Aug 19, 2013 · Spelled is not a recent Americanism as many people assume (including some who have commented on this post). Both spelled and spelt are old, and examples of each are …

Dec 14, 2024 · I think ‘cuppa’ is an outlier there; it may nominally stand for ‘cup of’, but I can only recall seeing it alone (“I'd love a cuppa!”), and would expect it to be spelled ‘cup of’ when …

Mar 27, 2019 · The Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition (2010) briefly addresses the question of whether the spelled-out form of an initialism or acronym should be initial-capped if …

Sep 28, 2011 · The word czar can also be spelled tsar. Czar is the most common form in American usage and the one nearly always employed in the extended senses "any tyrant" or …

Mar 10, 2012 · Simply because you spelled "ok" in small letters. In correct spelling/ grammar, the word should be capitalized "OK". I've experienced this problem myself. "Okay" is just another …

Jul 21, 2023 · Others, such as teevee (TV, television), deejay, (DJ, disc jockey), See-Threepio (C-3PO, Star Wars robot) are easily understood, but the spelled-out versions aren't as popular as …

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I recall musing once that if you add enough pronunciation rules, then all words are spelled phonetically ... it's just that many rules would apply to only 1 or 2 words. Well, I guess you'd …

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Aug 23, 2012 · The usage stats from the British National Corpus (BNC) look as follows:. ALL SPOKEN FICTION MAGAZINE NEWSPAPER ACADEMIC NON-ACAD MISC dammit 125 3 …