If you want to read an facinating book, have a go at "The Professor and the Madman: -[ A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the-Making of the 'Oxford English Dictionary' ]" by Simon Winchester, published by HarperColllins. It's welldone, facinating insight to the story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. ~Karen from Berks >Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:33:08 -0400 >From: "Judy Brannon" <stampingal@earthlink.net> >Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] 'istorical >To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <003401c7eb12$b05de270$0f57eb04@xphjb> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >reply-type=original > >According to Webster's New World Dictionary, the h is still silent in >"vehicle" and "honor", but it is still spoken in historical. > >If you ever question any pronunciation, the ultimate source is the Oxford >English Dictionary. That has every word used in the English language, from >its beginnings through each change of use. It is also like 18-20 HUGE >volumes big. Most libraries carry them.

I will look into that one. Sounds really interesting. Thanks for sharing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Fox" <karenmfox@verizon.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:56 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Oxford English Dictionary > If you want to read an facinating book, have a go at "The Professor and > the Madman: -[ A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the-Making of the 'Oxford > English Dictionary' ]" by Simon Winchester, published by HarperColllins. > It's welldone, facinating insight to the story of the making of the Oxford > English Dictionary. > > ~Karen from Berks > >>Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:33:08 -0400 >>From: "Judy Brannon" <stampingal@earthlink.net> >>Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] 'istorical >>To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> >>Message-ID: <003401c7eb12$b05de270$0f57eb04@xphjb> >>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >>reply-type=original >> >>According to Webster's New World Dictionary, the h is still silent in >>"vehicle" and "honor", but it is still spoken in historical. >> >>If you ever question any pronunciation, the ultimate source is the Oxford >>English Dictionary. That has every word used in the English language, >>from >>its beginnings through each change of use. It is also like 18-20 HUGE >>volumes big. Most libraries carry them. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, this does sound rather interesting, doesn't it!!! I wonder if my husband knows about this one, or his parents. They are into mysteries, though I don't believe they have ever mentioned this one. I'll have to forward the information to Mike. So it is a really good book? :o) Lynn Judy wrote: I will look into that one. Sounds really interesting. Thanks for sharing. Karen wrote: > If you want to read an facinating book, have a go at "The Professor and > the Madman: -[ A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the-Making of the 'Oxford > English Dictionary' ]" by Simon Winchester, published by HarperColllins. > It's welldone, facinating insight to the story of the making of the Oxford > English Dictionary. Judy wrote: According to Webster's New World Dictionary, the h is still silent in >>"vehicle" and "honor", but it is still spoken in historical. >> >>If you ever question any pronunciation, the ultimate source is the Oxford >>English Dictionary. That has every word used in the English language, >>from >>its beginnings through each change of use. It is also like 18-20 HUGE >>volumes big. Most libraries carry them.