On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Juergen Reuter wrote:
> > FYI: According to Webster's Third New International Dictionary, both > spellings (tying, tieing) are correct. > > Greetings, > Juergen > > On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Heikki Johannes Junes wrote: > > > ... > > Log message: > > Fix spell for tying. > > ... >Strange, spelling `tie, tied, tying' was present both in online version of >Oxford dictionary and in 1999 version of Webster's N.I.D. and word `tieing' >gave no hits. Actually, it was a surprise for me that `tieing' was not >present in these Oxford and Webster's 1999 dictionary. >Also, if you search `tieing' with Google, it says `Did you mean: tying'. >In contrast, Merriam-Webster online gave a hit: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=tieing >I agree that both are ok. According to the quick search (above) spelling >`tying' has been in wider use. As it happens I have a copy of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (the 1843 edition) sitting on my desk. Unfortunately I am unable to fully reproduce the original typography since Saxon runes have fallen out of fashion but it appears that the derivation of TIE is from the Saxon words TIGN or TIGAN. Both TYE and TIE appear cross referenced to each other and it appears that Shakspeare used both spellings with the implication that TIE meant to hinder or obstruct although others have used it to mean a knot or to join together so as not easily to be parted. TYE to Shakspeare meant a knot or bond or obligation. Personaly I would prefer tying not only because it appears a more authentic usage but the combination of letters "iei" is frequently replaced with "y" under the rather bizarre rules of english spelling. Those of you who have had the misfortune to learn english as a second language will probably be suprised to learn that that there are any rules to english spelling. I seem to remember, long ago and in a galaxy far away, that adverbial endings and plurals are regularised according to the original root language from which the word was inherited and that particular spellings for phonemes are also based on the entomological derivation with "y" being given favour over "ie" for words of Saxon origin. Nigel. _______________________________________________ Lilypond-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel _______________________________________________ Lilypond-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
