Timeline for Stress pattern in "Little Red Riding Hood"
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| May 10 at 11:15 | comment | added | LPH | @Mari-LouA I mean any reader, since it is well know that spelling is something rather erratic that is sometimes not at all predictable from common notions, although I must admit, in this case two d's is very surprising to me. Oh no, I am not insisting that it has relevance; I am merely warning that it should not be spelled that way; there are three cases of such spelling at least, the OP's, the video I found and your video, and this is reason enough for noticing it; this should be considered as a mere remark, no big deal. | |
| May 10 at 9:46 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | You mean the casual non-native speaker's head when they don't know the difference between the verbs rid and ride. Why are you insisting that this misspelling has relevance. It does not. (EDIT You've admitted it is probably a misspelling.) yay | |
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| May 10 at 8:45 | comment | added | LPH | @Mari-LouA True, errors, but they are enough to insinuate into the casual reader's head that there could be a two-d variant. // The following research in Google Books is much more representative of the importance of this synonym; it was then much more frequent, which explains that it is today more important in discussions that concern the past (books.google.com/ngrams/…). | |
| May 10 at 7:02 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | Note the instances where riding cloak appeared in 19th century books -a strong contender as a synonym–it may or may not have had a hood, (in most cases I believe it did) and it referred to a type of coat without sleeves for people who rode on horses. | |
| May 10 at 6:51 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | That example is not spelled ridding though, is it? And even when youtube videos have the title ridding , when the actual video plays, the conventional spelling, and meaning of "riding" is used: youtu.be/DPFhTW7NbUI?si=-ngIk0oyYFMypWfX&t=8 The double d is in the noun phrase is always due to a typo and carelessness. | |
| May 10 at 6:07 | comment | added | LPH | @Mari-LouA Here is an occurrence. "Riding" goes beyond the mere ability to remain on a horse's back, it means braving the weather, and the hood is used against the cold; it's not really a matter of opinion to accept that a polar jacket makes it easier to withstand sub-zero temperatures. Such like jackets are tools of the trade in cold-storage work. flexitog.com/shop/category/… | |
| May 10 at 5:15 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | The analysis: ride with a hood [ride with a hood] is in block quotes as if you were quoting from the CGEL when in actual fact you've added that interpretation yourself. The hood does not make riding a horse any easier whereas a stick can make it easier to walk for someone who is slightly or severely impaired. As for red ridding hood if there are four or even three examples within Google books that's quite an easy thing to find..Can you find and post the link to one example of usage? | |
| May 10 at 1:08 | comment | added | LPH | @Mari-LouA Google does not mention all actual hits; if they are too few, then there is no plot; so, "very rare or inexistent" is more precise. // The book does not mention that one, but "walking stick" is in the book's list (which is quite longer), and the pattern is the same: as the stick is an instrument that makes walking easier, more comfortable, similarly the hood is an instrument that makes riding more comfortable; incidentally, you can say as well "stick for walking". I suppose other analyses are acceptable, but I haven't researched this question beyond what can be had from CoGEL. | |
| May 9 at 23:23 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | Are you sure the book says "ride with a hood" wouldn't it be "a hood for riding"? An exposed head while riding a horse, especially when the English weather is quite intemperate, could lead to colds, sniffles and the like. | |
| May 9 at 23:19 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | "Little red ridding hood" is not only rare, it's non-existent. It says so in the ngram plot itself "Ngrams not found: little red ridding hood" | |
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| May 9 at 22:52 | comment | added | LPH | @KarlKnechtel It's not about spelling, but in case the spelling "little red ridding hood" has been found by the original poster, there is the assurance that this is not the usual spelling. | |
| May 9 at 22:32 | comment | added | Karl Knechtel | The question isn't about spelling at all; OP made a spelling mistake incidental to the question. | |
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| May 9 at 14:29 | history | answered | LPH | CC BY-SA 4.0 |