Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
12-03-2019, 18:30
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
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Is one spelling of inventer/inventor correct (in England) and the other incorrect Maggy?
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Wales, Scotland and N Ireland too. "Inventer" is not a correct spelling.
https://whichiscorrect.com/inventor-vs-inventer/
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12-03-2019, 20:45
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
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13-03-2019, 07:47
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
Cream and creme perhaps?
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13-03-2019, 10:19
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
Creme is actually french.
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13-03-2019, 10:53
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
Crème anglaise is custard.
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13-03-2019, 11:44
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
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Crème anglaise is custard.
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It's not a wrong spelling it's just the way the French refer to custard.
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02-05-2019, 12:53
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
Roofs and rooves.
Whisky and whiskey.
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Programme is a broadcast item. Program is what we code for computers.
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What is the person who does the code programming referred to as, programmer or programer?
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02-05-2019, 12:55
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
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Whisky and whiskey.[COLOR="Silver"]
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I thought those 2 things were different...
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02-05-2019, 13:03
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
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I thought those 2 things were different...
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I think that one is the English spelling and the other Irish or Scottish.
Edit: Pretty sure it's Scottish as i've been looking at Scottish single malts- don't ask me which is which though!
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02-05-2019, 13:05
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
One of those is the American spelling. The other is the proper Scottish or British way to spell.
As for Rooves I've never seen it spelt that way.
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02-05-2019, 13:11
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
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One of those is the American spelling. The other is the proper Scottish or British way to spell.
As for Rooves I've never seen it spelt that way.
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Rooves is a very old fashioned way to spell it.
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02-05-2019, 13:21
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
My Collins concise says "programmer" and that is how I would spell it.
Two more here: analogue and analog.
The second is how it is used in electronics to distinguish a linear signal from a digital signal: e.g. An analog output of 4 to 20 milliamps.
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02-05-2019, 13:47
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
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Rooves is a very old fashioned way to spell it.
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must be very very old then.
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02-05-2019, 17:23
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
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must be very very old then.
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This is where I got the info from:
https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...plural-of-roof
Looks as though you could be right as of of these comments claims that it changed in 1755 (though others disagree).
I only realised that there were two possible spellings in use after starting a thread asking if VM still do installs over roofs/rooves
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02-05-2019, 17:35
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Re: Different (correct) ways of spelling the same words.
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Roofs and rooves.
Whisky and whiskey.
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What is the person who does the code programming referred to as, programmer or programer?
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Scotch Whisky, Irish Whiskey, American (bourbon, rye, corn, etc.) whiskey.
Japanese (such as Suntory, Akashi, Nikka, etc.) tend so spell it "whisky" on the labelling, as does Mackmyra, the Swedish Whisky company.
re coder - programmer.
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