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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Spicy peeves #9957 11/07/2000 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 11/07/2000 4:52 AM Spicy peeves shanks 11/07/2000 10:35 AM Re: Spicy peeves tsuwm 11/07/2000 3:12 PM Re: Spicy peeves Bingley 11/09/2000 5:33 AM Re: Spicy peeves RhubarbCommando 11/08/2000 2:11 PM Roflol! shanks 11/08/2000 2:13 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

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