From: Eryndlia Mavourneen <eryndlia@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: The letter Sharp S and the English language
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:12:22 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2013-03-25T13:12:22-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <980e006c-4c12-46ad-9935-baf8bd85cf5f@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5150a88a$0$6556$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net>
On Monday, March 25, 2013 2:42:01 PM UTC-5, Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> On 25.03.13 17:15, Eryndlia Mavourneen wrote:
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> > A friend suggests...
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> > Perhaps a simple answer? He was drunk!
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> Half of that bottle had gone when I saw the "ſs" on it, so...
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> your friend is right. Sorry!
It has been many, many years since I looked at Old or Middle English; however, it would make sense that during the time of the Norman invasion, which created Middle English (French influence), there would be a mix of writing styles, just as there was a mix of spellings and pronunciations. As a couple of for instances, final "e" was pronounced as in Brook-e, and a combination of French (the court) and English (the commoners) was frequently used to help ensure clarity of intent as in "Cease and desist!"
-- Eryndlia
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2013-03-23 21:22 The letter Sharp S and the English language Georg Bauhaus
2013-03-25 15:23 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-03-25 19:48 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-03-25 23:08 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-03-31 19:47 ` Paul Sture
2013-03-25 21:55 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-03-25 16:15 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-03-25 19:42 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-03-25 20:12 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen [this message]
2013-03-25 22:09 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-03-25 23:12 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-03-26 13:13 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
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