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Sukkoth
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
Suk·koth
• variant spelling of Succoth.
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THE ANGRY GRAMMARIAN
; ...Smith writes, "university teachers should simply accept as variant spelling those words our students most commonly misspell." His reasoning...variant of 'judgment,' so why can't 'truely' be accepted as a variant spelling of 'truly'?" I'm all about language adaptation, but you...
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Me-generation enters dictionary
; LIFESTYLE DRUGS, docusoap and the me-generation are among the new additions to the Concise Oxford Dictionary. "Oi" is being taken even more seriously with the recognition of a variant spelling - "oy".
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Language bottoms out
; ...apostrophes, is that the word Erse is itself derived from the word Erisch, a variant Scots-language spelling of Irish. Erse as a variant spelling of 'airse' has, of course, another meaning altogether in Scots, but it would be beneath me to reveal that to Mr Phillips...
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Bad spelling? Ignor it.
; ...footing as those other words that have a widely accepted variant spelling.' He said the word 'judgement' was already accepted as...judgment', adding: 'So why can't truely be accepted as a variant spelling of truly ?' He said there was no reason many commonly misspelt...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Why 'twelth' night simply will not do ; N a Times Higher Education article published last week, Ken Smith re- ignited the debate about spelling when he called for lecturers to "simply accept as variant spelling those words our students most commonly misspell".
; ...spelling when he called for lecturers to "simply accept as variant spelling those words our students most commonly misspell". The outrage...stifled creativity and writers were experimenting with variant spelling and old and new words, saw the development of some of the...
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When is a spelling misteak not a mistake?
; ...variant of 'judgment', so why can't 'truely' be accepted as a variant spelling of 'truly'?" As a starting point, Dr Smith puts forward...footing as those other words that have a widely accepted variant spelling." Chrissie Maher, founder of Plain English Campaign, condemned...
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Creative spelling ; Your article on Professor Ken Smith's opinion that there should be "variant spelling" of certain words, reminded me when I was a classroom assistant at Callington Comprehensive School.
; Your article on Professor Ken Smith's opinion that there should be "variant spelling" of certain words, reminded me when I was a classroom assistant at Callington Comprehensive School. When I pointed out to an 11-year...
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Don't correct misspellings: lecturer
; ...variant of 'judgment', so why can't 'truely' be accepted as a variant spelling of 'truly'?" As a starting point, Dr Smith puts forward...footing as those other words that have a widely accepted variant spelling." Jack Bovill, chairman of the Spelling Society, welcomed...
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-Gry revisited.
; ...combination--egyr and kongyr. Egyr is a 14-15 century obsolete variant spelling of the adjective eager . The OED has three illustrative...combination: carryg. Carryg is a 15th century obsolete variant spelling of carrack , a large ship of burden, also fitted for warfare...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Corrections and clarifications.(Neighbor)(Correction notice)
; A story on B. Pierre Lebeau in the Neighbor section of some Nov. 13 editions used a variant spelling of John Baptiste Pointe de Sable, the first non-native settler in Chicago, that Lebeau says is not correct. He also disputes the...
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