AnWulf
Joined: June 19, 2011
Number of comments posted: 558
Number of votes received: 151
Native English speaker. Conversant in German, Russian, Spanish, and Anglo-Saxon.
Ferþu Hal!
I have a pilot's license (SEL certificate); I'm a certified diver (NAUI); I've skydived and was qualified as a paratrooper in the Army (Airborne!); I was a soldier (MI, Armor, Engineer).
I worked for a corporation, was a law enforcement officer, and a business owner.
Bachelor's in Finance; minor in Economics Masters of Aeronautical Sciences
Browncoat
Now I'm writing my great American novel.
http://lupussolus.typad.com http://lupussolusluna.blogspot.com
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on: Repeated
The passage was said seven times. ... That solves the proble...
on: The opposite of “awaken”?
@Jasper ... If yu are going to borrow the German word and en...
on: O’clock
It's five o'clock in the morning: http://www.youtube.com/wat...
on: Use of “their” as a genderless singular?
@Mediator ... Hinges on the validity of the pet peeve. Many ...
on: Use of “their” as a genderless singular?
Despite what the grammar police might say, it's actually fin...
on: Pled versus pleaded
Casenote Legal Briefs: A man ***pled*** guilty to a charge o...
on: “Anglish”
Words for ravine: chine, dene (dean), gil(l), kloof (clough)...
on: “Anglish”
There are a lot of English words that the etymologists ignor...
on: “Anglish”
@Ængelfolc, ... ""for what it's worth, apparently they are n...
on: Past tense of “text”
@Ruthyphro - "Let him be largely ***texted*** in your love. ...
on: all _____ sudden
@BillB ... You should try looking in a wordbook before makin...
on: “American”
@Sergio, you can't logically claim that someone from the US ...
on: “Anglish”
Here is what I was told: for what it's worth, apparently...
on: “Anglish”
The question was put to me: Why is that so many others ... l...
on: “Anglish”
1275 (Eært þu þenne cheues-boren þat þu wult beon for-loren?...
on: “Anglish”
Found OHG irri ... So now it becomes whether irri came from ...
on: “Anglish”
ofost f. haste, speed, zeal, Æ. adv. -lîce. on ofoste, of(e)...
on: It had impacts on...
If impact, the noun, means the effect, then there is nothing...
on: “Anglish”
@Gallitrot ... FYI, the chivesborn wikt. infare (entry) has ...
on: “Literally” in spoken conversation
The noting of "boy" for servant is common across indo-euro. ...
on: “Anglish”
ire (given as c1300) said to from from O.Fr. ire "anger, wra...
on: “Anglish”
@Ængelfolc, I guess that would hinge on what "English" means...
on: What is the word for intentionally incorrect spelling?
There iz no alternativ. Every possible reezon that could e...
on: “Anglish”
I was watching some re-runs of the TV space-western "Firefly...
on: Impact as a noun
@Marina ... I hate to burst your and Garner's bubble but the...
on: “Anglish”
Commander is mainly noted as a rank (navy) or position (divi...
on: “hack” in “hackathon”
hacker a chopper, cutter" perhaps also "one who makes hack...
on: Worst Case or Worse Case
worst-case adjective (of a projected development) chara...
on: The Term “Foreigner”
When did the word foreigner become unacceptable or offensiv?...
on: “Me neither.” or “Me either”
Both "me neither" and "me either" are correct. How can that ...
on: Sleep / Asleep
As a nativ Sutherner, I don't ever recall anyone saying, "He...
on: Word in question: Conversate
@Suzanne ... I agree with yu that noting talk is better than...
on: Word in question: Conversate
It is in M-W: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conv...
on: watch much stuff?
I think nigel is right ... It is the vagueness of "stuff" in...
on: “If I was” vs. “If I were”
@spiceman ... Those are not past tenses but rather subjuncti...
on: “Anglish”
Here's a good word: hella ... from "helluva ... from hell of...
on: “Anglish”
Anent rime ... it made it to ME both as a noun and a verb (r...
on: “Anglish”
About the seemingly -endlic/endlic afterfast = able ... afte...
on: “Anglish”
Some more French words listed as Germanic roots (but not spe...
on: “Anglish”
Sorry about the long post ... but I'm lucky to get something...
on: I’ve no idea
I can't think of a reason why "I've to go" is wrong but I do...
on: “Anglish”
This is from a book on Excel: Navigating dialog boxes is gen...
on: “Anglish”
@Ængelfolc ... Here's one for yur etym skills: release .....
on: “Anglish”
@Gallitrot ... That was a thought that I had as well but "st...
on: Past tense of “text”
@Karyn ... Huh? What "rule of thumb" would that be? M-W h...
on: “Anglish”
I just stumbled over this ... I was wondering what might hav...
on: “Anglish”
I just stumbled over this ... I was wondering what might hav...
on: -age words
Screwage? The spillage of thy screwage ... which might end u...
on: “Anglish”
Or maybe only Folkrike? ... Or would that be socialism/commu...
on: “Anglish”
Yes, Reich is an English word in the witt that it is in our ...
on: Pled versus pleaded
I wasn't putting out "cruise" to bestead (or instead as a ve...
on: “Anglish”
@Ængelfolc ... Good writ on the upspring of America. Who kno...
on: “Anglish”
-dom — abstract suffix of state, from O.E. dom "statute, jud...
on: Pled versus pleaded
It was always fun to think about Agent 86. If you're look...
on: “Anglish”
@jayles ... with today's right-spelling (orthography), it wo...
on: “Anglish”
The bureaucracy is bumbledom: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/...
on: “Anglish”
OE ricedom n. Power, rule, dominion: Ðín rícedóm ofer ús ríx...
on: “Anglish”
@Jayles ... in Swedish, the adj. rike is a cognate with Engl...
on: “Anglish”
Here's an eye-biting (fascinating/interesting) list of Engli...
on: “Anglish”
@þ ... I didn't say that I didn't like the yahoo grupe ... I...
on: “Anglish”
I try to note the words on other blogs or my own writings. F...
on: “Anglish”
@þ ... I hav to gainsay that the yahoo mailing list is "bett...
on: “Anglish”
There is lude: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lude As þ sa...
on: “Anglish”
To manufacture is truly nothing more than to make or build. ...
on: “Anglish”
To manufacture is truly nothing more than to make or build. ...
on: “Anglish”
To manufacture is truly nothing more than to make or build. ...
on: “Anglish”
LOL ... No one laught the mistake in my last post. It should...
on: “Anglish”
I had one of those head-slapping moments the other day. I ca...
on: Had he breakfast this morning?
@Big Picture ... I don't think that American English is any ...
on: “Anglish”
There are many words or meanings of words that were lost. Ti...
on: “Anglish”
Hæleþ made to ME as both heleth and hathel ( http://en.wikti...
on: “Anglish”
I know that min is a great Anglo-word but it has been oversh...
on: “Anglish”
Here's a good one that should be ground for a fight between ...
on: On Tomorrow
@Milan ... read my post just above yours. The right phrase i...
on: Silk and Silkworm
It's not from Latin. It seemingly came into English thru the...
on: Texted
Regardless of how it is said, "texted" is the past tense. Ho...
on: of a
The better way would be to say, "How long is the wait?" or "...
on: -age words
I find "sewerage" to be truly funny: the provision of ***...
on: “graduated high school” or “graduated from high school”?
graduate 1 [no object] successfully complete an academic de...
on: tailorable
Grammatically, tailorable is fine. However, I think of cloth...
on: Nother
@Goofy ... Actually, I was thinking more of the second etym ...
on: of a
A, an come from the same root as "one" ... anfald = onefold ...
on: Nother
It's been here a long time: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/no...
on: “Anglish”
Oops, that's "lose the net". In OE, focus was fustra ... ...
on: “Anglish”
Loose the net for a two weeks and I miss a lot! lol I not...
on: On Tomorrow
My guess is that it is a blending of different versions of t...
on: Pled versus pleaded
@Matthew ... editirixrex is right. Go back upthread and read...
on: “Anglish”
The yogh was a ME staf. Don't assume that the LWS dialect wa...
on: “Anglish”
@ jayles ... 1.) Yes, sieg is far better known, but, as yu s...
on: He was sat
@Goofy ... How much do students learn from teachers? Quite a...
on: Over exaggeration
@Flory ... By that inwit, the word exaggerate shouldn't exis...
on: “Anglish”
Almost always it is better to note a standing word ... even ...
on: Computer mouses or computer mice?
Mongeese is noted so often that maybe it should be thought o...
on: He was sat
I'll back Brus up. If the teach is teaching ENGLISH, then th...
on: Floorings?
The word "floorings" is common in construction and elsewhere...
on: “Anglish”
If yu want to note sigor, why change the spelling? Note it a...
on: “Anglish”
2005, Diana L. Paxson, “Taking Up The Runes" page 172: The ...
on: Computer mouses or computer mice?
The word mongoose comes from Marathi maṅgūs. The anglicized ...
on: “Anglish”
byspel http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/byspel ... forbus? I'v ...
July 2, 2012, 3:55pm • 0 vote
on: Use of “their” as a genderless singular?
Sorry for my lateness ... I'v lost the link to the web at th...