It was printing, specifically movable type that halted the shift of English spelling and pronunciation. Caught it right as it was morphing, too, as you said.
Wade.
Wade.
More than just dictionaries.
It was printing, specifically movable type that halted the shift of English spelling and pronunciation. Caught it right as it was morphing, too, as you said. Wade. |
Peter, need translation help please
- (drook)
- (8)
- July 12, 2020, 10:55:37 AM EDT
(See whatcha mean) ..but it rhymes! and it's skivially the Cat's Meow.
-NT
- (Ashton)
- July 12, 2020, 03:40:43 PM EDT
Possibly a mix.
- (static)
- July 13, 2020, 12:55:40 AM EDT
On the other hand . . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (1)
- July 13, 2020, 03:04:22 AM EDT
More than just dictionaries.
- (static)
- July 13, 2020, 09:20:49 PM EDT
That better not be cockney
- (scoenye)
- (1)
- July 15, 2020, 06:24:20 PM EDT
manc Manke dirty, filthy
-NT
- (boxley)
- July 15, 2020, 08:34:52 PM EDT
Can't see why speakers of any slang / dialect should necessarily speak it so ungrammatically, innit?
- (CRConrad)
- (1)
- July 21, 2020, 03:56:03 PM EDT
Easy: they're trying to act Presidential* (..and succeeding!)
-NT
- (Ashton)
- July 25, 2020, 04:17:27 PM EDT