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To: null and void

Mysteries of the English language:

Why is ‘abbreviate’ such a long word?

Why doesn’t ‘palindrome’ read the same frontwards and backwards?

What sicko put the ‘s’ in ‘lisp’???


42 posted on 01/02/2015 6:51:10 PM PST by null and void (The aggregate effect of competitive capitalism is indistinguishable from magic)
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To: null and void

mysteries...

Why isn’t phonics spelled the way it sounds?


44 posted on 01/02/2015 6:59:17 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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For that matter, why do men get hernias, and women historectomies. ;’)


56 posted on 01/03/2015 3:38:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Yes, I know it's spelled hysterectomies, so don't write in, okay?)
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