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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Spicy peeves #9957 11/07/00 10:35 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Steve I have lived in India and the UK, and I have never seen it spelled anything but cardamom. Perhaps it is a Statesian peculiarity? My own spice peeve (Pet Spice?) concerns turmeric. I have heard too many English people pronounce it tyu-merr-ic, ignoring the first 'r' altogether, and the fact that even the dictionary says it is terr-merr-ic. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Cardamon Father Steve 11/07/00 04:52 AM Spicy peeves shanks 11/07/00 10:35 AM Re: Spicy peeves tsuwm 11/07/00 03:12 PM Re: Spicy peeves Bingley 11/09/00 05:33 AM Re: Spicy peeves RhubarbCommando 11/08/00 02:11 PM Roflol! shanks 11/08/00 02:13 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,997 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 660 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,958 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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