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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Wondering about Wilderness #149235 10/25/2005 7:57 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain Marianna addict Marianna addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain Well, I've had the same happen to me (students asking me WHY) with the words "Christ" (long /ai/) and "Christian", "Christmas", "christening" (all short /i/ )... is this an example of the same thing, do you think, or are the reasons different for this one and for "wild"/"wilderness"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Wondering about Wilderness TessGreenberg 10/22/2005 4:22 PM Re: Wondering about Wilderness inselpeter 10/22/2005 4:31 PM Re: Wondering about Wilderness Capital Kiwi 10/24/2005 8:04 PM Re: Wondering about Wilderness Jackie 10/25/2005 1:42 AM Re: Wondering about Wilderness cain38 10/25/2005 2:53 AM Re: Wondering about Wilderness tsuwm 10/25/2005 3:20 AM Re: Wondering about Wilderness inselpeter 10/25/2005 5:01 AM Re: Wondering about Wilderness Marianna 10/25/2005 7:57 AM Re: Wondering about Wilderness Faldage 10/25/2005 10:32 AM Re: Wondering about Wilderness zmjezhd 10/25/2005 12:26 PM Re: Wondering about Wilderness Jackie 10/25/2005 1:47 PM Re: Wondering about Wilderness zmjezhd 10/25/2005 1:58 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,312 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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