http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Loath_-_loathe 2026-05-14T17:20:06Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.23.2 http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?title=Loath_-_loathe&diff=64284&oldid=prev 2016-03-13T11:10:17Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:10, 13 March 2016</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These two words are different in meaning, pronunciation and word class.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; 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It means roughly <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">‘unwilling’ </del>- <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“she </del>was '''loath''' to confess that she had not done her homework.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">” </del> It is pronounced with an [[unvoiced]], or <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">‘hard’ </del>-'''th'''- sound, like the one in &lt;u&gt;th&lt;/u&gt;ink.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Loath''', which is sometimes spelt <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'</ins>loth<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">' </ins>(see [[loath - loth]]), is an [[adjective]].&#160; It means roughly <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'unwilling' or 'reluctant'&#160; </ins>- <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'She </ins>was '''loath''' to confess that she had not done her homework.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">' </ins> It is pronounced with an [[unvoiced]], or <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'hard', </ins>-'''th'''- sound, like the one in &lt;u&gt;th&lt;/u&gt;ink<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, {{IPA|ləʊθ}}.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; 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DavidWalker http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?title=Loath_-_loathe&diff=4945&oldid=prev 2007-03-01T09:29:01Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 09:29, 1 March 2007</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These two words are different in meaning, pronunciation and word class.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; 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It means roughly ‘unwilling’ - “she was loath to confess that she had not done her homework.”&#160; It is pronounced with an unvoiced, or ‘hard’ -th- sound, like the one in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">think</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''Loath'''</ins>, which is sometimes spelt loth (see <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>loath <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">- </ins>loth<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>), is an <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>adjective<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>.&#160; It means roughly ‘unwilling’ - “she was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''</ins>loath<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''' </ins>to confess that she had not done her homework.”&#160; 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GrahamClarkson http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?title=Loath_-_loathe&diff=4944&oldid=prev 2007-03-01T09:20:22Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 09:20, 1 March 2007</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These two words are different in meaning, pronunciation and word class.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>These two words are different in meaning, pronunciation and word class.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>loath, which is sometimes spelt loth (see loath, loth), is an adjective.&#160; It means roughly ‘unwilling’ - “she was loath to confess that she had not done her homework.”&#160; It is pronounced with an unvoiced, or ‘hard’ -th- sound, like the one in think<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">:</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>loath, which is sometimes spelt loth (see loath, loth), is an adjective.&#160; It means roughly ‘unwilling’ - “she was loath to confess that she had not done her homework.”&#160; It is pronounced with an unvoiced, or ‘hard’ -th- sound, like the one in think<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">loathe (with an ‘-e-’) is a verb.&#160; It means ‘to hate’, ‘to detest’ or ‘to dislike greatly, with violent feelings’.&#160; It is pronounced with a voiced, or ‘soft’, -th- like the one in the.</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

GrahamClarkson http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?title=Loath_-_loathe&diff=4943&oldid=prev 2007-03-01T09:17:29Z

<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>These two words are different in meaning, pronunciation and word class.<br /> <br /> loath, which is sometimes spelt loth (see loath, loth), is an adjective. It means roughly ‘unwilling’ - “she was loath to confess that she had not done her homework.” It is pronounced with an unvoiced, or ‘hard’ -th- sound, like the one in think:</div>

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