tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post1441166391821399033..comments2024-03-27T06:22:50.868+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: About SpellingLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-22284527806273656922010-08-30T20:14:09.558+02:002010-08-30T20:14:09.558+02:00Warwick, I am sure your question is easy to answer...Warwick, I am sure your question is easy to answer for any professional linguist; I have never thought about this one, admittedly.<br />If language is something you find fascinating, I can recommend Scriptor Senex to you. His blogs are entertaining, informative and inspiring at the same time. Just look for him under the blogs that I am following :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-84702120302605432062010-08-21T11:50:31.920+02:002010-08-21T11:50:31.920+02:00Being from Australia I'm afraid that I wouldn&...Being from Australia I'm afraid that I wouldn't have picked up on either of those punctuation errors. :)<br /><br />Personally I find the spelling in English to be somewhat bemusing, what with being able to have the same spelling with multiple sounds or the same sound with multiple spellings.<br /><br />And what's with -a-e words like 'lane', 'take' or 'fame'? Surely the vowel sound is over and done with before the consonant, so what is the 'e' doing separate from the sound that it produces?<br /><br />Possibly language is innately messy enough to begin with.Warwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309117179218303322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-28370216368928675562010-08-15T21:58:55.656+02:002010-08-15T21:58:55.656+02:00The "-ies" is the correct plural ending ...The "-ies" is the correct plural ending for English words ending on "-y", yes, but in correct English, there would be no "Handy" there in the first place - it would be mobiles or mobile phones :-)<br />Since the word Handy is so established in German, Handys is OK for plural - but Handy's certainly is NOT.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-50829085958699690972010-08-15T18:19:22.216+02:002010-08-15T18:19:22.216+02:00But shouldn't it be Handies, correctly? Like b...But shouldn't it be Handies, correctly? Like babies, ladies?<br />I am not English, but so we learnt at school. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-68165639404231661902010-08-14T22:42:34.575+02:002010-08-14T22:42:34.575+02:00Thanks, Mel - I am not the only ortography-nerd ar...Thanks, Mel - I am not the only ortography-nerd around after all :-DLibrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-28682071348384582632010-08-14T20:02:55.610+02:002010-08-14T20:02:55.610+02:00Meks, I am so with you on that! Though, being fro...Meks, I am so with you on that! Though, being from the U.S., I never would have caught those particular errors you mention. But when it comes to the English language, I am very annoyingly particular as well. But, like you, I have a hard time catching my own errors. Thank goodness for spell check, and Microsoft Word!!!! :)Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00053169905144052535noreply@blogger.com