User:Ro Thorpe

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Articles I started

English, using special accent pronunciation system: Developing Article Apostrophe: in cluster; in lists Developed Article British and American English ¤ English irregular nouns Developing Article English irregular verbs Developing Article English phonemes Developing Article English spellings (many thanks to Chris Day for the above objet d'art; to find out what 'retroalphabetical' means, coined by me in 1995, Stub OED please note, click on one of the blue squares) Stub English verbs Developing Article French words in English Developed Article Hyphen Developing Article Silent letters in English Developing Article Spelling pronunciation Developing Article A Developing Article B Developed Article C Developing Article D Stub E Developing Article F Developing Article G Developing Article GH Developing Article H Stub I Developing Article J Developing Article K Developing Article L Developing Article M Developing Article N Stub Ñ Developing Article O Developing Article P Developing Article Q Developing Article R Developing Article S Developing Article T Developing Article U Developing Article V Developing Article W Developing Article X Stub Y Developing Article Z; General language: Developing Article Alphabet ¤ Artworks known in English by a foreign title Developing Article Back-chaining Stub Colon (punctuation) Stub Commonwealth English Stub Cyrillic alphabet Developing Article English alphabet Stub Galician Developing Article Glottal stop Stub Homophone Developing Article International Phonetic Alphabet Stub Italian Stub Minimal pair Stub Nynorsk Stub Okina Stub Persian Stub Principal parts (verb) Stub Schwa; Music: Developing Article Cover version Stub Mezzo TV Stub Rock music Stub Skiffle Stub Instant Karma; Stub Bob Dylan Stub Captain Beefheart Stub Domenico Scarlatti Stub Frederick Delius Developing Article Howlin' Wolf Stub Jean Sibelius Stub Kraftwerk Leevi Madetoja Stub Ludwig van Beethoven Stub Miles Davis Stub Nico; Novelists: Stub Franz Kafka Stub Ivy Compton-Burnett Developing Article Marcel Proust; Places: Stub Burma Stub Cyprus Stub Malta; Food: Stub Crisps Developing Article Leitão assado à Bairrada Developing Article Portuguese cod casserole (bacalhau à Gomes de Sá); Chess: Stub Chess960 Stub En passant; Time: Stub CDT Stub Universal Time; Miscellaneous: Stub Alan Odle Stub Arab Stub Ceres Stub Conchita Martinez Daniel C. Dennett Stub Deutschmark Stub Michael Holding Stub One & Other

Where I started

I was born in London in 1950. I have a degree in English from Peterhouse, Cambridge. For many years I worked as a teacher of the language, in Mâcon, France; Mondovì, Italy; Beckenham, England; and finally in various locations in Portugal; I am now retired in Esposende.

Wikipediana

I was just becoming an enthusiast for Wikipedia (first edit: 19 July 2006) when I stumbled across its article on Citizendium (first edit: 5 October 2007). So, while I saw the obvious advantage of an unvandalisable alternative, I have never entirely shared the disillusionment (if not disgust) that many CZns feel for WP—though their diagnosis of its frailties is quite accurate.

I started a few articles there, as here, but mostly I do copyediting. If you would like me to go through your CZ article, just let me know: I don't like to barge in.

>CZ:What's Your Message?/World Alphabetical Time

>Spelling reform


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