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| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Comment | Post #277394 |
@curiousdannii: What evidence do *you* have that the etymologies given by Wikitionary are correct and not edited by someone who doesn't know anything about
Etymology? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278105 |
[Here's](https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-strange-case-of-timber-and-timbre#:~:text=The%20fact%20that%20timbre%20comes,%2C%20%5CTAM-bruh%5C.&text=In%20French%2C%20timbre%20became%20used,the%20bells%20of%20a%20carillon.) a good explanation of 'timbre'. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277339 |
There were different symbols for the representation of pronunciation (same as IPA). (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277298 |
That's what I would say. But why the spelling changed? It could easily have been "pron**o**unciation" with the new pronunciation caused by Trisyllabic Laxing. Why did the O get removed? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |