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‘Th’ Sound Will Vanish from English Language Due to Multiculturalism, Linguists Say
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| September 30, 2016
| Nick Hallett
Posted on 09/30/2016 9:47:13 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan
30-40 years ago, they said the same thing, only it was AMERICAN English that was supposed to displace the Queen’s English...................so Thhhhhhpft...........
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posted on
09/30/2016 10:25:16 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(YES, I'm Deplorable! I Deplore the entire Democrat Party!....................)
To: Falcon4.0
To: C19fan
I once attended a talk given by Brian Jacques, author of the Redwall book series. He mentioned traveling throughout England and described various regional accents and differences from one small town to another. Even he had a hard time understanding (he was from Liverpool).
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posted on
09/30/2016 10:29:40 AM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: wideminded
No. Really. Anthony is pronounced with a hard T, not the TH sound. And is still spelled with the TH.
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posted on
09/30/2016 10:32:40 AM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: USMCPOP
Manchester and the `u’ (mud): “Wipe your moody shoes.”
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posted on
09/30/2016 11:00:28 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
To: NonValueAdded
Biggus Dickus thertainly agreeth!
I wonder how hith wife feelth about it?
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posted on
09/30/2016 11:03:02 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: C19fan
‘Th’ Sound Will Vanish from English Language Due to Multiculturalism, Linguists SayFrom my cold dead tongue...
Linguists track the changes in language, not dictate change.
Presumptuous MORONS!
Can we just adopt ebonics and save time?
Fahrenheit 451 Great book, time to re-read it.
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posted on
09/30/2016 11:03:39 AM PDT
by
publius911
(IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
To: Rurudyne
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posted on
09/30/2016 11:05:10 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger)
To: USMCPOP
Why not just go with the decabet? /SNL
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posted on
09/30/2016 11:07:25 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger)
To: NonValueAdded
Incidentally: we just outlined two very good reasons why the “th” sound will NOT disappear ... both Monty Python and Looney Tunes ... not to mention jokes about all speech impediments ... would have to disappear before people forgot how to make the sound!
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posted on
09/30/2016 11:09:33 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: taterjay
I teach 4th grade math. In my classroom, I have a poster with a dog on it that says, I Love Maff.”
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posted on
09/30/2016 11:12:09 AM PDT
by
gop4lyf
(Gay marriage is neither.)
To: Rurudyne
Incontinentia Buttocks? Bowlegged but thweet Incontinentia?
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posted on
09/30/2016 11:13:33 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
To: originalbuckeye
Aren’t Anthony and Antony two distinctly different names?
To: C19fan
English? Won’t they all be speaking Pashtun and Arabic?
To: taterjay
My birfday is on earfday. Maf is hard. Whut dis stuff yoo sayin, Willis?
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posted on
09/30/2016 11:22:56 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: C19fan
Since schools and colleges are ashamed of American culture, and since English is part of the culture, no surprise that English is not taught right, and anything goes.
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posted on
09/30/2016 11:24:20 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
To: miss marmelstein
So Brits are going to start talking like New Yorkers? Irish immigrants couldn’t pronounce the ‘th’ which is why New Yorkers used to say ‘turty-turd-and-turd” rather than thirty third and third. But that changed over the years and it’s rare to hear that accent anymore.Actually, its: "toidy-toid and toid." As in:
Toidy doity poiple boids
sittin' a coib, choipin' and boipin' and eatin' woims
Along came Hoibie and his goil Goitie, da goil wit da golden coils.
When dey saw da toidy doity poiple boids
sittin' da coib, choipin' abd boipin' and eatin' woims,
Dey was patoibed.
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posted on
09/30/2016 11:32:01 AM PDT
by
Maceman
(Screw the Party. Save the Country.)
To: Boogieman
Pronounced “Tom-uhss” here.
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posted on
09/30/2016 11:32:41 AM PDT
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: Boogieman
“Linguists have also predicted that the future direction of English will be determined in India, simply by the sheer number of speakers.”
Nonsense, because there is little direct contact between Indian English speakers and other English speakers
Obviously you haven't called Customer Service lately.
To: steve86
Sure, but I don’t think it’s ever pronounced with a “thom” sound. Not that I’ve ever heard.
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