Blood Pact: Meet the minions, part 2 - of voidwalkers and threat

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

11-11-2009 @ 11:03AM

Ratskinmahoney said...

Not sure if I agree with you r assessment of the 'color' versus 'colour' situation. The latter suggests a fuller, more rounded pronunciation of the second syllable, which will sound ridiculous when exaggerated, but is indicative of the correct pronunciation of the word. One of the things I love about the apparently arbitrary correct spellings in English (perhaps more so in UK-English than US) is the incredible subtlety of indication. The silent 'g' or 'k' in 'gnome' or 'know' are of course virtually inaudible, but indicate something like the pre-formation of the word. (I doubt that's a meaningful term, but I mean the soundless 'shape' that the vocal organs form before delivering the word itself - try it, if you're as sad as me you might find it makes you smile.)

I'm with the US on 'center' though. We anglicised the pronunciation, why not the spelling as well? 'Gotten', also, is an 'Americanism' I like. It's much more elegant a past participle than 'got'.

Add your comments

Your comments:

Remember me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.