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  • From: Kevin Riley <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>
  • To: B Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ruth
  • Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 11:13:13 +1000

Old English orthography was standardised to a large degree before the Norman conquest. Greek orthography was standardised enough that we often cannot tell where a Greek document was written just by looking at the spelling. That applies also to linear B Greek. Standard usage seems to have been taught in schools ever since there were schools. That there were periods when spelling became more chaotic does not change the fact that in many periods there was a remarkable degree of standardization given the conditions under which scribes worked.

Kevin Riley

On 24/05/2010 2:00 AM, s.a.breyer wrote:
Karl: "the art of writing words with the proper letters according to
standard usage" *** For English, this did not occur until the 19th
century.

Not so. English orthography was largely standardized by 1700, although
some of those standards were changed over the next 200 years.

Karl: when you cite data that is not online, you need to provide
access for that data that's not online.

Not so. This amounts to a demand that your interlocutors commit
copyright violations which would expose them to substantial penalties in
order to spare you inconvenience.

And by extension it amounts to a rejection of any standard scholarly
reference work. Before posting my first assertion, respecting English
orthography, I checked it against a quick glance at Weales' diplomatic
edition of the plays of William Wycherly. Am I obliged to provide you a
link to an online version, which you can perfectly easily look up for
yourself? And when you find it will you repudiate it because Google
Books provides only a "snippet" view? If I Fedex you my copy will you
complain that it's merely hardcopy and not searchable?


Stoney Breyer

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