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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Out #123475 02/20/2004 6:08 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Ah, but you're not a Dutchman. How do you feel about the 'o' in one? OTOH, ounce, our, and oust all go with with the {#ou} to /Aw/ mapping. There's really no rhyme or reason to English spelling—pausing to don asbestos suit—just a lot of post hoc rationalization. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Out inselpeter 02/20/2004 3:57 PM Re: Out jheem 02/20/2004 4:08 PM Re: Out inselpeter 02/20/2004 5:32 PM Re: Out Buffalo Shrdlu 02/20/2004 6:00 PM Re: Out dodyskin 02/20/2004 7:31 PM Re: Out Bingley 02/21/2004 1:19 AM Re: Out dodyskin 02/21/2004 10:06 AM Re: Owt Buffalo Shrdlu 02/21/2004 12:05 PM Re: Out jheem 02/20/2004 6:08 PM Re: Out Jenet 02/20/2004 6:50 PM Re: Out wsieber 02/23/2004 6:04 AM Re: Out AnnaStrophic 02/23/2004 1:01 PM Re: Out grapho 02/23/2004 1:12 PM Re: Out wsieber 02/23/2004 2:11 PM Re: Out, of a sort jheem 02/23/2004 2:44 PM Give a hoot, don't pollute musick 02/23/2004 7:13 PM Anarchy rules grapho 02/24/2004 9:21 PM Rules *justify the exception musick 02/25/2004 4:34 PM Chaos reigns supreme grapho 02/26/2004 11:40 AM Re: Anarchy rules wsieber 02/26/2004 8:40 AM Re: Out grapho 02/29/2004 1:31 AM Re: Out inselpeter 02/29/2004 2:41 AM Re: and Buffalo Shrdlu 02/29/2004 2:49 AM Re: Out grapho 02/29/2004 1:04 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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