[bksvol-discuss] Re: Lenora Mattingly Weber books
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:21:26 -0500
The funny thing for me is that visually it looks like the synonym to goofy,
kooky. I do not remember the spelling with a "y"; am I too young or was it
regional. I am in my late 40's...
Valerie
On Apr 10, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Debby Franson wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I was tought the spelling of cooky too, so my mind had a lot of resistance to
> spelling it cookie. It just seemed wrong to me, but I know language is
> changing all the time, sometimes evolving but often these days, devolving
> imho.
>
> Debby
>
> At 03:39 PM 4/8/2010, gwen tweedy wrote
>> Oh how cool like the older way LOL.
>>
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>>> From: <mailto:rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>Monica Willyard
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>>> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:18 AM
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Lenora Mattingly Weber books
>>>
>>> Hi Jamie. I was taught that cookie should be spelled cooky in my home
>>> economics classes in the 70s. It's also spelled that way in a lot of older
>>> cookbooks from the 40s through the mid 70s. I was puzzled when I noticed
>>> the change in spelling in books starting in the early 80s. It changed
>>> quickly, sort of like the pronunciation of Los Angeles which used to be
>>> pronounced with a hard g sound by both radio announcers and government
>>> officials in the 30s and 40s. Our language really is a living, breathing
>>> one that handles changes well.
>>>
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>>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie Yates, CPhT
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 1:45 PM
>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Lenora Mattingly Weber books
>>>
>>> Hi Jamie, it will be an easy proof. There are some unusual words in it,
>>> like they say:
>>>
>>> "We never would have got the lights unsnangled if it hadn't been for him."
>>>
>>>
>>> And unsnangled is kind of weird you know.
>>>
>>> And later they say maybe they can unSTRANGLE them instead of unsnangle them.
>>>
>>> And one time so far they call a deli a delly.
>>>
>>> And a cooky sheet.
>>>
>>> And one time they call it a stero instead of stereo so far.
>>>
>>> And a torn legament instead of a ligament.
>>>
>>> That's what I've found so far. Other than the strange words I think you'll
>>> have an easy time proofreading so when it's ready I'll put hold for Jamie P.
>>> --
>>> Jamie in Michigan
>>>
>>> Currently Reading: The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction by Linda Gordon
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