Words that didn’t break at the glue line

Posted on June 20, 2014 | 3 Comments

My latest article for TheWeek.com is about words that were put together one way and then broken apart another way. They’re words you know, too…

10 words that are badly broken

 

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3 responses to “Words that didn’t break at the glue line”

  1. Wilson's avatar Wilson | June 21, 2014 at 3:40 am | Reply

    Does the bit about decal mean that the older (I won’t say more correct, though I want to : ) ) pronunciation was “DEE-cal” rather than “DECK-le”?

  2. Waqar Ahmed's avatar Waqar Ahmed | June 21, 2014 at 4:08 am | Reply

    Impressive… 🙂

  3. Wilson's avatar Wilson | June 23, 2014 at 6:22 pm | Reply

    Oh, cool – the article was highlighted (highlit?) in AWADMail this past weekend:
    http://wordsmith.org/awad/awadmail625.html

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