Wednesday, September 09, 2009

The English spell "curb" as "kerb" -- here are some others:

chili -- chilli

draft beer -- draught beer

gray -- grey

liquorice -- licorice

phony -- phoney

pajamas -- pyjamas

plow -- plough

story (of a building) -- storey

tire -- tyre

The test will be Thursday.
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1 comment:

  1. sleepyrn11:24 PM

    I think I alternate grey/gray cuz I can not remember which one is "right". (evidently "gray" is because spell check underlined "grey" in red.)

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