Some words needing overbringing
Here are some words that need to be overbrought:
vice suffer example numeber refer professor essay communist pamphlet letter
- I really like this idea. What idea? The idea of listing words on the talkleaf that ought to be overbrought. Sometimes, tho, particularly for culture-specific type things, I think we all agree that there need not be any change. To whit, perhaps "Communust" is fine as it is. Anyway. Germanic English is "rime". However, "num(b)er" seems to suffice quite well in more-or-less all other Germanic languages.... Soem suggestions..... Professor might be "highteacher/loreman". "Essay" could be "wranglewrit" ["Writ" we are using for "article", for instance). "Pamphlet" is "leaflet", surely: the two words mean more-or-less the same thing, sorta. Letter is already listed (by me) in the wordbook as "errandwrit"; this was the word in OE. As in the alphabet, it is "bookstave" in the wordbook. Dunno about the rest. :) Bryan BryanAJParry 21:41, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
- You're right, it is a good thought to list them here, so that we can see where and how the words are written.
- Onto the words:
- Vice could be replaced by 'sin' or 'flaw'.
- Suffer, in this case, could be turned into a transitive verb, and thus given as '...vices which now wrack us'? Or something alike.
- Example could simply become 'show' (as a noun).
- Number, for me, is mostly 'deal', but here it is a verb, so instead 'reckon'.
- Refer is maybe best here as 'come back', 'bring up' or 'speak anent'.
- Professor, like Bryan, I would most likely give as 'loreman', though as a title, it could be 'The Learned'?
- Essay could be 'writ' or 'writing'. Is there a need for a specific word?
- Communist is far too hard right now to overbring. I settle with Bryan that it is best left.
- The others I don't have any good thoughts on. Oswax Scolere 07:58, 25 April 2006 (UTC)