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Re: [VOT] Search for Morgensterns Galgenlieder for choir
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J Martin Rushton |
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Re: [VOT] Search for Morgensterns Galgenlieder for choir |
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Sun, 10 Jun 2018 18:18:37 +0100 |
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On 10/06/18 18:03, Aaron Hill wrote:
> On 2018-06-10 09:39, Brian Barker wrote:
>> At 09:25 10/06/2018 -0700, Aaron Hill wrote:
>>> On 2018-06-10 08:19, Malte Meyn wrote:
>>>> The poem is a humourous (is that how you spell it?) explanation for
>>>> losing them every now and then.
>>>
>>> You did just fine. It is humorous (or humourous) depending on your
>>> flavor (or flavour) of English.
>>
>> Sorry, but this is not so. British English - and some other Englishes
>> - use "humour" (and "flavour") but still have "humorous".
>
> Well, fork me then. According to OED, while chiefly a British variant,
> the spelling humourous is regarded as an error. Can't blame that one on
> the headache; that's entirely me being a dumb. Oh, well.
>
> -- Aaron Hill
Possibly reflecting British pronunciation? Hume-err as against
hume-or-us for example.
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