User contributions for 70.188.165.229

2 March 2022

• 00:1900:19, 2 March 2022 diff hist +66‎ George Pell ‎ The previous wording looks to me to be inadequate. We have BLP standards that we need to stand by, and introducing the subject of the Pell miscarriage of justice episode in a way so that the first thing that a reader would read about Pell on that matter is that he was "found guilty of various sexual offences," without any qualifiers or clarification, gives a needlessly negative first impression of him to the reader. Remember: one is |innocent| until proven guilty. Tag: Reverted

9 January 2022

• 10:5110:51, 9 January 2022 diff hist −15‎ Voiced uvular trill ‎ Removed "Simplified". What is "Simplified English"? I don't think that that is a real dialect.

26 December 2021

• 23:3723:37, 26 December 2021 diff hist +2‎ Francization ‎ Not proper for Wikipedia.

26 October 2021

• 01:2601:26, 26 October 2021 diff hist −129‎ Language contact ‎ Listing English does not make any sense, as the Middle English creole hypothesis is merely a theory that not all linguists agree with. As it was, the article gave English as an example as if it were factually proven.

14 June 2021

• 23:3223:32, 14 June 2021 diff hist −7‎ Haitian Vodou ‎ It sounds like some editors are trying to push one thing, and others are trying to push another. In that case, use a neutral term rather than push one of the non-neutral terms.

20 May 2021

• 23:0423:04, 20 May 2021 diff hist +1‎ Blaster Master ‎ Arbitrarily listing PlayStation first when the BMZ series both began on a Nintendo console [Nintendo 3DS], and has been consistently released on one since then, is strange. And since it appears to be intending to be released on the same day, it makes even less sense to switch the order.

9 May 2021

• 15:3115:31, 9 May 2021 diff hist −226‎ Voiceless uvular trill ‎ That information is not applicable here, as the sound is being used for "g" in this case, not "r".

5 May 2021

• 04:0204:02, 5 May 2021 diff hist +22‎ Japanophilia ‎ "weeb" is certainly used by anime and manga fans in reference to themselves these days, not unlike how "otaku" was often used in English in the 2000s. But "weeaboo" still seems to preserve its original meaning most of the time. This is not unlike the situation in Korean with "오타쿠" and "덕후". Claims that "weeaboo" (rather than just "weeb") is no longer primarily a derogatory word need clear citations.
• 02:2102:21, 5 May 2021 diff hist +5‎ Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE ‎ There are plenty of people who like dubbed songs and voice dubs for video games, so saying "people prefer" is sort of editorialising.

13 April 2021

• 22:4022:40, 13 April 2021 diff hist +879‎ Talk:Grey ‎ →Grey is not American English
• 22:3122:31, 13 April 2021 diff hist +308‎ Talk:Grey ‎ →British spelling in title / American in article

18 March 2021

• 16:3816:38, 18 March 2021 diff hist +3‎ Cot–caught merger ‎ →Overview
• 16:3616:36, 18 March 2021 diff hist +61‎ Cot–caught merger ‎ The phrasing as-is still makes it sound as if the cot-caught merger is part of the speech of all forms of Connecticut English and Rhode Island English. That simply isn't true.
• 16:3216:32, 18 March 2021 diff hist −4‎ Talk:Plum ‎ →It is well known that "plum" in inherited from Old English (Anglo-Saxon) and did not come into English from Dutch.
• 16:3016:30, 18 March 2021 diff hist −2‎ Phonological history of English consonant clusters ‎ The dialect of the speaker in the audio file was not Southern American.
• 16:2816:28, 18 March 2021 diff hist −120‎ Talk:Plum ‎ →It is well known that "plum" in inherited from Old English (Anglo-Saxon) and did not come into English from Dutch.
• 16:2816:28, 18 March 2021 diff hist +833‎ Talk:Plum ‎ →It is well known that "plum" in inherited from Old English (Anglo-Saxon) and did not come into English from Dutch.: new section

17 March 2021

• 23:3723:37, 17 March 2021 diff hist 0‎ New England English ‎ →Eastern New England English Tag: Reverted
• 23:3323:33, 17 March 2021 diff hist +71‎ English-language vowel changes before historic /r/ ‎ →Hurry–furry merger

16 March 2021

• 02:4802:48, 16 March 2021 diff hist +75‎ Pollyanna ‎ Since the lyrical version came out prior to the Super Smash Bros. series, I think that this is misworded.

6 March 2021

• 18:0618:06, 6 March 2021 diff hist 0‎ Cot–caught merger ‎ →Resistance

22 February 2021

• 16:2816:28, 22 February 2021 diff hist +73‎ Plum ‎ Old English did not derive the word from Middle Dutch at all. It inherited it from Proto-West Germanic. Tag: Reverted

11 February 2021

• 13:5313:53, 11 February 2021 diff hist +165‎ Private message ‎No edit summary Tag: Reverted

13 January 2021

• 23:2323:23, 13 January 2021 diff hist +23‎ Talk:Private message ‎ →Requested move 12 January 2021
• 23:2223:22, 13 January 2021 diff hist +2‎ Talk:Private message ‎ →Requested move 12 January 2021
• 23:2123:21, 13 January 2021 diff hist −215‎ Talk:Private message ‎ →Requested move 12 January 2021
• 23:2023:20, 13 January 2021 diff hist +847‎ Talk:Private message ‎ →Requested move 12 January 2021

11 January 2021

• 00:5500:55, 11 January 2021 diff hist +2‎ Talk:Private message ‎ →personal, private or direct
• 00:5000:50, 11 January 2021 diff hist +188‎ Talk:Private message ‎ →personal, private or direct

10 January 2021

• 02:4602:46, 10 January 2021 diff hist +4‎ Talk:Private message ‎ →personal, private or direct
• 02:4502:45, 10 January 2021 diff hist +952‎ Talk:Private message ‎ →personal, private or direct

7 January 2021

• 22:3022:30, 7 January 2021 diff hist +1‎ Talk:Private message ‎ →personal, private or direct
• 22:2922:29, 7 January 2021 diff hist +602‎ Talk:Private message ‎ →personal, private or direct

12 December 2020

• 04:1804:18, 12 December 2020 diff hist +343‎ Talk:Malapropism ‎ →Why no etymology?
• 03:3803:38, 12 December 2020 diff hist +1‎ User talk:70.188.165.229 ‎No edit summary
• 03:3703:37, 12 December 2020 diff hist +277‎ User talk:70.188.165.229 ‎ Eh... that's a bit harsh. Sorry about that.
• 03:3103:31, 12 December 2020 diff hist +1,242‎ User talk:70.188.165.229 ‎ I didn't remove what you wrote. That was Nardog. Look at the talk page history before you start accusing someone of doing something.

11 December 2020

• 01:3001:30, 11 December 2020 diff hist −1‎ Talk:Malapropism ‎ →Why no etymology? Tag: Reverted
• 01:2901:29, 11 December 2020 diff hist +1,361‎ Talk:Malapropism ‎ →Why no etymology?: Stop complaining that English is complicated and actually think outside the arbitrary box of pedant's rules so that you can truly understand the language. Tag: Reverted

23 September 2020

• 22:3422:34, 23 September 2020 diff hist −26‎ Frequentative ‎ "batter" is a borrowing from French "batre". It is not a frequentative derivation of "bat".

17 September 2020

• 18:4818:48, 17 September 2020 diff hist +4‎ Cot–caught merger ‎ →Overview: Given that Rhode Island and Southern Connecticut do not have the merger, it isn't reasonable to say "all of New England English".