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 Poster: A snowHead
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philwig wrote:
My mum was a teacher, who was once asked how to spell "fur".


I was once asked how to spell "judiciary". As the student was 16, (and I'm a hard woman Laughing ), I told him to look it up. He insisted he'd looked both online and in a real dictionary and it wasn't there! I was sceptical so I asked him to show me.

He did. Under "d e w" Laughing .
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

As a dyslexic I used to find dictionaries almost impossible to use, as they demand the right letters in the right order.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

@maggi, you might enjoy this - you have to be of a certain age. A teacher asked a pupil to produce a sentence containing "judicious". They came up with "Hands that judicious can be soft as your face".
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@pam w, I am and I did Laughing .
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

philwig wrote:
NickYoung wrote:
... Shall we do 'Mericans too with their aloo min um and ...
No.

The American word is spelt and pronounced differently from the English word.
As often is the case American usage actually comes from English before the English language changed:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/aluminum
That doesn't dictate how you say stuff, but if you're in the US the American word is the logical choice.



There is a lot of merit in the US efficiency in spelling.

However aluminium is not one of them. It's not an "English" word, it's of Latin origin - the rules of Latin are not up for discussion (see the "The Life of Brian" for confirmation), nor are the rules of metallurgical classification.

Aluminum was "accepted" as a spelling only in 1993 - this was because Americans are Be Nice please! stupid - can't spell properly, can't speak properly.
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One Americans do get right is Nike (ni-kee) compared to our more silent e version, the company was named after the Greek goddess of victory (who is also represented on one side of Olympic medals). Quite a fitting name for a sports company. I still can't bring myself to pronounce it the correct way though Laughing
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 Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...

Their use of z rather than s in many words make more sense.
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