Friday, May 8, 2009

Criminal Sentence 213: Some Consonants Should Be Doubled

From the CNN crawl:

"White House is 'disapointed' with Manny Ramirez."

I am disapointed, too, especially with that "speling."
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2 comments:

  1. jeredMay 8, 2009 at 8:40 AM

    Me, too. But I get real bothered by collaborate and commiserate. Where do, respectively, the extra "l" and "m" come from?

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  2. The Sentence SleuthMay 8, 2009 at 9:46 AM

    Hi, Jered. According to my dictionary, commiserate comes from the Latin root "com," meaning with, and "miserari," meaning to pity. Collaborate comes from "com" plus "laborare," to work.

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