`When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'
Lewis Carroll ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 4:16 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: I saw my lady weep > It was a poor imagination that could think of but one way to spell a > uuord. > > Sean > > guy_and_liz Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oops. Didn't read it very carefully. I think the extra s's are just > archaic > usages. English spelling wasn't very systematic back then. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "guy_and_liz Smith" > To: "LGS-Europe" ; "Arto Wikla" > Cc: "Lute net" > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 2:39 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: I saw my lady weep > > > > "Look" can also be used as a noun, as in "I gave him a dirty look." I > > think > > that's how he's using it here. In that case, "looks" is just the plural > > of > > "look". > > > > Guy > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Arto Wikla" > > To: "LGS-Europe" > > Cc: "Lute net" > > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:52 PM > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: I saw my lady weep > > > > > > > > > > Dear David, > > > > > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, LGS-Europe wrote: > > > > > > > ..joyful looks excells. > > > > Tears kills the heart... > > > > > > > > What's with the s-es after the verbs? 'Looks' and 'tears' (noun, for > > > > sure in > > > > the contaxt) are plural, so I would expect 'excell' and 'kill'. > > > > > > Just an uneducated guess and speculation: somewhere in my mind there > > > are > > > verb forms "excelles", "killes", etc. I guess I've read those words > > > in our beloved facsimilies, prefaces especially. This could be some > > > form > > > of germanc languages' influence, plural of the verb? Perhaps? But I am > > > sure we'll hear the true explanation soon... :-) > > > > > > Arto > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- >
