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OP I just wrote a line of dialogue consisting of the single word "out." Since this is the only word uttered in the scene (making it a monologue, I suppose) I parked on it a minute. And then, I wondered. If I were to write the word phonetically (and, I admit to having an odd accent), I might write 'aut' (short 'a'). Which brings me to my question. To the extent that standard spellings represent pronunciation at all, do they reflect the current pronunciation of words at the time and place they were set, or standardizations of received spellings? I understand, for example (as I believe we once discussed) that (Amer.) Revolutionary War manuscripts contain good information on the pronunciation of Elizabethan English.
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inselpeter 02/20/04 03:57 PM ![]()
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jheem 02/20/04 04:08 PM ![]()
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inselpeter 02/20/04 05:32 PM ![]()
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Buffalo Shrdlu 02/20/04 06:00 PM ![]()
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dodyskin 02/20/04 07:31 PM ![]()
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Bingley 02/21/04 01:19 AM ![]()
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dodyskin 02/21/04 10:06 AM ![]()
Re: Owt
Buffalo Shrdlu 02/21/04 12:05 PM ![]()
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jheem 02/20/04 06:08 PM ![]()
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Jenet 02/20/04 06:50 PM ![]()
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wsieber 02/23/04 06:04 AM ![]()
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AnnaStrophic 02/23/04 01:01 PM ![]()
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grapho 02/23/04 01:12 PM ![]()
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wsieber 02/23/04 02:11 PM ![]()
Re: Out, of a sort
jheem 02/23/04 02:44 PM ![]()
Give a hoot, don't pollute
musick 02/23/04 07:13 PM ![]()
Anarchy rules
grapho 02/24/04 09:21 PM ![]()
Rules *justify the exception
musick 02/25/04 04:34 PM ![]()
Chaos reigns supreme
grapho 02/26/04 11:40 AM ![]()
Re: Anarchy rules
wsieber 02/26/04 08:40 AM ![]()
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grapho 02/29/04 01:31 AM ![]()
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inselpeter 02/29/04 02:41 AM ![]()
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Buffalo Shrdlu 02/29/04 02:49 AM ![]()
Re: Out
grapho 02/29/04 01:04 PM
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