AatubeAmericans, when did you first become aware that "judgement" is spelt "judgment"?
Americans, when did you first become aware that "judgement"... #spelling #english #dictionaries #ask
ospalh@jeysal
*looks at Wiktionary*
*looks at the spelling*
*looks at the spelling again*
I think usually without an »e« after the »n« in derived terms.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guillotinable
#spelling #English #loanword
*looks at Wiktionary*
*looks at the spelling*
*looks at the spelling again*
I think usually without an »e« after the »n« in derived terms.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guillotinable
#spelling #English #loanword
EcomateSerious congestion on the Highway to Hell.
Apparently, children’s spelling has reached a level where Satan now receives most of Santa’s mail.
novaTopFlexHype for the Future 49D: The Galician Language
In Galicia, the regional language is effectively as if a mix of Spanish and Portuguese. However, the overall syntax of the nation is significantly more akin to Portuguese than Spanish, though the orthography of the Galician language has often been criticized within Galicia for being excessively Castilianized. The regional movement of Reintegrationism in the Galician context attempts to dispel the Castilian concerns regarding linguistic syntax by promoting the idea that Galician and the […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/hype-for-the-future-49d-the-galician-language/
Stan CareyWords¹ misspelled² so often, even in edited text, that my copy-editor's heart does a little happy dance when I see them spelled appropriately:
ad nauseam, complement, its, just deserts, led, minuscule, principle, supersede
¹ In a broad sense, to include phrases.
² The descriptivist in me protests the implicit judgement, but "spelled in a nonstandardized way" is on the wordy side for a throwaway Mastodon post.
#language #spelling #words #EnglishUsage #editing #copyediting #proofreading
Hacker NewsCanada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spelling
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj69d89l8l5o
#HackerNews #Carney #called #out #for #British #spelling #Canada #Carney #BritishSpelling #LanguageDebate #SpellingControversy #News
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋🇨🇦 🇬🇧 **Linguistic experts urge Carney government to stop using British spellings**
"_Advocates say government should utilize (not 'utilise') Canadian English in official documents_"
🔗 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/carney-criticized-for-british-spelling-9.7015702.
#Linguistics #English #Language #Spelling #Canada #Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Graham DownsFriendly reminder about whether to use a full stop after an abbreviation in non-US English: if the abbreviation ends in the same letter as the unabbreviated word (like "Mr" for "Mister" or "Mrs" for "Missers/Missus"), you do not add a full stop after the abbreviation.
If the abbreviation ends in a *different* letter than the unabbreviated word (like "Prof." for "Professor" or "Rev." for "Reverend"), you DO add a full stop after the abbreviation.