Skeptics in the Pub - Portsmouth

[gwendes]

I am naturally sceptical about any group that uses an American spelling...suggest the involvement of foreign government agencies perhaps?

Causes much debate in the UK communities but I go with the 'k' as I think it is more commonly used.

[gwendes]

I might even try to go. Gathering evidence for the existence of a "Sceptics Group" of course!

There is a Winchester SitP too

[CESIL]

From the OED:

Pronunciation: /ˈskɛptɪk/
Etymology: < French sceptique adj. and n., or its source late Latin scepticus (Scepticī n. plural, the Sceptics), lit. inquiring, reflective, assumed by the disciples of Pyrrho as their distinctive epithet; < σκεπ- in σκέπτεσθαι to look out, consider, ablaut-var. of σκοπ- in σκοπεῖν to look, σκοπός watchman, mark to aim at, etc.: see scope n.2 Compare Spanish escéptico, Portuguese sceptico, Italian scettico, German skeptiker n., skeptisch adj.
In French the sc is pronounced /s/ as in sceptre. In English direct recourse to Greek produced the pronunciation with /sk/ . The spelling with sk-, for which compare skeleton n., occurs in the earliest instance, and has been used occas. by later writers. It is adopted without comment or alternative in Johnson's Dictionary, but did not become general in England; in the U.S. it is the ordinary form. Now usually spelt sceptic in the U.K. and British Commonwealth and skeptic in the U.S. Similarly all the derivatives, scepticism/skepticism, etc.

BTW Is anyone interested in joining my new group... Pedants in the Public House

[Andrew_C]

Ohh... Is there now?

Do they meet in pubs?

[gwendes]

From the OED:


BTW Is anyone interested in joining my new group... Pedants in the Public House

Well I'm in I mean that it's more commonly used by us skeptics - like 'Skeptics in the Pub' and 'Drinking Skeptically' which is international.

Ohh... Is there now?

Do they meet in pubs?

hehe...

Winchester Skeptics in the Pub

[gwendes]

Just a BUMP - this is happening tonight Come and get involved!

[gwendes]

Was a success! Next SitP in Portsmouth will be 10th March.