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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Defen(c,s)e #123832 02/26/04 07:20 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Yep, the Lunnoner has it pretty much right, I reckon. You put up a spirited defence, but when they accuse you of being a bad winner you get all defensive. "c" in the noun, "s" in the verb. The change in spelling in the US is clearly a result of extensive and successful lobbying by the AULTWU. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Defen(c,s)e Faldage 02/25/04 03:48 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/25/04 03:58 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e wwh 02/25/04 04:10 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e shanks 02/25/04 04:50 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e Capfka 02/26/04 07:20 AM Re: Defen(c,s)e Faldage 02/26/04 11:16 AM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/26/04 12:07 PM Re: USn spelling AnnaStrophic 02/26/04 01:08 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e jheem 02/26/04 01:51 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e Capfka 02/26/04 12:08 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/26/04 02:06 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e Capfka 02/26/04 05:00 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/26/04 05:11 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e jheem 02/26/04 05:34 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e Capfka 02/26/04 05:49 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/26/04 05:52 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e Jackie 02/27/04 01:44 AM Re: Defen(c,s)e Father Steve 02/27/04 05:01 AM Re: Defen(c,s)e Buffalo Shrdlu 02/27/04 05:35 AM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/27/04 12:11 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e hibernicus 02/27/04 03:50 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e grapho 02/27/04 07:35 PM (parenthetically) AnnaStrophic 02/26/04 06:40 PM Re: (parenthetically) Capfka 02/27/04 02:57 PM Re: Defen(c,s)e jheem 02/26/04 01:54 PM In my defen(c,s)e shanks 02/26/04 05:55 PM the Yiddish substrate in Cockney jheem 02/26/04 06:14 PM Re: the Yiddish substrate in Cockney Faldage 02/26/04 06:28 PM Re: the Yiddish substrate in Cockney tsuwm 02/26/04 06:32 PM Re: the Yiddish substrate in Cockney Faldage 02/26/04 06:34 PM Is it now... shanks 02/26/04 07:31 PM mickey bliss jheem 02/26/04 07:38 PM Re: Is it now... Faldage 02/26/04 07:54 PM Re: Is it now... jheem 02/26/04 07:59 PM Re: Is it now... Capfka 02/26/04 09:21 PM Re: Is it now... hibernicus 02/27/04 04:00 PM Re: Is it now... AnnaStrophic 02/27/04 04:07 PM Re: Is it now... Faldage 02/27/04 04:19 PM Re: Is it now... hibernicus 02/27/04 04:59 PM Re: Is it now... Capfka 02/27/04 06:17 PM Re: Is it now... jheem 02/27/04 06:23 PM Yes shanks 02/27/04 07:14 PM I see ... jheem 02/27/04 07:57 PM Re: I see ... Capfka 02/27/04 08:23 PM Re: I see ... jheem 02/27/04 08:37 PM Re: I see ... Capfka 02/27/04 08:54 PM Re: I see ... grapho 02/27/04 09:40 PM Re: I see ... jheem 02/27/04 10:07 PM Re: I see ... TEd Remington 02/28/04 07:43 AM Re: I see ... Capfka 02/28/04 09:31 AM Re: I see ... grapho 02/28/04 12:43 PM Re: I see said the blind man... Buffalo Shrdlu 02/28/04 12:49 PM Re: I don't see ... AnnaStrophic 02/28/04 02:28 PM Re: I don't see ... grapho 02/28/04 02:39 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 Posts229,345 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 (), 718 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,547 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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