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11-07-2007, 04:11 AM
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Hauntress of the Havens
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When you think it's a lamentable loss that you've ceased (temporarily, hopefully) having BD dreams, or being a subject of one.
 And you've finally caught yourself automatically thinking "Lommy" when you see a group of penguins in a photo. Yay! |
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11-07-2007, 04:14 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
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11-07-2007, 04:18 AM
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Hauntress of the Havens
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Speaking of whom... When you find yourself wondering if Legate has three syllables, or two syllables and rhymes with date. |
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11-07-2007, 04:26 AM
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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11-07-2007, 04:48 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
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 *slaps himself to the forehead* What madness is that?Two. But as far as I know, it does not rhyme with date. In fact, I think it's very hard to find something that it would rhyme with. Hmm... I don't know. Quote:
 Well let's wait for the three following days. But I don't give much hope to it.
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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11-07-2007, 09:43 AM
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Hauntress of the Havens
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I guess I'm entitled to appear self-confessedly stupid occasionally... but just how is "Legate" supposed to be pronounced anyway, Legate? 
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11-07-2007, 02:02 PM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
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Simply, the pronounciation is something like "lae-get" (as in "lay" and "to get something"). Well, more or less.
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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11-07-2007, 02:32 PM
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Pilgrim Soul
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Err it isn't ... is it?
I would say it leg-ut or legget may be - definitely not as in lay..
And there are good diachronic linguisic reasons for our spelling (as well as some random reasons) and in my opinion Mr Webster only confused the situation... why change plough to plow when it still is said differently to snow?  The Saucepan Man had a splendid sig that illustrated the many pronunciations of Eglish words ending in -ough (7 or 8 I think...). Edit Of course I am speaking as a speaker of more or less "Oxford English" .... the inhabitants of the erstwhile colonies may have a different opinion....
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