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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: origin of double letters in English BranShea #176425 04/27/2008 7:55 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Speaking of vagaries... why isn't it spelled "vagueries"? Truly it looks funny to me (vagaries)! I don't see it often, but it's made several appearances on this thread. It has the same root as "vague", and one would think it would follow that spelling lead... Oh well! :0) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted origin of double letters in English twosleepy 04/25/2008 7:30 PM Re: origin of double letters in English zmjezhd 04/25/2008 8:03 PM Re: origin of double letters in English Faldage 04/26/2008 9:58 AM Re: origin of double letters in English BranShea 04/26/2008 10:27 AM Re: origin of double letters in English Faldage 04/26/2008 10:35 AM Re: origin of double letters in English Jackie 04/26/2008 2:32 PM Re: origin of double letters in English BranShea 04/26/2008 4:52 PM Re: origin of double letters in English The Pook 04/27/2008 4:51 AM Re: origin of double letters in English BranShea 04/27/2008 3:22 PM Re: origin of double letters in English twosleepy 04/27/2008 7:55 PM Re: origin of double letters in English Faldage 04/27/2008 8:27 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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