Re: [GZG] LITE, LIGHT and other painful matters

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think the _full_ OED runs to twenty volumes. I'd like to get a set, plus
the full current Britannica, and a full set of the 1911 Britannica...

...and then I think my wife would kill me in my sleep, and I doubt there
would be a jury who would vote to convict....

Best,
Ken

Tony Wilkinson <twilko@ozemail.com.au> wrote:		Yeah but is it
as bad as the two volume Macquarie Australian English Dictionary. I'll
take on your OED anyday.  ;-) 
 
 Tony.
 
 Michael wrote: 	 We have a copy of the OED, you DON'T want to
get hit with it!
    
    
    
    
   Michael Brown
   mwsaber6@msn
   
      
   
      From: Evyn MacDude 
   Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 3:33 PM
   To: gzg-l@vermouth.csua.berkeley.edu   
   Subject: Re: [GZG] LITE, LIGHT and other painful matters
   
   
   
   
   
   On  Apr17 08, at 13:05, Tom B wrote:
   LITE - makes my eyes bleed
 LIGHT - looks right and proper, even if the gh should be pronounced
like a cat throwing up in a proper language (and this should be 'licht')
  
   
 As there is no Academy of the English language, lite is correct if it's
meaning is clear, and if
   y'all want to argue I have access to an OED and am willing to smack
said objecting nits
   upside the head with said collection. 
   
   
   Now this entire conversation would be a great scenario the NAS civil
war, all over spelling.
   
   
   Note, I am american who learned to speak from a Cockney Nanny, lives
in California, and
   has dated and/or lived with an Australian. Thus it's all bloody
english to me. 
   
   
      Evyn MacDude
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