Hatches, Matches & Despatches

[Timtin]

emphasize

All you need to get now is the proper spelling and your fellow conspirators here at PP will declare you a bona fide English lady.

Regards
Fred

According to 'The A-Z of Correct English' by Angela Burt, only 19 basic words of
more than one syllable must end with -ise:
advertise, advise, apprise, arise, chastise, circumcise, comprise, compromise,
despise, devise, disguise, enfranchise, excise, exercise, improvise, revise,
supervise, surprise, and televise.
Only one word of more than one syllable must end with -ize: capsize.
All the rest of more than one syllable can be spelt either way. The choice is yours.

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[iano]

Otherwize?

[Timtin]

'Otherwise' is derived from the Old English phrase 'odre wisan', meaning 'in another way'.
So maybe Angela Burt regarded it as a derivative of the word 'wise', and therefore not
included in her list of 19 basic -ise words of more than one syllable, or maybe she just
overlooked it. This is a good link for the origins of English words:-
http://www.etymonline.com/

Meanwhile, getting back to the proper area of discussion for this thread, the American
composer Benjamin Lees died on Monday, aged 86.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/2010060 ... dies+at+86

[Timtin]

The very great Robert Alexander Schumann is 200 today!
Tuvalu in the South Pacific has remembered him with a commemorative coin.
http://www.talismancoins.com/servlet/Detail?no=1235

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[Timtin]

At last - two of my hobbies combined - numismatism and musicmatism!
Strangely, the P for the Perth mint is echoed in America's state quarters
by the P for the Philadelphia mint, the other being D for the Denver mint.

[fredbucket]

Davida celebrated by playing 'Marche des "Davidsbündler" contre les Philistins', as one would expect on such occasions.

Fred celebrated by having a fresh seafood lunch on a very remote island in the Philippines, as one would expect on such occasions.

Regards
Fred

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[fredbucket]

You've misunderstood Schumann totally: it's against the Philistines not the Philippines!

Whoops, you are, as usual, quite correct. Too much lambanog.

Regards
Fred