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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #203983 - 12/31/11 09:50 PM Re: Often [Re: Rhubarb Commando] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13658 Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando .. and just to add my bit to the confusion, the C19 UK received pronunciation of 'often' was "orfen". W.S.Gilbert used it to comic effect in The Pirates of Penzance This pronunciation persisted amongst upper-class speakers in the UK right in to the 1960s. For certain small values of R. Top #203990 - 01/01/12 05:38 PM Re: Often [Re: zmjezhd] zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh Oops: link. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing. Top #208622 - 01/01/13 01:48 PM Re: insular [Re: Faldage] maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757 > Five hundred years of misspelling mm, you got that right Fong. Now, where's my Websters...? [exits SR with innocent grin/] Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8430 Members 16 Forums 13688 Topics 209819 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members supermatthias, prabakaran, sce, Eva, sylviasuper 8430 Registered Users Who's Online 2 registered (Tromboniator, jenny jenny), 44 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 87 jenny jenny 62 wofahulicodoc 60 endymion6 50 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 32 Faldage 15 Buffalo Shrdlu 15 zmjezhd 13 teepee 11 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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