wistle or wwwwwwhistle?

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:21 am

Nanohedron wrote:And this thread is off-topic here, by the way.

Picky picky picky

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:52 am

Nanohedron wrote:
Did you know that "whistle" stems from the Latin "fistula"? I find that mildy disturbing.

Fistula? Isn't that the largest river in Poland?

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:48 am

Innocent Bystander wrote:
Fistula? Isn't that the largest river in Poland?

Fistula is Dracula's pugnacious younger brother

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:59 am

'Appy birt'day tee YOOOOO,
'appy birt'day tee YOOOOO,
'appy birt'day Missuz Ha-wiggins,
'appy birt'day tee YOOOOO

-Tim Conway

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:49 pm

gallant_murray wrote:"Hwhistle" or "hwhat" or other such pronounciatons are semi archaic forms surviving from the time when the words were actually spelled with the h in front. One of the cool things about language is that it is constantly changing. It never sits still long enough for us to say exactly what it is.

I'm not so sure that's a cool thing. If it were good enough for my great great great great great grandfather Charles I of England it's good enough for me.

I fay we get rid of that pefky "w" altogether. Also, let'f go back to a good old "f" for "s".

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:56 pm

Wait a minute! It juft occured to me that if we are concerned about pronouncing the "h" we fhould alfo be concerned about the "t".

Doef anyone pronounce it "Whif-til"? I fhould fay not!

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:08 pm

Caroluna wrote:
Innocent Bystander wrote:
Fistula? Isn't that the largest river in Poland?
Fistula is Dracula's pugnacious younger brother

Gads yes. Everytime Vlad impaled someone, there was Blad (Fistula) playing Danny Boy on a Spillane prototype. Kind of a dirge.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:56 pm

Flyingcursor wrote:Wait a minute! It juft occured to me that if we are concerned about pronouncing the "h" we fhould alfo be concerned about the "t".

Doef anyone pronounce it "Whif-til"? I fhould fay not!

That's very good! I'm impressed.

TheSpoonMan · Post by **TheSpoonMan** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:10 pm

I pronounce the h in whistle.... but I'm wierd.

Also f wasn't used for s; the letter looked liek f but without the crossing line. Compre the first half of ess-zett (ß; the second half is a stylized z I guess).

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:23 pm

I think a coffee-shop/reading room called "Paradise Loft" would be cool. Wonder how many would get it, though.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:05 am

Nanohedron wrote:I think a coffee-shop/reading room called "Paradise Loft" would be cool. Wonder how many would get it, though.

It'f too fimple, fad to fay.

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:16 am

It is not really an ‘f’; it is a ‘ſ’. And it is only uſed at the ſtart or in the middle of a word, not at the end, ſuch as in ‘In Congreſs.’

Now all of you go back and fix thoſe errors. Jeſus Chriſt. What a ſorry, ſad bunch of excuſes for 18th century typeſetters. I am not impreſſed.

(And Nano, it would be 'Paradiſe Loſt')

Add your favorite 'ſ' word here --

ſartorial

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:50 am

forry.

...I mean, ſorry.

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:58 am

fallible gonzo wrote:I am not impreſſed.

Ooo, you did it, too! That should have been "impreſsed". That's 30 Sail Fairies for you, me lad.

djm

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:59 am

Nanohedron wrote:I think a coffee-shop/reading room called "Paradise Loft" would be cool. Wonder how many would get it, though.

I'd go if they opened a gambling den in the back room, called "Pair O' Dice Found".