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By Paultheparaglider
#1910451
kanga wrote:

> ah, now I (not a Wordler) know what the word was. I reckon that for most usage by
> most Americans it would not be thought of as a Proper Noun, because of this sense.

I suspect the patriarch of America's number one cartoon family might beg to differ. :wink:
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By Rob P
#1910453
MikeB wrote:
>
> Or a referee at Anfield :wink:

Presumably a chavball reference, but way over my head I am afraid. :(

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By Cessna571
#1910479
JAFO wrote:
> in baseball, a
> hit that allows the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases.

The word was in their “mini crossword” the day before with this definition.

Their “mini” crossword from the menu on the wordle page is quite good, though sometimes a bit left field, and never takes more than 3 to 4 minutes!
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By Rob P
#1910734
Two different correct answers today after a contentious word was withdrawn mid-play.

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By PeteSpencer
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#1910749
Rob P wrote:
> Two different correct answers today after a contentious word was withdrawn
> mid-play.
>
> Rob P

The 'A' word rearing its US contentious head.................... :roll:
Welcome to the Twentieth Century.

One of the few examples widely in the UK of a digraph (truly a ligature) succumbing to our transatlantic cousins' linguistic tampering..

I have to admit professionally to this failing too, but I stick by oesophagus , amoeba, phoenix and diarrhoea............................ :lol:

Nuts really as foetus comes from the Latin 'fetus'.
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By kanga
#1910761
PeteSpencer wrote:
> .. a digraph (truly a ligature) succumbing
> to our transatlantic cousins' linguistic tampering..
>
> .. I stick by oesophagus ,
> amoeba, phoenix and diarrhoea............................ :lol:

and oedema, oestrogen, anaesthetic, .. :)

I hope it is still true that in medical terminology as in other things, where 'American' spellings differ from British, anglophone Canadian usage officially and commonly favours the British. This was certainly true in the '60s :thumright: . So 'transatlantic' needs the further gloss of 'South of 49th' (or, to use a more succinct Canadian term, 'rebel' :) ); or, more generally, 'British' means 'anglophone outside USA'
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By PeteSpencer
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#1910770
kanga wrote:

> I hope it is still true that in medical terminology as in other things, where
> 'American' spellings differ from British, anglophone Canadian usage officially and
> commonly favours the British. This was certainly true in the '60s :thumright:

In the early 60s I indeed used the spelling favoured by the old boys in tweed jackets with leather patched elbows sitting in their College garrets in Arnold's 'City of dreaming spires' .

However by 1970 needs and speed and common, frequent usage dictated that the 'o' was lost for ever this word only......................... :roll:
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By kanga
#1910855
Rob P wrote:
> Two different correct answers today after a contentious word was withdrawn
> mid-play.
>
> Rob P

deemed newsworthy by BBC:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61339177

[and now I know what the contentious word was; obviously I favour the proper, British (or 'everywhere except US'), ligature, spelling :) ISTR using the related adjective in a pathology report in Canada, and our US doctor querying it to the amusement of his Canadian and UK colleagues :wink: ]
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By Flyingfemme
#1910872
Paul_Sengupta wrote:
> O tempura!
>
> O smores!

Mmmmmmmm.......s’mores
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