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Article #5131Re: Proof that 'Shakespeare' was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford
From: Peter T. Daniels
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:28
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:28
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On Mar 6, 10:16 am, Franz Gnaedinger <f...@bluemail.ch> wrote: > On Mar 6, 4:00 pm, "ranjit_math...@yahoo.com" > > <ranjit_math...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > If you were dealing with an earl of Cambridge, would you consult a > > Cambridge dictionary? Suppose he was, instead, a commoner villein > > Shakespeare who attempted to rise from villeinage by becoming a spear > > bearing mercenary ...http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Shakespeare > > ... but who subsequently found he could wield a pen more mightily than > > a spear. Then, which dictionary would you consult?:-> > > My other dictionary at home is the Webster's > Unabridged, giving > > valiant val'yant > > William wil'yam > > stress on val- and wil-, > a in -yant and -yam unaccented > > which, I assume, are the American pronounciations, > but I consider the ones provided by the Oxford > dictionary that would also do for Cambrdge. > The main difference is British vael- American val-. > I find British vael- closer to wil- > > vael jant > wil jam > > val yant > wil yam > > So I quoted from the Oxford dictionary only. > Until you came around and made me quote > from the Webster. Have only a small Cambridge > dictionary at home, no pronounciations. And > Peter Groove, who must have one, is way tooo > groooving good to give some information, > being the typical arro from academe. Did it occur to you to look at the "Pronunciation Key," which would show you that the two sets of pronunciations are _identical_, merely using (in two cases) different symbols for the same sounds? And you have probably failed to transcribe the italic _a_ in the second syllables, which was often used in early days of pronunciation keys for the sound these days written with shwa.
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