What the Two Spellings of Stationary/ery Have to Do with Booksellers. Why Pronunciations Change.

What the Two Spellings of Stationary/ery Have to Do with Booksellers. Why Pronunciations Change.

"Stationary" and "stationery" have the same ultimate origin, but they evolved to have different meanings and one became tied to paper goods. Also, a recent survey in the UK highlighted pronunciations that annoy people. We look at which ones and why.

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493 GG Hoofs or Hooves? Color Phrases

493 GG Hoofs or Hooves? Color Phrases

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492. GG. Blue. Kith and Kin

492. GG. Blue. Kith and Kin

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490 GG Formatting URLs in Text

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489 GG Dialogue Tags. Writing Fight Scenes. NaNoWriMo

489 GG Dialogue Tags. Writing Fight Scenes. NaNoWriMo

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488 GG Hallowe'en. Apostrophes. The Garden Path

488 GG Hallowe'en. Apostrophes. The Garden Path

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487 GG Wolf or Woof. Interrobang. Riding Roughshod

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