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==here==
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''Astronomy''
Click on the red row of the grid to see articles on the letters of the English alphabet, which all use the following system:{{:English spellings/Accents}}
{{:English spellings/Catalogs/Masterlist}}


Started: [[Canis Major]], [[Ceres]], [[Orion Nebula]]
==Articles I started==
''Language, using English pronunciation system shown above'': {{pl|Apostrophe|Apostrophe: in cluster}}; [[English spellings/Catalogs/Apostrophe|in lists]] {{pl|British and American English}} ¤ {{pl|English irregular nouns}} {{pl|English irregular verbs}} {{pl|English phonemes}} '''{{pl|English spellings}}''' (incorporating English pronunciation; many thanks to [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] for the [[English_spellings/Catalogs/Masterlist|above masterlist]]); [[English spellings/Accents]] {{pl|English verbs}} {{pl|French words in English}} {{pl|Hyphen}} {{pl|Silent and invisible letters in English}} {{pl|Spelling pronunciation}} {{pl|GH}} {{pl|Ñ}} {{pl|A (letter)|A}} {{pl|B (letter)|B}} {{pl|C (letter)|C}} {{pl|D}} {{pl|E (letter)|E}} {{pl|F}} {{pl|G (letter)|G}}  {{pl|H}} {{pl|I}} {{pl|J}} {{pl|K}} {{pl|L}} {{pl|M}} {{pl|N}}  {{pl|O}} {{pl|P}} {{pl|Q}} {{pl|R (letter)|R}} {{pl|S}} {{pl|T}} {{pl|U (letter)|U}} {{pl|V (letter)|V}} {{pl|W (letter)|W}} {{pl|X (letter)|X}} {{pl|Y (letter)|Y}} {{pl|Z (letter)|Z}}; ''Other language articles'': {{pl|Alphabet}} ¤ [[English language/Catalogs/Artworks known in English by a foreign title|Artworks known in English by a foreign title]] {{pl|Back-chaining}} {{pl|Colon (punctuation)}} {{pl|Commonwealth English}} {{pl|Cyrillic alphabet}} {{pl|English alphabet}} {{pl|Galician language|Galician}} {{pl|Glottal stop}} {{pl|Homophone}} {{pl|International Phonetic Alphabet}} {{pl|Italian language|Italian}} {{pl|Minimal pair}} {{pl|Nynorsk}} {{pl|Okina}} {{pl|Persian language|Persian}} {{pl|Principal parts (verb)}} {{pl|Schwa}}; ''Music'': {{pl|Cover version}} {{pl|Mezzo TV}} {{pl|Rock music}} {{pl|Skiffle}} {{pl|Instant Karma}}; {{pl|Bob Dylan}} {{pl|Captain Beefheart}} {{pl|Domenico Scarlatti}} {{pl|Frederick  Delius}} {{pl|Howlin' Wolf}} {{pl|Jean Sibelius}} {{pl|Kraftwerk}} {{pl|Leevi Madetoja}} {{pl|Ludwig van Beethoven}} {{pl|Miles Davis}} {{pl|Nico}}; ''Novelists'': {{pl|Franz Kafka}} {{pl|Ivy Compton-Burnett}} {{pl|Marcel Proust}}; ''Places'': {{pl|Burma}} {{pl|Cyprus}} {{pl|Malta}}; ''Food'': {{pl|Crisps}} {{pl|Portuguese roast suckling pig (leitão assado)|Leitão assado à Bairrada}} {{pl|Portuguese cod casserole (bacalhau à Gomes de Sá)}}; ''Chess'': {{pl|Chess960}} {{pl|En passant (chess)|En passant}}; ''Time'': {{pl|Central Daylight Time|CDT}} {{pl|Universal Time}}; ''Cricket'': {{pl|Australia in Great Britain, 2013 (cricket)}} {{pl|Michael Holding}};  ''Miscellaneous'': {{pl|Alan Odle}} {{pl|Arab}} {{pl|Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres}} {{pl|Conchita Martinez}} {{pl|Daniel C. Dennett}} {{pl|Deutschmark}} {{pl|One & Other}}; ''CZ'': [[CZ:Manual of Style]] (new version)


''Language''
==Where I started==
Robert Thorpe ("Ró" [ʁɒ] in Portuguese), born in [[London, United Kingdom]] in 1950. I have a degree in [[English language|English]] ([[Peterhouse]], [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]]), and for many years worked as a teacher of the language, in [[Mâcon]], [[France]]; [[Mondovì]], [[Italy]]; [[London|Beckenham]], [[England]] (Europeans, Arabs, Japanese, Koreans, Latin Americans, Iranians...); and finally in various locations in [[Portugal]]; I am now retired in [[Esposende]].


Started: [[Back-chaining]],  [[Catalog of artworks known in English by a foreign title]], [[English alphabet]], [[English homophones]], [[English phonemes]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Minimal pair]], [[Spelling pronunciation]]; [[A]], [[B]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[G]], [[GH]], [[H]], [[I]], [[J]], [[K]], [[L]], [[M]], [[N]], [[O]], [[P]], [[Q]], [[R]], [[S]], [[T]], [[U]], [[V]], [[W]], [[X]], [[Y]], [[Z]]; edited: [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Japanese English]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]],  [[Latin]]; [[Noun]], [[Plural]]; [[C]]
===[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rothorpe Wikipediana]===
I was just becoming an enthusiast for [[Wikipedia]] when I stumbled across its article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizendium Citizendium]; I still enjoy copy-editing there.


''Music''
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Started: [[Bob Dylan]], [[Domenico Scarlatti]], [[Frederick  Delius]], [[Jean Sibelius]], [[Kraftwerk]], [[Leevi Madetoja]], [[Ludwig van Beethoven]],
[[User:Ro Thorpe/Spelling reform|>Spelling reform]]
[[Miles Davis]], [[Nico]]; [[Cover version]], [[Rock music]];  edited: [[Gilad Atzmon]], [[Jazz]], [[Pat Boone]], [[Symphony/Catalogs/Catalog of Famous Symphonies| Symphonies]] [[Symphony/Catalogs/Symphonic_Composers|& Symphonic composers]]


''Literature''
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Started:  [[Ivy Compton-Burnett]], [[Marcel Proust]]; edited: [[Hayford Peirce]]
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''Miscellaneous''
 
Started: [[Alan Odle]], [[CDT]], [[En passant]], [[Leitão assado à Bairrada]],  [[Universal Time]]; edited: [[Africa]], [[Astrology]], [[Cat]], [[Drought]], [[Euro]],  [[Rook (chess)]], [[Wikipedia]]
 
''My first-ever redirect page:''
 
[[Aubergine]]
 
''Message ([[CZ:What's Your Message?]])''
 
[[User:Robert Thorpe/World Alphabetical Time|World Alphabetical Time]]
 
==there==
Robert Thorpe, born in [[London]] in [[1950]], living in [[Esposende]], [[Portugal]].  I have a degree in [[English language|English]]  from [[Peterhouse]], [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]].  For many years I worked as a teacher of the language, in [[Mâcon]], [[France]] (at a [[Agricultural school|''lycée agricole'']]); [[Mondovì]], [[Italy]]; [[Beckenham]], [[England]]; and finally in various locations in Portugal, where my wife is a [[primary school]] teacher. I can translate from the relevant languages as well as from German and Latin.
 
I came across [[CZ:Core Articles|Citizendium]] when I looked in [http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RoThorpe Wikipedia] for the latter's history. There, I still occasionally do [[copyediting]], and I have created a number of
articles, including  [[List of artworks known in English by a foreign title]], which is virtually a solo effort.  Nowadays on CZ I mostly copyedit random pages, which I don't normally include on the list here.
[[Category: CZ Authors|Thorpe, Ro]]
[[Category: Astronomy Authors|Thorpe, Ro]]
[[Category: Astronomy Authors|Thorpe, Ro]]
[[Category: Linguistics Authors|Thorpe, Ro]]
[[Category: Linguistics Authors|Thorpe, Ro]]
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[[Category: Music Authors|Thorpe, Ro]]
[[Category: Sports Authors|Thorpe, Ro]]
[[Category: Sports Authors|Thorpe, Ro]]
[[Category: CZ Editorial Council Emeritus Members]]
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Latest revision as of 06:33, 20 April 2024


The account of this former contributor was not re-activated after the server upgrade of March 2022.


Click on the red row of the grid to see articles on the letters of the English alphabet, which all use the following system:

  • The accents show stress and pronunciation (see English spellings): A: sát, mâde, pàrk, cāst (cást/càst), åll, ãir; E: ére, êar, vèin, fërn; I: sít, mîne, skì, bïrd; O: sóng, môde, lòve, wörd, ŏr; OO: moôn, foòt; U: sún, mûse, fùll, pürr; W: neŵ, ẁant; Y: gým, mŷ, keỳ, mÿrrh.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
Common misspellings  

Articles I started

Language, using English pronunciation system shown above: 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 (incorporating English pronunciation; many thanks to Chris Day for the above masterlist); English spellings/Accents Stub English verbs Developing Article French words in English Developed Article Hyphen Developed Article Silent and invisible letters in English Developing Article Spelling pronunciation Developing Article GH Stub Ñ Developing Article A Developing Article B Developed Article C Developing Article D Stub E Developing Article F Developing Article G Developing Article H Stub I Developing Article J Developing Article K Developing Article L Developing Article M Developing Article N 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; Other language articles: 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; Cricket: Stub Australia in Great Britain, 2013 (cricket) Stub Michael Holding; Miscellaneous: Stub Alan Odle Stub Arab Stub Ceres Stub Conchita Martinez Daniel C. Dennett Stub Deutschmark Stub One & Other; CZ: CZ:Manual of Style (new version)

Where I started

Robert Thorpe ("Ró" [ʁɒ] in Portuguese), born in London, United Kingdom in 1950. I have a degree in English (Peterhouse, Cambridge), and for many years worked as a teacher of the language, in Mâcon, France; Mondovì, Italy; Beckenham, England (Europeans, Arabs, Japanese, Koreans, Latin Americans, Iranians...); and finally in various locations in Portugal; I am now retired in Esposende.

Wikipediana

I was just becoming an enthusiast for Wikipedia when I stumbled across its article on Citizendium; I still enjoy copy-editing there.

>Spelling reform


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