Is there an English speaker anywhere who is not CINC ("cart" is not "court") or for that matter GING ("guard" is not "gourd")? I think the old-fashioned St. Louis, Missouri accent had aphenomenon similar to

There was a thread about this in July last year. The consensus seemed to be that it means the same as "in the future" but has been adopted by the executive classes because it sounds more active and positive than "in the

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but was "ain't" ever considered respectable in formal written English? I know that the English upper crust widely used it in conversation during the 19th century. When did "ain't"

(Burchfield who's not shy about accepting variants classes it as an error even though he notes early forms with a "c".) Ummm, she's a she, Harvey. *Robert* W. Burchfield, author of the mislabeled *Fowler III* (in which you will

(Burchfield who's not shy about accepting variants classes it as an error even though he notes early forms with a "c".) Ummm, she's a she, Harvey. Robert Burchfield? The OED New Zealander/editor of the New Fowler's? Did he do

(Burchfield who's not shy about accepting variants classes it as an error even though he notes early forms with a "c".) Ummm, she's a she, Harvey. aokay

On 18 Oct 2003, Donna Richoux wrote -snip re: google doesn't flag up "supercede"- Yeah, I remember learning that here before. Merriam-Webster has it as a variant, and as I recall, a number of other dictionaries do, too. Ah: I missed

-snip re: google doesn't flag up "supercede"- Odd, that. Is "supercede" considered an acceptable variant in some circles? Yeah, I remember learning that here before. Merriam-Webster has it as a variant, and as I recall, a

} }> Introducing phonemes into the discussion obfuscates the }> issue by throwing the baby out with the bath water. } } I wish to stress that I didn't introduce phonemes into the discussion. My } aim was to alleviate the obfuscation you

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