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Could some one help out with this word that often crosses my mind.
Corroberate. I often hear it in police serials and I guess it means something like confirm, but there must be a difference. It has a funny ring to it soundwise. Like corroded rollercoaster.
But how is it used?
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The word is spelled corroborate.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Thanks Zmjezhd, both for the spelling correction and the large information link. This will take me to the truth.
[Added this useful site to my favorites . So it is a sort of reinforcement of a confirmation.]
Last edited by BranShea; 11/01/2006 3:00 PM.
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You're welcome, BranShea, and when I have Dutch-specific questions to ask perhaps I can ask you ...
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Quote:
The word is spelled corroborate.
This brings to mind one of my nagging queries.
With respect to the word correspondence.
I have always been plagued, in spelling this correctly, with misunderstanding (and mis-remembering) that there are two 'r' and one 'o'.
Intuitively, it seems more correct as co - respondence. As in a cooperative interchange (respondent to respondent).
Other words help to support this idea, such as cooperate, cohabitate, et cetera.
Anyone have further insight on this?
{'s' added as required}
How embarrassing! 
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Could use an s, too. 
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Of course, with pleasure.
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one assumes too much by thinking co + respond; the actual etymology tells the tale:
a. med.L. correspondere, f. cor- = com- together, with each other + respondere to answer
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There are actually two o's, as well as two r's, two c's, two n's and three e's.
TEd
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