07:54 GMT 7
This really is a brilliant thread.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 21:39:24 GMT 7
I can only describe it as being "archaic" and "anachronistic", oh and effin' awwwwwwwesome !
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Post by rubl on Dec 19, 2016 22:30:53 GMT 7
Tjeez, words fails me, imagine  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 7:14:57 GMT 7
Tjeez, words fails me, imagine Well there is a first time for everything. |
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Post by Soutpeel on Dec 20, 2016 7:50:50 GMT 7
This really is a brilliant thread. Gee whizz Tony...that is super |
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Post by buhi on Dec 20, 2016 9:41:20 GMT 7
Gee whizz
Bloody americanism.
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Post by rubl on Dec 20, 2016 9:46:00 GMT 7
All of this is really superduper
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Post by Soutpeel on Dec 20, 2016 10:15:05 GMT 7
Gee whizz Bloody americanism. Read the history on this term, interesting  |
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Post by buhi on Dec 20, 2016 10:24:02 GMT 7
Gee whizz Bloody americanism. Read the history on this term, interesting Thanks, I did intend to, you kicked started me. Indeed very interesting. Jesus! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 10:38:51 GMT 7
And 'Gee whizz' should not be confused with the other American staple of 'Cheese Whiz' .  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 20:44:37 GMT 7
This threads totally rad dude!
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Post by rubl on Dec 20, 2016 22:38:13 GMT 7
This threads totally rad dude! also very informative, close to extreme old thing  |
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Post by joko on Dec 21, 2016 2:07:55 GMT 7
Archaic = very old or old fashioned
Anachronistic = incorrect in its historical time.
The extra "u" in colour et al comes from the Norman occupation of England in the 11th century... Yeah. Old. A superfluous unneeded keystroke.
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Post by Soutpeel on Dec 21, 2016 7:54:40 GMT 7
Archaic = very old or old fashioned Anachronistic = incorrect in its historical time. The extra "u" in colour et al comes from the Norman occupation of England in the 11th century... Yeah. Old. A superfluous unneeded keystroke. Fact is the use of the spelling color is not even an Americanism, that spelling along with a few others of the same world existed in Britain long before the US even existed, in other words its not an American spelling, it is an "English" spelling the colonial cousins adopted |
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Post by AyG on Dec 21, 2016 9:17:37 GMT 7
Archaic = very old or old fashioned Anachronistic = incorrect in its historical time. The extra "u" in colour et al comes from the Norman occupation of England in the 11th century... Yeah. Old. A superfluous unneeded keystroke. Fact is the use of the spelling color is not even an Americanism, that spelling along with a few others of the same world existed in Britain long before the US even existed, in other words its not an American spelling, it is an "English" spelling the colonial cousins adopted Not really. English spelling was very variable even up to the time of Shakespeare, and in early editions of his work he used -or and -our word endings equally often. However, the spelling became standardised as -our. It was Noah Webster who was responsible for removing the "u" in -our as part of his efforts to simplify English spellings for simple Americans in the early 1800s. Before then Americans had been spelling the word correctly with -our. |
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