[AT] Fwd: 100 years ago

[Rob Gray]

I'm not certain of the history but I believe there was a concerted 
effort by Daniel Webster to alter what he considered outdated English 
spellings. Changes suzh as "ize" at the end of words such as sympathize 
in place of "ise" is just one example.

Dean VP wrote:

>Dana/Mattias:
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>I believe a statement about the US and England goes something like this.
>"Two countries divided by a common language."   
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>Dean A. Van Peursem
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>Deere
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>Pick up a book printed in the US in 1906 and one will see the drift in both 
>spelling and punctuation.  As you point, out the British spelling is very 
>different from American spelling in what is basically the same language.  
>English as well as most other languages constantly drift as new technology 
>and usage patterns emerge.  Right now, in the US, the assimilation of 
>Spanish words is occurring at a fairly rapid pace.  Dana
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>>From: "Mattias Kessén" <davidbrown950 at gmail.com>
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>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Subject: Re: [AT] Fwd: 100 years ago
>>Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:46:22 +0200
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>>Get, got, gotten is what I've been told, but I only learned UK
>>english, though I sometimes type color instead of colour when posting
>>to this list. I also don't believe in learning you guys english.
>>People in Sweden have become much worse at spelling and grammars.
>>Mostly this is "corrected" by changing the spelling, so in a few years
>>you can spell anyway you want to :-( On the other hand will most words
>>be english with swedish endings by then :-(
>>
>>Mattias
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>>,2006/4/28, DAVIESW739 at aol.com <DAVIESW739 at aol.com>:
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>>>How about Got, Gotten, Gotta and Gonna. I hear these on the news and  all
>>>over now. I was told by a school teacher that Gotten is correct English 
>>>now  boy
>>>not when I went to school.
>>>
>>>Walt  Davies
>>>Cooper Hollow Farm
>>>Monmouth, OR 97361
>>>503 623-0460
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