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  • dannyb
    Member
    • Feb 2019
    • 257

    #61
    ??? . . .is not an English word- -it's British??? Geez I thought they spoke English in Britain.

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    • crazykate
      Member
      • Feb 2019
      • 174

      #62
      Originally posted by dannyb
      ??? . . .is not an English word- -it's British??? Geez I thought they spoke English in Britain.
      They invented it, actually. The dictionary might be based on American English... But a lot of the time, both British and American spelling is accepted.

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      • crazykate
        Member
        • Feb 2019
        • 174

        #63
        Originally posted by RussDNails
        Niner is not a word..................
        How is "twoer" more of a word than "niner"?

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        • crazykate
          Member
          • Feb 2019
          • 174

          #64
          I find it more puzzling that "IRREMEDIABLENESS" is accepted while "REMEDIABLENESS" isn't, although both "remediable" and "irremediable" are fine. That happens sometimes with other prefixes as well. Sometimes the plural works when the singular doesn't, and there's no logical explanation.

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          • RussDNails
            Member
            • Feb 2019
            • 188

            #65
            Sorry, should have clarified--easings is not an "American English" word but rather exclusively British.

            Twoer has nothing to do with numbers--it's a type of marble.

            Best,

            Russ

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            • Nylimb
              Member
              • Mar 2015
              • 40

              #66
              This really surprised me: PREPEND is not accepted. It's in several online dictionaries, usually meaning to add something to the beginning of something else. However, Merriam-Webster defines it as "consider" or "premeditate". And https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/prepend says "Although it sounds correct, prepend is not an English word.", and that the correct word is "prefix". But I think that "prefix" is rarely used as a verb, and that "prepend" is more common.

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              • BoggleOtaku
                Member
                • Feb 2019
                • 174

                #67
                NINER is a word now

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                • bwt1213
                  Member
                  • Feb 2019
                  • 626

                  #68
                  Theramin is not accepted. Seems eerie to me.

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                  • Spike1007
                    Member
                    • Feb 2019
                    • 267

                    #69
                    Apparently it's spelled theremin. (I had to look it up.)

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                    • bwt1213
                      Member
                      • Feb 2019
                      • 626

                      #70
                      "Satired" is not accepted. I've seen it used as a verb at least as often as a noun.

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                      • FelixTheCat
                        Member
                        • Feb 2019
                        • 12

                        #71
                        I'm surprised by some words that ARE accepted--NUDER for example. Once one is NUDE, how can one get any NUDER??? I find it quite amusing.

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                        • JJBeanie
                          Premium Member
                          • Feb 2019
                          • 77

                          #72
                          I'm not sure if this is a surprising omission, but SNAVEL isn't accepted. It's an Aussie word meaning to grab or obtain, as in "Can you snavel me a beer from the fridge?"

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                          • dannyb
                            Member
                            • Feb 2019
                            • 257

                            #73
                            Booter and booters wasn't accepted.

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                            • 2cute
                              Member
                              • Feb 2019
                              • 451

                              #74
                              Originally posted by JJBeanie
                              I'm not sure if this is a surprising omission, but SNAVEL isn't accepted. It's an Aussie word meaning to grab or obtain, as in "Can you snavel me a beer from the fridge?"
                              Apparently Snavel means to steal, snatch or pickpocket. I don't know about getting a beer from the fridge, unless its your dog doing it behind your back.

                              Love your cute frog avatar, BTW.

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                              • JJBeanie
                                Premium Member
                                • Feb 2019
                                • 77

                                #75
                                Originally posted by 2cute

                                Apparently Snavel means to steal, snatch or pickpocket. I don't know about getting a beer from the fridge, unless its your dog doing it behind your back.
                                2cute, my dog wouldn't dare In Australia, to snavel something means to grab or get. It doesn't mean to steal or pickpocket here.

                                Originally posted by 2cute
                                Love your cute frog avatar, BTW.

                                Thank you

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