Re: CHAT: Contractions (was Re: Re: Austin, Utopia, Uglossia,and Bats.)
| From: | Danny Wier <dawier@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 24, 1999, 0:36 |
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Eric Christopherson wrote:
>Hey everyone. What should be the proper spelling of /lIl/, the contraction
>of <little>? I most often see it as <li'l>, but that annoys me since the
>original word doesn't end in <l>.
The 'proper' spelling is <li'l> (implying an ommission in LIttLe). Check me
on this...
Danny
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