tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post1700611411441268032..comments2024-03-17T09:14:13.950+00:00Comments on John Wells’s phonetic blog: being mischieviousJohn Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684304410735867148noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-38779678005238010532011-02-08T05:40:01.383+00:002011-02-08T05:40:01.383+00:00to my young-ish, AmE ears, 'mischievous/mis...to my young-ish, AmE ears, 'mischievous/mis'chievious is strictly an BrE/AmE distinction (as is grievous). The same goes for Oceana, which is very AmE, though without seeing it in a text I can't think which way it would be spelled.mindynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-51402188803031056672011-02-05T17:48:57.040+00:002011-02-05T17:48:57.040+00:00Although I see no mention of this in the LPD, more...Although I see no mention of this in the LPD, more than once I've heard Oceana /ˌoʊʃiˈɑːnə/ from AmE speakers for what I call Oceania. I haven't had many occasions to hear speakers of other English varieties say this word, so I don't know if this is specifically AmE or not.Jongseonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12558136756392729306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-91033125921468977292011-02-03T17:20:15.307+00:002011-02-03T17:20:15.307+00:00Yet if they follow the pattern of mischievious and...Yet if they follow the pattern of mischievious and prefer homogeneous over homogenous, they'll get it right (according to those who think the subtle distinction of meaning between the two is worth insisting on). But then there's always the chance that they'll be spooked by the mischievious/mischievous question and end up saying homogenous.Paul Carleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-47733337405918670712011-02-03T16:42:35.735+00:002011-02-03T16:42:35.735+00:00There's a similar extra-syllable pronunciation...There's a similar extra-syllable pronunciation for "grievous" (or grievious), as shown with the ! marker in LPD. There are rules to English; it's a shame that they cannot be summarised in anything shorter than a dictionary.<br /><br />I think that there are too many spelling purists for the traditional forms to be displaced for a century yet. There seems to be a spelling purist in every office I work in - like moles placed strategically to enforce the rules.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04081841460525341333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-80645268016463015872011-02-03T16:18:07.150+00:002011-02-03T16:18:07.150+00:00Protruberant is surely not a regularization; I'...<i>Protruberant</i> is surely not a regularization; I'd guess it's a reshaping of <i>protuberant</i> after <i>protrude</i>.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-90519069680905397932011-02-03T12:01:52.034+00:002011-02-03T12:01:52.034+00:00Another item in the same category is 'lickeris...Another item in the same category is 'lickerish'.JWLhttp://www.yek.me.uk/noreply@blogger.com