Shane_B. Posted September 27, 2021 Posted September 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Bapu said: IBTL IBTD I know, right? Thank God the thread wasn't titled I blame Peter.
RobertWS Posted September 28, 2021 Posted September 28, 2021 7 hours ago, Shane_B. said: I know, right? Thank God the thread wasn't titled I blame Peter. Yeah, who knows what some dick would have posted! Oh wait, the other way around. I have dyslexia. 1
paulo Posted September 28, 2021 Posted September 28, 2021 17 hours ago, RobertWS said: I have dyslexia. You seem to be quite good at spelling it...
craigb Posted September 29, 2021 Author Posted September 29, 2021 23 hours ago, RobertWS said: I have dyslexia. Don't worry, 10 out of 3 people do! ?
RobertWS Posted September 29, 2021 Posted September 29, 2021 13 hours ago, paulo said: You seem to be quite good at spelling it... Well, I don't really have it. I was just making a......joek.
Notes_Norton Posted September 29, 2021 Posted September 29, 2021 And just why is dsylexia so hard to spell?
craigb Posted September 29, 2021 Author Posted September 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Notes_Norton said: And just why is dsylexia so hard to spell? And who thought it appropriate to put an "S" in the word "lisp" anyway??? ? 2
Shane_B. Posted September 29, 2021 Posted September 29, 2021 41 minutes ago, craigb said: And who thought it appropriate to put an "S" in the word "lisp" anyway??? ? lisp (v.) sometimes lipse, late 14c. alteration of wlisp, from late Old English awlyspian "to lisp, to pronounce 's' and 'z' imperfectly," from wlisp (adj.) "lisping," which is probably imitative (compare Middle Dutch, Old High German lispen, Danish læspe, Swedish läspa). General sense "speak imperfectly or childishly" is from 17c. Transitive sense from 1610s. Related: Lisped; lisping. Suggestive of effeminacy from 14c.
Shane_B. Posted September 29, 2021 Posted September 29, 2021 1 hour ago, craigb said: Ok Smart Guy, try this one! ? "The answer is: neither is silent. They work together as a digraph in the word scent to create the /s/ sound." ?? 1
craigb Posted September 30, 2021 Author Posted September 30, 2021 Give a man a ghoti and you feed him for a day, teach a man to ghoti and you feed him for a lifetime! But I digraph... ?
kennywtelejazz Posted October 4, 2021 Posted October 4, 2021 (edited) , Kenny Edited October 22, 2021 by kennywtelejazz 1
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