Timeline for British English spelling: “gripped” or “gript”?
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| Aug 31, 2015 at 5:15 | comment | added | CJ Dennis | @alephzero Just to be clear, Scots, although very similar to English and mostly mutually comprehensible, is actually a separate language. There's nothing wrong with using it as an example of the same phenomenon in a different (and very closely related) language as long as the reader is not left with the impression that Scots is a variant of English. Since Scots is not well-known I just thought I point that out. | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 22:01 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | +1 Just by the way, Kurath's been superseded by the online MED, also from Michigan. | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 21:45 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | Good point. In fact around Shakespeare's time many such endings were changing and spelling was far from standardised. | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 21:41 | comment | added | alephzero | In poetry from the period of Shakespeare, Milton, etc you will also find "gripp'd". The reason was that "-ed" at the end of a word was counted as a separate syllable in the rhythm of the poem, in the same way that "silent" vowels are still counted as syllables in French poetry. The apostrophe made it clear that the word should be pronounced with only one syllable not two. In Scots, these words were often spelled "-it" not "-ed". For example "He grippit Nelly hard and fast" in robertburns.org/works/74.shtml. In that poem, two syllables are intended, to fit the rhythm of the verse. | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 20:40 | vote | accept | CORINNE | ||
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| Aug 30, 2015 at 20:24 | comment | added | CORINNE | Thank you Chasly for your trouble. I have now 'grasped it' that 'gripped' is the correct spelling. I appreciate the trouble you went to. Corinne | |
| Aug 30, 2015 at 19:49 | history | edited | chasly - supports Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 30, 2015 at 19:38 | history | answered | chasly - supports Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |