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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:22 pmTopic is pretty self-explanatory.
--Andy
--Andy
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:22 pmRe: Favorite (Favourite) Favorite (Favourite)
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:44 pm..... Kittens?
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 4:30 pmI abhor unnecessary letters.
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 4:41 pmMetsfanmax wrote:I abhor unnecessary letters.
The u in words like favourite is hardly unnecessary. Without it, the word would be pronounced with a long "o", like fave-ore-it, rather than the way it is pronounced, as fave-ewre-it.
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 4:51 pmDukasaur wrote:Metsfanmax wrote:I abhor unnecessary letters.
The u in words like favourite is hardly unnecessary. Without it, the word would be pronounced with a long "o", like fave-ore-it, rather than the way it is pronounced, as fave-ewre-it.
I would be fine with changing the pronunciation to match the simpler spelling. Or not.
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 5:48 pmthis joke ran its course on this forum a few years ago...
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:27 amArmy of GOD wrote:this joke ran its course on this forum a few years ago...
THIS IS NOT A JOKE. YOU AMERICANS ARE BUTCHERING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!!!!!!!
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:20 amnotyou2 wrote:Army of GOD wrote:this joke ran its course on this forum a few years ago...
THIS IS NOT A JOKE. YOU AMERICANS ARE BUTCHERING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!!!!!!!
Cough.... you must be from that Purist group that I heard about in Linguistics.... Death to the Purists!!!!! How dare you try to stop the progression of the English Language!
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:30 amJust so everyone knows, I don't have a dog in this race. I voted for Favo(u)rito.
--Andy
--Andy
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:15 amAndyDufresne wrote:Just so everyone knows, I don't have a dog in this race. I voted for Favo(u)rito.
--Andy
Be careful. I just got foed for saying that in a game chat!
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:30 amWe butcherers pronounce it fay-ver-it....we also butcher french words, german words...whatever. Try to have a conversation with a Cajun....or a French Canadian.....lol.
It is England's fault for coming here in the first place! Ha!!
ps - what about pastour, majour, matadour, etc?
It is England's fault for coming here in the first place! Ha!!
ps - what about pastour, majour, matadour, etc?
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:55 pmAndyDufresne wrote:Just so everyone knows, I don't have a dog in this race. I voted for Favo(u)rito.
--Andy
Traitourous scum!