Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Language Arts
I was having a nerd moment the other day because I was reading a book and they kept saying that some dude said such and such 'drily.' I know it's a word and I know what it means, but my problem is that although it is an acceptable spelling, drily doesn't look right to me. If I were going to use it in that manner, I would probably go with dryly. Is this just me?
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Yeah... I see what you're saying.
I agree. I almost seems like you would want to say it differently, like 'drilly'.
I get bothered about things like that too.
Words with multiple accepted spellings drive me crazy because then neither looks right to me(even though I know they are both correct), e.g. cancelled/canceled and worshipped/worshiped. I love that our version of English is so flexible, but at the same time sometimes I wish we, like the Brits, strove just a touch more for elegance and fluidity in our language, both verbal and written.
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