RE: [Dixonary] 2364 BARBITON

[Judy Madnick]

barbiton:

foot-covering as part of suit of armour.

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

[Dodi Schultz]

On 12/14/2012 9:56 AM, Judy Madnick wrote:
> barbiton:
> foot-covering as part of suit of armour.
> Judy Madnick
> Jacksonville, FL

Since when do you spell "armor" the British way?

[Judy Madnick]

Quote:
Since when do you spell "armor" the British way?
Since this morning? LOL! It was just the way I picked it up from a Web definition.

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

[Tim B]

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> Since when do you spell "armor" the British way?

Since armour has probably never been used your side of the pond, doesn't it make sense to spell it
correctly, as the word was used? <g>

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[John Barrs]

Tim

I know of some armour that side... my eldest is a re-enactment guy - over
here he specialized in the Saxon / Norman period. He shipped across his
chain-mail (40 lbs) helmet etc, several swords and his Saxon gear too so he
can be both sides at once! Over in the US there is a group near him that
does Viking stuff I think but I suspect the chain mail is still packed

JohnnyB


On 14 December 2012 16:11, Tim B <dixonary (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> ,
>
>> Since when do you spell "armor" the British way?
>>
>
> Since armour has probably never been used your side of the pond, doesn't
> it make sense to spell it correctly, as the word was used? <g>
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim Bourne.
>

[Dodi Schultz]

On 12/14/2012 11:11 AM, Tim B wrote:
>
>> Since when do you spell "armor" the British way?
>
> Since armour has probably never been used your side of the pond . . .

What? You never heard of armored vehicles?

[thejazzmonger]

"Hot dogs, Armour hot dogs,
What ki-i-ind of kids eat Armour hot dogs,
Fat kids, skinny kids,
Kids who climb rocks,
Tough kids, sissy kids,
Even kids with chicken pox..."


On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Dodi Schultz <DodiSchultz (AT) verizon (DOT) net>wrote:

> On 12/14/2012 11:11 AM, Tim B wrote:
>
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>> Since when do you spell "armor" the British way?
>>>
>>
>> Since armour has probably never been used your side of the pond . . .
>>
>
> What? You never heard of armored vehicles?
>
>
>


--
steve "thejazzmonger" dixon

[John Barrs]

Reading between the lines of the OED the older spellings for armour as in
a suit of - a defensive use were armure and the etymolgy was from French
armeure and from latin armatura - they even comment that the current
spelling of our has no etymological warrant - better ure as vesture- but
the our occurs very early

as an old spelling armor referred more to arms - ie the aggressive use

Webster derives it from arm (which ultimately derives through latin armera
from greek armera = a tool)== OED doesn't: it derives it from latin
armatura (which in turn comes from latin armatus meaning equipment)

with response to your 'have you never heard of armored vehicles/' the
answer is of course 'yes'; sadly your aberrant spelling is invasive - but
for myself I had to look twice at your question for I automatically
inserted the 'u' (as I automatically insert the second 'l' in words like
travelling) and didn't see your meaning until I wound my sense of spelling
down a couple of notches

very amusingly (my sense of humour) the Wikipedia article on tanks uses
armour all the way through -yet the first picture is of an Indian tank with
reactive armor (but "reactive armor" redirects to "reactive armour" - yet
that article has armor all the way through) - I don't think it is as plain
as you think

JohnnyB

On 14 December 2012 17:31, Dodi Schultz <DodiSchultz (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote:

>
> What? You never heard of armored vehicles?

[Steve Graham]

Just to confuse things....



Under Armour <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Armour> is a popular
American sports clothing supplier.



Steve Graham