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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: usage panels #2671 05/23/00 08:23 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 The group you describe sounds like the one they have in France. The only difference is that in France they are creating new words to avoid the incursion of the monoculture "le weekend" etc. Wasn't there a panel which was set up in the USA to make spelling simpler "donut" and "thru" for example. Do you know a link that discussed the simplification of spelling? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Decimate Rubrick 05/20/00 09:56 PM Re: Decimate lusy 05/20/00 10:54 PM Re: Decimate tsuwm 05/21/00 01:59 AM Re: Decimate juanmaria 05/21/00 07:14 AM Re: Decimate tsuwm 05/21/00 01:59 PM Re: Decimate juanmaria 05/21/00 06:43 PM Re: Decimate Rubrick 05/22/00 12:42 PM Re: shifting meanings tsuwm 05/22/00 01:13 PM Re: shifting meanings Rubrick 05/22/00 01:20 PM Re: shifting meanings juanmaria 05/23/00 07:22 PM Chauvinist Rubrick 05/25/00 07:51 AM Re: Chauvinist jmh 05/25/00 10:43 AM Re: Chauvinist tsuwm 05/25/00 10:29 PM Re: Chauvinist Rubrick 05/26/00 01:48 PM Re: Chauvinist tsuwm 05/26/00 02:02 PM Re: Chauvinist Rubrick 05/26/00 02:14 PM Re: Chauvinist tsuwm 05/26/00 02:25 PM Re: Chauvinist Rubrick 05/26/00 02:35 PM Re: Chauvinist tsuwm 05/26/00 02:40 PM Re: Chauvinist Rubrick 05/26/00 02:45 PM Re: Chauvinist tsuwm 05/26/00 09:37 PM Re: Chauvinist jmh 05/27/00 04:54 PM Re: Chauvinist Rubrick 05/28/00 04:11 PM Re: Chauvinist tsuwm 05/28/00 07:11 PM Re: some other examples David108 05/28/00 07:24 PM re: millennium tsuwm 05/30/00 02:54 PM Re: re: millennium Jackie 05/30/00 11:46 PM Re: Chauvinist Jackie 05/26/00 07:13 PM Re: usage panels tsuwm 05/22/00 03:52 PM Re: usage panels Rubrick 05/22/00 10:40 PM Re: usage panels tsuwm 05/23/00 08:13 PM Re: usage panels jmh 05/23/00 08:23 PM Re: usage panels jmh 05/24/00 07:30 AM Re: usage panels Rubrick 05/24/00 01:00 PM Re: Decimate juanmaria 05/23/00 07:21 PM Re: Decimate Rubrick 05/24/00 09:47 AM Re: Decimate juanmaria 05/24/00 10:47 AM Globalisation jmh 05/24/00 12:44 PM Re: Globalisation AnnaStrophic 05/24/00 02:16 PM Re: Decimate Rubrick 05/24/00 12:51 PM Re: Decimate juanmaria 05/24/00 01:58 PM Re: Latin jmh 05/25/00 10:35 AM Re: Latin wsieber 05/26/00 11:55 AM Re: Latin Jackie 05/26/00 07:08 PM Re: Latin juanmaria 05/27/00 07:11 PM Re: Latin Jackie 05/27/00 07:21 PM Re: Latin juanmaria 05/27/00 08:02 PM Re: absence makes it hard to find 'er tsuwm 05/27/00 09:24 PM Re: Ladies AnnaStrophic 05/28/00 12:50 AM Re: absence makes it hard to find 'er juanmaria 05/28/00 10:20 AM Hmmmmm jmh 05/28/00 02:51 PM Re: Hmmmmm tsuwm 05/28/00 07:05 PM Re: Hmmmmm jmh 05/28/00 07:43 PM Re: Hmmmmm tsuwm 05/29/00 07:21 PM Re: Latin Jackie 05/28/00 01:42 AM Re: Latin jmh 05/28/00 03:09 PM Re: Latin Rubrick 05/28/00 04:34 PM The spoken word jmh 05/28/00 07:56 PM Re: Latin juanmaria 06/01/00 03:44 PM Re: Other Planets jmh 06/02/00 06:19 AM Re: Latin Rubrick 05/28/00 04:14 PM Re: Latin jmh 05/28/00 08:01 PM Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 799 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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