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Discussion Topic  RE: Terms from Mathematics (in The Vocabulary Forum) by aput
I don't think 'iff' is a word, as it's pronounced 'if and only if', i.e. as an abbreviation. In cont......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Cot/Caught/Court: No, I meant other pairs: cot/caught are the same in about half of US accents, and......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
What's seldom properly appreciated is the difference between reformed spelling and phonetic spelling......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In'sted @v rI'pleIsIN I'lQdZIk@l (b@t 'fæbj@l@s!) 'spelIN wIð @ 'sImpl@ 'v3:Z@n, waI nQt d......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
Most of the regional dialects of England lack an [h] sound, but it's still present in the general So......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Names and origins of sports (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
To clarify jheem's explanation: ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Irish is the only language I can think of where there's been a big reform of the spelling. It's also......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lerning to spel is crewshul (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Lerning to spell may be important, but getting the reesons rite is too. Changing dubble consonants t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
There is no convenient English respelling for the schwa. I prefer to use 'a' when possible, so JAG-y......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
I say ["dZægju@] with a final schwa. I don't hear advertisements, nor frequent the rich, nor t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Recall and Recollect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation (in Potpourri) by aput
I've noticed Americans sometimes think British usage is always to use plural here, but this is proba......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Recall and Recollect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Oh, it's a pure spelling error: 260 ghits is nothing, nowhere near enough to give it any legitimacy.......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation (in Potpourri) by aput
With group nouns (group, tribe, team, committee) both are widely used, and they're much more commonl......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Recall and Recollect (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
This hadn't occurred to me; but there are 260 Google hits for ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Punctuation (in Potpourri) by aput
Disagree with jheem. It's the stakeholders participating: plural subject. Recast it with simpler wor......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by aput
One of the things most seared into my brain under the Death to Marketing list was seeing a tube of t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Motile vs. Mobile (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I think of 'motile' as referring to things like flagella and cilia that can move in place, either to......
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Discussion Topic  RE: lie/lay (in The Written Word) by aput
If the Beatles put an [r] in 'saw them', it was by trying to use an American accent. It's not natura......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Diet of Worms (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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