Re: University of South Carolina e-Mail CompromisesStudentIDs

["David Lodge" <dave () cirt net>]

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:06:53 +0200, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > P.S. The word is "arse", it comes from the Olde Englisc "ears", which
> Well, I didn't know that! Thanks. But I have to wonder who was it  
> confused
> his ears with his arsehole :-)

<lecturer tone="boring" type="linguistic">
Actually the "s" form of pluralisation is a Middle English thing, it came  
specifically from the Midlands (in those days, London and surrounding  
area) dialect mainly due to the printing press.

As Olde Englisc was more a much more grammatically complex language, there  
are a lot of declensions for plurals, depending upon gender or tense of  
the word.

So the Olde Englisc word for ear, "ēare" (neuter, sing), could be: ēaran  
(nom or acc), ēara (gen) or ēarum (dat).
</lecturer>

dave

(So, do you think I killed the argument? When in doubt bore the  
participants)
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