James GleickExplain to a non-English speaker why “output” means one thing and “putout” means something quite different.
Simon@JamesGleick is it because output is a word and putout isn't?
@JamesGleick even allowing a misspelling of put-out or put out, they mean different things because they are different words, handily indicated by their letters being in a different order and sounding different.
That's not even snark, I've been learning Japanese for the last few years, and that has become a top 3 favourite feature of the English language: