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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostAs for the OED ... it may just be reflecting common misusage.
If you pronounce the d fully, you will be inserting an extra schwa: Wedənesday - which isn't there. You may also be omitting the 3rd e: Wedənsday. Phonetic development is what changes the sound of words over time and why we're not speaking Old English. It's why the French say cheval instead of equus.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostMy son corrected me on the pronunciation of Wednesday, when he was four years old and learning to read. I've pronounced it correctly ever since. As for the OED ... they may just be reflecting common misusage.
Ah - you posted the same one half an hour agoIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostIt's a historic dictionary which records usage (and abusage). But mainly usage.
If you pronounce the d fully, you will be inserting an extra schwa: Wedənesday - which isn't there. You may also be omitting the 3rd e: Wedənsday. Phonetic development is what changes the sound of words over time and why we're not speaking Old English. It's why the French say cheval instead of equus.
Did equus really morph phonetically into cheval?
(Or even Woden's day, as Alpie says!)
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostDid equus really morph phonetically into cheval?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... so you wd ectually say "Saze Laze" - or "Saze Lez" [ ?? ] rather than "Sez Lez"???[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostAbsolutely not - but to emphasize my disbelief I would use the "daze" rhyme if I'd drawled something like "Well everyone says they don't like Schönberg, but we know that this is only snobbishness".
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