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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.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Out inselpeter 02/20/04 03:57 PM Re: Out jheem 02/20/04 04:08 PM Re: Out inselpeter 02/20/04 05:32 PM Re: Out Buffalo Shrdlu 02/20/04 06:00 PM Re: Out dodyskin 02/20/04 07:31 PM Re: Out Bingley 02/21/04 01:19 AM Re: Out dodyskin 02/21/04 10:06 AM Re: Owt Buffalo Shrdlu 02/21/04 12:05 PM Re: Out jheem 02/20/04 06:08 PM Re: Out Jenet 02/20/04 06:50 PM Re: Out wsieber 02/23/04 06:04 AM Re: Out AnnaStrophic 02/23/04 01:01 PM Re: Out grapho 02/23/04 01:12 PM Re: Out 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 Re: Out grapho 02/29/04 01:31 AM Re: Out inselpeter 02/29/04 02:41 AM Re: and Buffalo Shrdlu 02/29/04 02:49 AM Re: Out grapho 02/29/04 01:04 PM
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