Comments on: Arts and/or Crafts http://origami.oschene.com/archives/2006/10/12/arts-andor-crafts/ A Folder's Intermittent Weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:29:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Thomas http://origami.oschene.com/archives/2006/10/12/arts-andor-crafts/comment-page-1/#comment-4240 Thomas Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:34:55 +0000 http://origami.oschene.com/2006/10/12/arts-andor-crafts/#comment-4240 What's with all the complex words? I had to read this three times before I could understand it. BTY, This site has some of the most artistic and original models I have ever seen. What’s with all the complex words? I had to read this three times before I could understand it.
BTY, This site has some of the most artistic and original models I have ever seen.

]]> By: oschene http://origami.oschene.com/archives/2006/10/12/arts-andor-crafts/comment-page-1/#comment-329 oschene Sat, 14 Oct 2006 14:10:58 +0000 http://origami.oschene.com/2006/10/12/arts-andor-crafts/#comment-329 An interesting question, the more so because other words from the same root use t, like pretentiousness. I'm guessing that it's because the people who taught our ancestors French didn't speak it very well and couldn't spell worth beans. Plus, English spelling did not get regularized until the 18th and 19th centuries. Yesterday was <a title="Noah Webster Memorial" href="http://www.amherstiana.org/postcards/webster.html" rel="nofollow">Noah Webster</a>'s birthday - he was one of the founders of my college and a great American grammarian - it was he who first decided we didn't need to follow British spelling or usage rules, a bold idea. What to do with the -tion ending was a hot topic in those days. I suspect the -sion in pretension was some kind of compromise move. An interesting question, the more so because other words from the same root use t, like pretentiousness. I’m guessing that it’s because the people who taught our ancestors French didn’t speak it very well and couldn’t spell worth beans. Plus, English spelling did not get regularized until the 18th and 19th centuries.

Yesterday was Noah Webster‘s birthday – he was one of the founders of my college and a great American grammarian – it was he who first decided we didn’t need to follow British spelling or usage rules, a bold idea. What to do with the -tion ending was a hot topic in those days. I suspect the -sion in pretension was some kind of compromise move.

]]> By: Mélisande http://origami.oschene.com/archives/2006/10/12/arts-andor-crafts/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Mélisande Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:10:46 +0000 http://origami.oschene.com/2006/10/12/arts-andor-crafts/#comment-328 Haha, well written, thanks for sharing it. What is the meaning of pretension with "s" ? An alliteration, a metaphor, a verbal pyrotechnic that is over my head ? Haha, well written, thanks for sharing it.

What is the meaning of pretension with “s” ?
An alliteration, a metaphor, a verbal pyrotechnic that is over my head ?

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