Cygwin Pronunciation

[Justin Dugger]

Of course, if an English standards organization were to declare that
"blog" was not a word (and thus, "blogosphere" doubly so), I think I
might be prepared to embrace them with open arms.

Justin Dugger

On 8/11/05, Jack <quiet_celt at yahoo.com> wrote:
> First, I'd like to offer my generous opinion. ;)
> English isn't a language, it's a compilation.
> Anytime, we need a word we borrow it from another
> language, or just make one up from parts of others.
> Thank God we do'nt do it the way the Germans do.
> Fortunately also we do treat our language the
> Ukrainians do. The single most difficult language I've
> ever seen (just hope my linguistics professor forgives
> me for saying that). Seriously though, I would trust
> Webster's or Oxford's. As far as an actual English
> word, well that could open up a big debate. But there
> aren't that many (proportionately speaking). English
> is about the only language that seems to incorporate
> basically *every* rule from *every* language it has
> touched. So pronouncing a worde in English can't
> necessarily be determined by the application of rules.
> Most of the rules are true, except when they aren't
> (I love this one "i before e, except after c, except
> when it's not").
> [y'all be happy to know this will be my *only*
> response on this subject ;) ]
> 
> 
> --- Justin Dugger <jldugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > > I should've Googled harder first.  According to
> > >
> >
> http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutdictionaries/officialcommittee
> > > there is no equivalent to the Académie française
> > for English.
> > > Furthermore, the OED isn't to be treated as a
> > definitive authority on
> > > English as far as the folks at Oxford are
> > concerned.
> >
> > We should all thank our $deities that it isn't the
> > case.  They're the
> > ones responsible for those annoying L' addons to
> > words you'd otherwise
> > recognize, in an attempt to create havoc on the
> > integration of
> > language.  Today, I feel most sorry for the German
> > students, who have
> > an official language and committee actively changing
> > the big book of
> > German grammar and spelling rules.
> >
> > Justin Dugger
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