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I Am SOOOOOOOOOOOO lost here
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Idubitibly with an "e"
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Cant' we spell it 'Graey' ? Just for the compromise ...
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Nice, so now I know.. thanks Gm very nice and informative thread!
![]() To avoid confusion (I think i spell it both ways, one foot in england and one in USA...) I vote we spell it "grå" that way we all know what we are talking about! ![]() Hehe, fishing for tuesday morning giggles here..no? darn.. have to go work out some new jokes I´m afraid.. ![]() ![]() Ahh, and good whatever to all you out there! ------------------ ![]() Yawning lazywolf.. |
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I had never thunk 'bout it, GM. I guess I always used gray when denoting the specific color of something static, and grey when referring to verb-type action or similie - The sky is gray; His face greyed noticeably when he read the ransom note.
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Hi Wolfie, please, could you tell me how you pronounce these special letters in your alphabet ? Like the 'A' with a circle on it, ... I have always wondered !
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Ya, ya, Yaurrikk, The Raed Wizaerd aef Thaey.
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Eh, well it´s close to a long a sound, form your mouth to a O and have a guttural exhaling sound forward, smaller than a but not as tight as O.. somwhere between that, hard to explain, I only learned english fonetics.. sorry.. ------------------ ![]() Yawning lazywolf.. |
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Father Bronze, starts twitching uncontrollably. His eyes start popping out of his head. He breaks into a cold sweat until he can't stand it anymore. "Enough! I can't stand it. I'm going on duty here. Official English Teacher reporting for service . . . "
Not phonetic spellings? Aaaargh. You will all be the scourge of this conservative minded English Teacher. ![]() In all seriousnes, spelling is a real problem with many of my students. I would be a hypocrite if I said that no one should ever have spelling errors. But teaching High School English gives me a bit of a different perspective. Words like gray and grey really don't trouble me. Most students don't know that one is the American spelling and the other British . Of course, I take a certain satisfaction in teaching them one more bit of information about language when I inform them that they were using British spelling conventions rather than American. It makes a nice "teachable moment" about language variations, dialect, and etymologies. Unfortunately, most student spelling errors are not variations or dialect, but rather phonetic spellings -- the "I don't know how to write the word, but it sounds like this . . ." sort of mentality. Phonetic spellings get very confusing at times. This is where I find trouble. When my students consistently use spellings that are incomprehensible, I fear that they will never learn and thus never be able to communicate as effectively as their adult peers. For phonetic fun check out the riddling contest page. ------------------ ![]() Most Subtle Official Straightman of the Laughing Hyenas -- Grammarian Brigade. [This message has been edited by Father Bronze (edited 05-22-2001).] |
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