Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 1:50 am
It's said you need rules (grammar) for language to function and be effective. Yet for language to grow, it needs to adapt.
In comparing American with British, there are a couple of examples that come to mind. For example theater was once spelled theatre in the US. Under that spelling, it would be pronounced theatra, but it was pronounced theater under both American and British. So instead of changing the American pronunciation, it was far more convenient and logical to change the spelling to theater for that and similar words.
Another example is honour. The u is silent, keeping it can lead to confusion (because it would be pronounced like hour). So it was decided it would be logical to drop the silent u.
But, in spite of rules, languages need to adapt for a variety of reasons.
PhilX
Americans also should spell "because" as "becaz", because the U is silent, and so is the e at the end. They should also spell "Worchestershire Sauce" as Wooster sauce, but they don't. Or should spell "a penny ain't worth a farting". Or say "Alfred Hitchcock was a tuppence suspense." When cinema admission was a dime a head. Oh, and they should drop the e in head, the a in meaningless, and the o in country.
Once you drop the U from honour, however, honour has you no more.
Hooray and well said! Someone other than myself and VT attempting to explain to phil the irrationality in his 'argument' that anything in his content is 'more logical'. Honour should, by phils rationale, be spelled 'ona'
You're doing very well. The silent h and the silent u. You're learning. Might make an American out of you yet (apparently you got so excited about this since you posted twice).
Too bad the PC police jumped all over this thread with their PC bullshit. It would be nice if people could get mental-health treatment to stop their PC insanity, which involves the trifecta of bash America while ignoring basic facts that point to good things America does and bad things non-American countries do, other than Israel, the other PC target; and the promotion of identity-politics, which is another name for idiocy in politics, and the use of personal insults to silence any non-PC opposition.
VT: That's because you aren't very smart. One could mention that the USA produces an enormous amount of patents, and scientific innovation. But, since you are ignorant of science, I would expect you to overlook that topic.
I'm surprised no one has ever posted a thread on here of the 'ethics' of scientists working for the military. How about 'the greedy cuntiness of scientists who work for the military'?
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 2:10 am
I'm surprised no one has ever posted a thread on here of the 'ethics' of scientists working for the military. How about 'the greedy cuntiness of scientists who work for the military'?
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 2:36 am
Because people here are more interested in threads about women not wearing much at the beach and the philosophical dilemma it poses.
You missed the point of my question. Nothing is stopping you from posting a thread on what you're interested in. And until you try, you won't find out if anyone else is also interested. And you should have posted your question in the Lounge instead of trying to substitute your agenda for my OP on this thread.
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:00 am
You post a thread, then whine when other post comments that are completely relevant to the thread title just because you don't like what they say.
You're the one doing the whining. And your posts haven't been relevant to this thread nor others as can be plainly seen. Trying to avoid my valid points won't work here
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:22 am
Oh. I though the thread was about language.
Your computer misspelled thought. And you're not showing interest in the OP. You also don't like to post threads in what you're interested in, just post onto existing threads often diverting from the OP.
VT's computer may be flawed in its programming. She seems unable to post new threads. She should check her display to see if there's a link that says "new topic." If that's missing, then she needs to check further as she won't be able to post any new threads.
