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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread My tung is in my hed #89982 12/19/02 03:47 PM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5 C cosmo OP stranger OP cosmo stranger C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5 Check http://www.mentalfloss.com/archives/archive015.htm. (link updated 12/23 to match archive on site) Whod've thunk that Noah Webster, someone revered by English teachers (when I grew up anyway) as having crafted the first American dictionary, had such radical changes in mind for our language? I give the whole thing "thums down." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted My tung is in my hed cosmo 12/19/02 03:47 PM Re: My tung is in my hed wwh 12/19/02 03:57 PM Re: My tung is in my hed RhubarbCommando 12/20/02 10:19 AM Radical approaches to language change are doomed TEd Remington 12/21/02 11:41 PM Re: Radical approaches to language change are doomed birdfeed 12/22/02 07:59 PM Re: Radical approaches to language change are doom sjm 12/22/02 09:42 PM Re: Radical approaches to language change are doom TEd Remington 12/23/02 12:50 AM Re: Radical approaches to language change are doom wofahulicodoc 12/23/02 01:13 AM Re: Radical approaches to language change are doom cosmo 12/25/02 02:20 PM a quavering reply wofahulicodoc 12/25/02 03:55 PM Re: a quavering reply Faldage 12/25/02 04:43 PM Re: a quavering reply TEd Remington 12/25/02 07:41 PM Re: a quavering reply cosmo 12/25/02 07:47 PM Re: a quavering reply sjm 12/25/02 10:19 PM Re: a quavering reply wofahulicodoc 12/25/02 11:24 PM A musicians response musick 12/26/02 12:01 AM Re: A musicians response Buffalo Shrdlu 12/26/02 02:35 AM Re: A non-quavering musicians response Faldage 12/26/02 01:20 PM Non-pointy musick 12/26/02 06:10 PM Re: Non-pointy Faldage 12/26/02 06:27 PM Re: Halfas te risk wow 12/27/02 01:44 PM My tung is in mie cheek musick 12/22/02 05:09 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 Posts229,389 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 (), 775 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 28 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,572 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,920 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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