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So, yesterday I had an email from [livejournal.com profile] broadmeadow. In response to my last post here, he tells me that dirth is spelled "dearth". I have consulted with my advisors and, as a last resort, checked in a dictionary. It seems he is correct.

What a ridiculous way to spell a word. Whose idea was that ?

Date: 2007-10-23 09:49 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] zotz
Mine. Sorry.

Date: 2007-10-23 09:57 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] pm215
The OED fingers the Book of Common Prayer as its earliest cite with that spelling.

Date: 2007-10-23 10:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] undyingking.livejournal.com
Whose idea was that ?

Clearly someone who didn't live here on Planet Irth.

Date: 2007-10-23 10:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bateleur.livejournal.com
<3 post title!

You do it just for me, don't you?

Date: 2007-10-23 10:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wechsler.livejournal.com
I assure you this caused much mirth at my hearth.

Date: 2007-10-23 02:45 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] shrydar.livejournal.com
Damn - I do know it's spelled that way, but I didn't spot the error.

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