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7 comments:
As in levels of buildings or tale/narrative? Of the first, I was unaware of your type of spelling (except in a vague way) until just now. I like it because it seems quaint and lovely. Of the second, that's just... no.
I mean the levels of a building! I mean that it is not spelled as "story", because that clearly indicates a tale/narrative. They're two different things!
Personally, I can't wait for Amy's explanation of the non-word "possibley". Oh boy oh boy.
OMG, I was beginning to think it was just me!
All right then. I didn't do it that way before, but I like it, so I'm on board your storey train. Assuming I remember that the next time I telling a story about storeys.
I'm pretty sure that "storey" is British English while "story" is American English. In fact, I just nipped over to Dictionary.com, which confirms that "storey" is "Chiefly British".
When I see that spelling, though, I always think of the 10,000 Maniacs song "Back O' The Moon", from their best album, The Wishing Chair. I had it on LP (this was 1985, let's remember) and the lyrics that were printed on the sleeve were replete with Britishisms ("grey", "colour", et al.), either as a charming affectation or as a consequence of the sleeve having been designed by a UK firm, or both.
I counted (still count) "Back O' The Moon" as one of my favorite songs, not least of all because I could pretend Natalie Merchant was singing to me: "Jenny, Jenny you don't know the nights I hide/Below a second-storey room to whistle you down".
In a coincidence that will be meaningful to no one but me, I was thinking of the lyrics to that song only this morning, particularly the refrain: "Tonight, upon the mock brine of a lunar sea/Far off we sail on to back o' the moon". I really love the phrase "mock brine".
I don't know how I feel about that. I was always taught it was "storey." I should take it up with my parents, I guess?
As they are two different things, I would really prefer it if everyone used two separate spellings.
Also, Kirk, shut it.
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