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Ouch. Fairly nicely written piece about punctuation, and generally nicely formatted with justification, properly indented paragraphs, use of em dashes, and so o
by lambda 12y ago
Ouch. Fairly nicely written piece about punctuation, and generally nicely formatted with justification, properly indented paragraphs, use of em dashes, and so on; and then it uses straight quotes everywhere. While I'm generally used to straight quotes everywhere on the web, the additional standard set by the rest of the typesetting and the topic meant that their omission here was that much more glaring.
- Bud 12y agoThe piece also asserted that "word" and "whirred" are "pronounced exactly the same". They aren't. The first consonant is different; IPA [w] vs. IPA [hw].
- talideon 12y agoIn a good number of English dialects [w] and [hw] have collapsed together.
- groovy2shoes 12y agoYep, to the point of /hw/ being considered comical by many speakers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_wh#Wine.E2.80.93whine_merger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_wh#Wine... Edit: I just want to point out that despite what the map in the linked article says, the merger is complete in most of the urban areas in the Southeast as well. You'll usually only hear /hw/ in rural areas.
- punee 12y agoOTOH, that "wh" is pronounced /hw/ only reinforces his main argument.
- aninhumer 12y agoFor me, it's the same consonant, but the vowel sound is very slightly longer in "whirred".
- auxbuss 12y ago"use of em dashes" It's worth pointing out that this is not a universal style choice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#En_dash_versus_em_dash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#En_dash_versus_em_dash
- ajkjk 12y agoSeriously? I can think of nothing about this article that bothers me less than that. In my world, quotes are quotes and the distinction between ways of drawing them is infinitely irrelevant. That this is not true to someone else is actually surprising me.