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 Re: snerk Posted on: Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:38 amAll you have to do is look at the le morte d'arthur or Shakespeare to see how terribly the British spell.
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Re: snerk Posted on: Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:52 am SuperShuki wrote: All you have to do is look at the le morte d'arthur or Shakespeare to see how terribly the British spell. Ah but Billy Wobblyspear was an artist who was adding new words to the language he just tried a few different looks to see which was best.  _________________ Someone has to tilt at windmills. So that we know what to do when the real giants come!!!! |
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Re: snerk Posted on: Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:27 pm SuperShuki wrote: All you have to do is look at the le morte d'arthur or Shakespeare to see how terribly the British spell. I presume you are joking now? How did Hebrew look 500 years ago - I hear the Dead Sea Scrolls had terrible spelling. |
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Re: snerk Posted on: Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:26 pm First of all, the dead sea scrolls were written not 500 years ago, but 1900 years ago. And the spelling is exactly the same as in modern Hebrew. And the Dead Sea Scrolls contain parts from the Bible, which was written down far earlier.
Of course I'm joking. I was joking from the beginning.  _________________ “Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” -Anonymous |
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Re: snerk Posted on: Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:25 am The 500 was for Shakespear. I know the DSS's are a bit older.....
Interesting that Hebrew hasn't changed, although I imagine the Greek and Aramaic sections have changed somewhat. |
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Re: snerk Posted on: Thu Nov 11, 2010 3:46 pm 500 years ago, written English was still in the development stage. When the dead sea scrolls were written, written Hebrew had been in use for over a millenia.
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Re: snerk Posted on: Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:04 pm Odd how it didnt catch on like English has hey!
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Re: snerk Posted on: Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:57 pm Rob Goldsmith wrote: Odd how it didnt catch on like English has hey! Not like English caught on, nor like the Greek of Alexander's time caught on, or the Latin of the Romans, or the Babylonian of the Babylonians, or the Egyptian of the Pharoahs . . . _________________ “Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” -Anonymous |
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Re: snerk Posted on: Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:18 pm Here in The Netherlands we learn British English at school. I'm not sure if US spelling would be considered incorrect though. I try to avoid it, but sometimes the differences are subtle, especially when it's more about choice of words than about spelling. How many foreigners know which of "parking lot" and "car park" is UK English, and which is US English? And most scientific journals use US English I think, so I'll have to switch when writing papers for publication.
_________________ Say, can you feel the thunder in the air? Just like the moment ’fore it hits – then it’s everywhere What is this spell we’re under, do you care? The might to rise above it is now within your sphere Machinae Supremacy – Sid Icarus |
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Re: snerk Posted on: Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:57 pm More, current topics snerk.
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Re: snerk Posted on: Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:08 am Thanks, that really made my day
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Re: snerk Posted on: Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:42 pm JamesG wrote: More, current topics snerk.  And for those who cant afford heating this winter occupy the Sun it has 99.9% of the mass of the solar system  _________________ Someone has to tilt at windmills. So that we know what to do when the real giants come!!!! |
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Re: snerk Posted on: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:57 am The snerkage continues.
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Re: snerk Posted on: Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:53 am What's a snerk?
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Re: snerk Posted on: Wed Oct 17, 2012 3:13 am A short laugh or sarcastic comment. I know it's rather colloquial Americana. Sorry.
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