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Wed 31 Dec, 2003 04:19 pm
Dear all
We are having a discussion here about a primer published in America in the ?19th century for pronunication and possibly grammar too, which sought to standardise American English in schools, and was in use for some 50 years. Can you tell us more about it?
Perhaps you refer to McGuffey's Reader?
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No, apparently that isn't it. But I think my friend was thinking of Noah Webster's spelling book, which we read about in your link, and which solidified the new American spelling to try and be as uncolonial as possible, and therefore deliberately took out the u in honour, colour etc because that was how the Brits tended to spell it.
Thank you very much for your prompt reply, Setanta!!
Aw, too bad, i had this all ready fer ya:
The McGuffey's Readers were a much more important influence on the nation as a whole than was Mr. Webster. But Webster has endured more--the number of dictionaries published here with "Webster's" in the title for a cachet of authority is legion . . .
Check this out:
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Here's the low down skinny on ol' Noah, in brief:
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Hey, that's really helpful, thank you so much!! And may you have the most luminous and jolly new year imaginable!!
Clary wrote:Hey, that's really helpful, thank you so much!! And may you have the most luminous and jolly new year imaginable!!
Hi Clary, I didn't get why you wanted to add "imaginable" in the end of your wish?
imaginable = that you or anyone can imagine - therefore, the best you can think of
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