std.stream.Stream.writeable

Gregor Richards Richards at codu.org
Wed Nov 14 14:06:26 PST 2007


Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> "Janice Caron" <caron800 at googlemail.com> wrote in message 
> news:mailman.60.1195068267.2338.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>> On 11/14/07, Bill Baxter <dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com> wrote:
>>> Both are ok, actually.
>>>
>>> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/writeable
>> Oh! <embarrassed>
>>
>> Well, they're not in England. I also checked in Merriam-Webster before
>> posting, just to see how the Americans spelt it. It would appear that
>> different American dictionaries say different things. Hey ho.
> 
> It's interesting to see this change.  I'm in the -e- insertion camp, I never 
> knew the e was dropped in these -able compounds.  I also think 'writable' 
> looks like it'd be pronounced 'RIT-able' since the e went away, which might 
> by what's driving this change.
> 
> SPELLING IS FUN 
> 
> 

Heh, whenever I see the variants that include an 'e', I read (e.g.) 
write-ee-ah-blay. This is just because I'm used to it not being there, 
of course.

Bloody English, what's wrong with phonetic spelling anyway? ^^

  - Gregor Richards



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