On the topic of abortion - an ethical issue
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Re: On the topic of abortion - an ethical issue
Say 'feet uss' by all means. And there are accents to consider. A Kiwi saying what they think is 'fee iss' will sound like 'foo tus' to anyone else (like fush and chups, or Australian 'feesh and cheeps').
Re: On the topic of abortion - an ethical issue
“Australian 'feesh and cheeps'”vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 7:32 am Say 'feet uss' by all means. And there are accents to consider. A Kiwi saying what they think is 'fee iss' will sound like 'foo tus' to anyone else (like fush and chups, or Australian 'feesh and cheeps').
Let me get this straight.
The two e’s together are pronounced as a single long e?
Like the e sound in He, extended?
Like screech?
Like the ea in peach?
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Re: On the topic of abortion - an ethical issue
Poor thing.
Re: On the topic of abortion - an ethical issue
Bail early and the rabbit hole stays shallow, but after all, it is only a rabbit hole.
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Re: On the topic of abortion - an ethical issue
No argument then. Go and study your Meriam Webster. English is obviously far too complex for you.
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I see no cause to do that.vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:05 am No argument then. Go and study your Meriam Webster. English is obviously far too complex for you.
It’s your shallow rabbit hole, labeled “foetus.”
And, you dug down as far as you could go.
Wouldn't it be something if life actually was a dress rehearsal.
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What the fuck are you on about? Webster tried and failed to phoneticise English, so he then tried to make some sort of political statement about yank nationalism by showing the middle finger to 'brits' and their 'snooty brit and frenchy spelling' little realising that it was his own language--rather like cutting off a healthy leg and replacing it with a plastic one--because you wanted to lose weight. Or punching yourself in the head because you don't like your reflection. You can't just 'simplify' something that has evolved over hundreds of years, from a variety of languages.
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Okay, fine. I get the umbridge. I gotta say though, Feesh and Cheeps sounds like something Cheech Marin would say, and he ain’t Australian.
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Your simpatico with this Umbridge character caused me to take Fowler off the shelf.
The 2 editors of the 3rd edition, Fowler’s Modern English Usage, express your same strong bias.
From Fowler:
Foetus, fetus.
“Despite its etymology … blah blah … the form with the –oe- has been consistently used in BrE for some four centuries, and should be retained. The AmE spelling is fetus, and this spelling has gained ground in medical writing outside the US, but has not yet established itself in lay use outside N. America. The corresponding adj. is foetal in BrE and fetal in AmE.”
I like the spirit. It says, we don’t need no stinking reasons. It’s just bloody right, and that’s reason enough.
That is a philosophy of sorts.
The 2 editors of the 3rd edition, Fowler’s Modern English Usage, express your same strong bias.
From Fowler:
Foetus, fetus.
“Despite its etymology … blah blah … the form with the –oe- has been consistently used in BrE for some four centuries, and should be retained. The AmE spelling is fetus, and this spelling has gained ground in medical writing outside the US, but has not yet established itself in lay use outside N. America. The corresponding adj. is foetal in BrE and fetal in AmE.”
I like the spirit. It says, we don’t need no stinking reasons. It’s just bloody right, and that’s reason enough.
That is a philosophy of sorts.
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There is no such thing as 'BritE'.
And you are the one who keeps bringing up 'Umbridge'
And you are the one who keeps bringing up 'Umbridge'
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Re: On the topic of abortion - an ethical issue
There is British English for which BritE is an abbreviation.vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:26 am There is no such thing as 'BritE'.
And you are the one who keeps bringing up 'Umbridge'
So Walker has coined a new word which makes sense.
PhilX
Re: On the topic of abortion - an ethical issue
The abbreviation "BritE" is part of a quotation from Fowler.vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:26 am There is no such thing as 'BritE'.
And you are the one who keeps bringing up 'Umbridge'
Umbridge the concept can’t refute Fowler’s abbreviations.
“Henry Watson Fowler (1858-1933) is a legendary figure and his Dictionary of Modern English Usage (MEU), first published in 1926, is one of the most celebrated reference books of the twentieth century.”
- Preface to the Third Edition
Fowler is the acknowledged authority on English usage.
It says so right on the book jacket.
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Re: On the topic of abortion - an ethical issue
Can you read? Even a little bit?
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Only in my second language, and even then it self-regulates to the good.
Got something good to read?