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Like International sinage, the French should remove the language and replace it with a symbol. Voila! Problem solved!
 
originally posted by Lyle Fass:
It's a tough word for me. Just like definetly and Connecticut.
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I remember when I was a kid I was forced to learn how to spell Connecticut in grade school.

I learned to think of the word in this way: "Connect" + "I" + "Cut."

It helps that Connect and Cut are antonyms.
 
originally posted by Yule Kim:
originally posted by Lyle Fass:
It's a tough word for me. Just like definetly and Connecticut.
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I remember when I was a kid I was forced to learn how to spell Connecticut in grade school.

I learned to think of the word in this way: "Connect" + "I" + "Cut."

It helps that Connect and Cut are antonyms.
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Have I really been spelling Connecticut wrong my whole life? Oh dear.
 
I can never nail "cinnamon" or "Brittany."

Though letter reversal is maddening. A woman I am friends with on Facebook kept mentioning the Chinons of "Jouget."

And Lyle, just a small fyi, that Foillard cuve... No "u."

Corcelette.
 
Since in English on rarely sees i after e, English speakers often write the name of my hometown as Rio de Janiero, and have similar difficulties with other words containing ei.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Since in English on rarely sees i after e, English speakers often write the name of my hometown as Rio de Janiero, and have similar difficulties with other words containing ei.
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Weird, neighbor.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Since in English on rarely sees i after e, English speakers often write the name of my hometown as Rio de Janiero, and have similar difficulties with other words containing ei.
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Funny, Oswaldo. Merkins are also noted to very consistently misspell Riesling as Reisling. Go figger!

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Since in English on rarely sees i after e, English speakers often write the name of my hometown as Rio de Janiero, and have similar difficulties with other words containing ei.
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Funny, Oswaldo. Merkins are also noted to very consistently misspell Riesling as Reisling. Go figger!

Mark Lipton
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Not knowing what/who a merkin is, I googled it and found quite the explanation in wiki!
 
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by MLipton:
Reisling.
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I hear it pronounced that way pretty often, too.
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Which breaks the rule of how to pronounce names ending in stein or stien.
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Not to mention that all rules are off when dealing with proper names (at least in Portuguese, I imagine it's the same in English).
 
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