Pedants' Paradise

[french frank]

Now why on earth would I and how on earth could I do that?!...

I meant, Ignore my intrusion into your post. I spotted my spelling mistake (Ottaker) in what you had quoted from my previous post and hurried in to correct it. But I meant to go to MY post and correct it there, not correct it in yours.

I hope this is a clear explanation of the situation … æ π œ ¥√åß©®ø :¬

[ahinton]

I meant, Ignore my intrusion into your post. I spotted my spelling mistake (Ottaker) in what you had quoted from my previous post and hurried in to correct it. But I meant to go to MY post and correct it there, not correct it in yours.

I hope this is a clear explanation of the situation

Already understood! - although considerably clearer than

… æ π œ ¥√åß©®ø :¬

if I may say so..

[P. G. Tipps]

Already understood! - although considerably clearer than ... if I may say so..

Your request to say so is graciously granted, ahinton ...

In the interests of clarity the following and most helpful little video is drawn to your attention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM_NJSwBP24

[french frank]

In the interests of clarity the following and most helpful little video is drawn to your attention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM_NJSwBP24

Not sure I'm (not) seeingwhat I'm supposed to be seeing. But what to make of that first comment: "damn we all need to get a life. WHY WOULD WE TYPE Œ?"

MANŒUVRE? ŒDIPUS REX? AUTRE TEMPS, AUTRE MŒURS? &c.

Still, as a video, the majority seems to find it UNhelpful.

[vinteuil]

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... mon œil!

[ahinton]

MANŒUVRE

Not forgetting the WOMAN ŒUVRE of all those female composers, of course. But that Mr. Tipps; œsophagain, riding one of his hobby horses while dipping his thong in something or other.

Also, what about æ? "Wikipedia", perhaps, but should "encyclopædia" be respect? Should I retitle my organ piece Pansophiæ for John Ogdon and, if so, how?

[french frank]

Also, what about æ?

I have considered in some depth the subject of King Ælfred's 'æstel'. What was an æstel, really? What evidence is there that religious used any implement for guiding their reading of manuscripts? What evidence is there that such an implement was called an æstel? Was Ælfred's Jewel an æstel? Ænd so on …

[Pulcinella]

From our local BBC News website:

Now she wants to create 'Justin's Law' in his memory, forcing retailers to package knives more securely and lock them out of site.

That would mean locking them at a different sight, presumably?

[Nick Armstrong]

From our local BBC News website:

Now she wants to create 'Justin's Law' in his memory, forcing retailers to package knives more securely and lock them out of site.

That would mean locking that at a different sight, presumably?

I have considered in some depth the subject of King Ælfred's 'æstel'

This thread is especially amusing this morning!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

All over my head . . .

[vinteuil]

All over my head . . .

... or hēafod, as far as fr: fr: is concerned.

[ahinton]

... or hēafod

I thought that was just a corruption of where I am based...

[french frank]

I thought that was just a corruption of where I am based...

Certainly not. Hēafod is cognate with Latin caput, nothing to do with fords. Hereford appears to be something like 'ford on the herepath' - where the military road crosses the river.

[ahinton]

Certainly not. Hēafod is cognate with Latin caput, nothing to do with fords. Hereford appears to be something like 'ford on the herepath' - where the military road crosses the river.

Perhaps why SAS has a presence around these parts (they've yet to get to me, though, it seems)...

[Keraulophone]

'Lithuanian conductor, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, is the first woman to be appointed musical director of one of Britain's prestigious City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.'

BBC online news: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36040740