tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post2042595543015552787..comments2023-10-23T23:35:22.776+02:00Comments on Cross Words: It's All Just WordsTed Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-35256197062680706672011-02-07T21:20:17.147+01:002011-02-07T21:20:17.147+01:00Thanks, Ted! Now I need to go back and check my gr...Thanks, Ted! Now I need to go back and check my grey areas.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-89555746495904369732011-02-07T20:15:25.605+01:002011-02-07T20:15:25.605+01:00I get the sense that many of these differences are...I get the sense that many of these differences are based on American vs. British English. I recently had to look up further/farther; I had never realized there was a difference until then.Alison Pearce Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955543150406880055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-9974881912585986582011-02-07T17:37:19.446+01:002011-02-07T17:37:19.446+01:00One of my favorite book quotes is from The Last Ba...One of my favorite book quotes is from The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis:<br /><br />"Further up and further in!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-55421896593945195962011-02-07T16:19:00.427+01:002011-02-07T16:19:00.427+01:00i think grey looks better than gray. that's w...i think grey looks better than gray. that's why grey is one of my son's middle names- even though his teacher keeps trying to tell him it is gray. :Dvic caswell https://www.blogger.com/profile/01218698236837610704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-5526039556964693152011-02-07T15:17:56.134+01:002011-02-07T15:17:56.134+01:00Flammable, Inflammable
I've always hated this...Flammable, Inflammable<br /><br />I've always hated this. I'm hoping it will be one of those words that's used incorrectly for so long that the meaning changes.<br /><br /><br />Further/Farther<br /><br />A matter of degree versus a measure of distance<br /><br /><br />Gray/Grey<br /><br />American English vs. Queen's English<br /><br /><br />Amid/Amidst, Among/Amongst<br /><br />Regionalisms based on immigration. You're more likely to find the "st" attachment in the Midwest and American north like Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Heavily Catholic/Lutheran areas where some prayers/bibles still used the "st" up until just a generation ago will use this most frequently.Joseph L. Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629531390894108695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319453613836766610.post-14587847436957131442011-02-07T14:54:34.061+01:002011-02-07T14:54:34.061+01:00Ref: further
"farther" indicates physica...Ref: further<br />"farther" indicates physical distance, but according to my editor it is perfectly acceptable to use "further" in dialog.<br /><br />Ref: grey/gray<br />Grey is Brit spelling for gray. In my first book set in the distant future and on American soil, I deliberately spelled the MC's name as Grey as a subtle way of showing cultural evolution.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.com