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Re: [OT] Grammatic gender
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mskala |
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Re: [OT] Grammatic gender |
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Fri, 17 Nov 2017 11:10:15 -0600 (CST) |
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Alpine 2.20 (LNX 67 2015-01-07) |
On Fri, 17 Nov 2017, J Martin Rushton wrote:
> There is a similar issue with the "apologetic apostrophe" in Scots.
> From the 18thC to mid-20thC writers inserted apostrophes where Scots
> didn't have a consonant that English does. For instance the English
> word "give" is equivalent to the Scots word "gie". The apologetic
> apostrophe would render this "gi'e" but this is now frowned upon.
Maybe someday writers of English will ha[v]e to use apologetic
square brackets.
--
Matthew Skala
address@hidden People before principles.
http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/
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