Re: "y" and "r"
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 2, 2001, 2:32 |
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Andreas Johansson scripsit:
> [T]here's some less logical
> exceptions like "defense". Just looks cuter than "defence". To encourage the
> irregularities, no English teacher I've ever had has ever complained about
> the inconsistencies.
Though I grew up with "defense", and am quite fond of it, it does undeniably
conceal the etymological connection with "fence".
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
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