"a literary proverb (pronounced PRAH-verb)" Not on my planet! We use intelligent textural interpretation to determine The correct usage of the word.
David ----- Original Message ----- From: "PackRat" <[email protected]> To: "General forum" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 7:26:36 PM Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Pronoun and proverb? Donna Y wrote: > On the other hand a Proverb is a short pithy saying - and this is a > proverbial mistake of thinking that English word formation should > follow a consistent logic and generate similar meaning by following > similar word construction. > An example of a proverb: Forewarned is forearmed. A J proverb (I believe it's pronounced PROH-verb) and a literary proverb (pronounced PRAH-verb) are what are termed homographs--two words that are spelled the same but may differ in pronunciation and meaning. I believe that both of these words (proverb and proverb) are quite acceptable within the structure of the English language. Harvey ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
