Spellings, I'm curious

[srebbe64]

Can anyone explain to me why we have the following words spelt:

Hope
Dope
Cope
Rope
Pope

Then we get

Soap (spelt with an 'oa')

So who decided this, and what was their rationale?

[Eric Mc]

Nope?

I'm struggling to make a "Business" connection here .

[apusmelba]

shouldn't your nickname have a t in it

[Eric Mc]

I didn't know I had a nickname.

[srebbe64]

Eric Mc said:

Nope? I'm struggling to make a "Business" connection here .

Aah, yes. Looks like I posted in the wrong forum:

Dear Mr. Moderator,

Please can you reassign my vexing question to the appropriate forum.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Sope

[steviebee]

Our language is derived from a hotchpot of Latin, French, Saxon and many others.

Soap decends from Latin and was probably pronounced and spelt differently, evolving over time to accommodate the changing abilities of various settlers to pronounce certain words.

Pope is also a Latin derivative (obvously!) but IIRC, comes from something like "Papeal".

Also, when you think about it, if you were to spell Soap, Sope; you'd end up saying "Sop".




Now, can you all do page 43 for homework and make sure you bring it in on Monday!

[Eric Mc]

"Pope" probably derives from the Latin word "Pater" meaning "father" as in Holy Father.

In Italian "Papa" is used for both The Pope and Father.

[voyds9]

apusmelba said:

shouldn't your nickname have a t in it

I think with the inital question his name should be scrabble64

[2 Smokin Barrels]

srebbe64 said:

Eric Mc said: Nope? I'm struggling to make a "Business" connection here . Aah, yes. Looks like I posted in the wrong forum: Dear Mr. Moderator, Please can you reassign my vexing question to the appropriate forum. Yours sincerely, Mr. Sope

Is there a tithead forum?

[srebbe64]

apusmelba said:

shouldn't your nickname have a t in it

Yeah, I might change it to srebbe64t

[padgett]

am i the only one who is utterly bemused by this thread?

>> Edited by padgett on Wednesday 20th July 10:51

[anonymous-user]

You can check the etymology of a word at www.etymonline.com/index.php or in most dictionaries which might shed some light on this particular conundrum.

[mybrainhurts]

Smartarse.....

[vixpy1 on tour]

I can't smell

[titiany]

vixpy1 on tour said:

I can't smell

that's really not funny, Vixpy!

[JagLover]

Someones stolen the 'T'

[srebbe64]

Tope (with a 't' is a word) is a word.

[mybrainhurts]

srebbe64 said:

Tope (with a 't' is a word) is a word.

Think I'm getting the hang of this.....

Wait....

Rope (with an 'r' is a word) is a word.



Who's next....?

[2 Smokin Barrels]

srebbe64 said:

Tope (with a 't' is a word) is a word.

A shark...hence the Wash & Tope pub at Hunstanton. (Is it still there? ..the pub, not Hunstanton)

[mybrainhurts]

I don't think you've got the hang of this game, 2SB.....