From: Angasule
Message: 1022
Date: 2001-03-12
>Angasule *is* my real name, for now :) if you want my legal name,
> --- In norse_course@..., Angasule <angasule@...> wrote:
>
> Heill Angasule,
>
> (or "heil"? Real name?)
> > what's normal at the time) is what's I believe is calledAh, well, my memory isn't one of my best qualities, I'm afraid!
> restrictivism
>
> Actually, "prescriptivism" :)
> > (the other 'side' being called something like 'descriptivism', IBeing argentinian I pretty much have to repeat this everytime I talk
> guess, haven't read anything on that in over a year).
>
> Very right. You've made good points here :)
> This is an excellent point regarding the "ghoti" deal; I didn't wantIt's just a common misconception which I wanted to point out, didn't
> to argue about English spelling, so I left it unsaid.
> -tion, btw, is a Latin ending. The 'o' is from 'women', as BirgitThought so :)
> pointed out. Shaw's use of 'ti' as [S] is completely "bogus", since
> it never gets pronounced that way outside of the -tion environment.