mcgillianaire: (Ari G)
mcgillianaire ([personal profile] mcgillianaire) wrote2007-09-30 11:10 pm
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How Fast Can You Type?

100% Accuracy is the Key. Post your results as a comment. Just curious how fast/slow-accurate I compare to my readers. :)

Re: I'm also a non-touch typist!

[identity profile] pappubahry.livejournal.com 2007-10-01 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
The -ize forms are older in English. The Oxford says that, to someone from a few centuries ago, the -ise spellings would have looked French.

It's a bit weird that they haven't adapted to the modern British practice though.

[identity profile] mcgillianaire.livejournal.com 2007-10-01 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
>It's a bit weird that they haven't adapted
They = French or Americans?

Recognise is part of a group of words I particularly like. I am not an expert linguist but I've read about the possible (definite?) link between the Sanskrit word Jñāna (ज्ञान) and the Greek word Gnosis (γνώσις) meaning knowledge. And from that we have so many words in modern Indo-European languages. It's fascinating!