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Mispronounced Words (MM #4247)

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary recently issued a list of words most Americans struggle to pronounce. Many of these mispronounced words don’t sound like you spell them. But the thing most interesting to me, many of the top ten were food related. I’ve heard people say one of these mispronounced words incorrectly most of my life…

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Spell Check (MM #3947)

Back in my younger days, we couldn’t use a calculator. We had to do all of our math by hand or use a slide rule. Kids today laugh about that fact. I even went to school in an era before spell-check. I’m not sure how we survived. At least we had computers…

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Grey And Gray (MM #1837)

The fact that the word grey and gray are both acceptable drives me crazy. For some reason I always default to grey when gray is preferred in the US. I don’t why we can’t all just agree. But my biggest question… Why the difference?

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