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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: John Ruskin #100298 04/08/03 02:19 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta As for the Ruskin quote, it was a pretty widespread opinion in his day, and I don't know enough about him to say whether he shared it or was just reporting the common belief. But similar attitudes persist among prescriptivist grammarians with their contempt for what they condemn as illiteracies etc., although they wouldn't express it in quite the same way. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted John Ruskin wwh 04/08/03 12:45 AM Re: John Ruskin wwh 04/08/03 01:31 AM Re: John Ruskin Bingley 04/08/03 02:19 AM Re: John Ruskin wwh 04/08/03 01:48 PM Re: John Ruskin Wordwind 04/08/03 02:56 PM Re: John Ruskin Bingley 04/08/03 02:01 AM 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 Topics13,915 Posts230,127 Members9,198 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 3,232 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 12 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,032 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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