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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: General questions about English #150170 11/14/05 08:59 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) N nancyk addict nancyk addict N Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) I am far from a linguist of any kind, Logwood, but my sense is that no one "decided" the final form of any of the words. It was more an evolution of usage. No one person or several sat on high and ruled Yea or Nay. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted General questions about English Logwood 11/14/05 12:49 AM Re: General questions about English Elizabeth Creith 11/14/05 02:11 AM Re: General questions about English Bingley 11/14/05 02:42 AM Re: General questions about English Logwood 11/14/05 09:07 AM Re: General questions about English Buffalo Shrdlu 11/14/05 09:56 AM Re: General questions about English Logwood 11/14/05 10:05 AM Re: General questions about English Buffalo Shrdlu 11/14/05 10:21 AM Re: General questions about English consuelo 11/14/05 10:35 AM Re: General questions about English Logwood 11/14/05 11:53 AM Re: General questions about English Marianna 11/14/05 03:13 PM Re: General questions about English Jackie 11/14/05 03:42 PM Re: General questions about English Logwood 11/14/05 03:55 PM Re: General questions about English Zed 11/14/05 05:30 PM Re: General questions about English zmjezhd 11/14/05 06:27 PM Re: General questions about English Logwood 11/14/05 08:01 PM Re: General questions about English nancyk 11/14/05 08:59 PM Re: General questions about English Logwood 11/14/05 09:34 PM Re: General questions about English zmjezhd 11/14/05 10:34 PM Re: General questions about English Zed 11/14/05 11:36 PM Re: General questions about English Logwood 11/14/05 11:43 PM Re: General questions about English Faldage 11/15/05 10:56 AM Re: General questions about English Logwood 11/15/05 11:50 AM Re: General questions about English Dean_Whitlock 11/15/05 05:39 PM Re: General questions about English zmjezhd 11/16/05 02:49 AM Re: General questions about English Father Steve 11/16/05 05:26 AM Re: General questions about English Logwood 11/16/05 12:05 PM Re: General questions about English zmjezhd 11/16/05 12:33 PM Re: General questions about English belligerentyouth 11/16/05 12:10 AM Re: General questions about English zmjezhd 11/14/05 09:11 PM Re: General questions about Israeli Hebrew zmjezhd 11/14/05 02:48 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 Topics13,915 Posts230,012 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 824 guests, and 7 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,968 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,957 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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