homemade or home made or home-made - WordReference Forums
May 8, 2014 · homemade or home made or home-made <-----Edited to add the text in question to the post-----> Hello, I've found each of the spellings in the headline and I'm not sure if all of them are correct or there is one use more frequently than the others? I guess it would be 'homemade'. Thanks for your replies.
distributor vs distributer - WordReference Forums
Feb 20, 2012 · Collins offers both spellings with the meanings being the same: distributor or distributer noun. a person or thing that distributes
Commare - WordReference Forums
Feb 3, 2005 · Here's another term, closely related, used in the US in an originally Southern form. Goomba: The word "goomba" itself is a little confusing.
mémère , pépère - WordReference Forums
Dec 6, 2010 · My moms parents who came from Quebec in their 30s ontario i called mémé and pépé. My fathers parents from Quebec found it insulting like your lazy/slow. I was just googling it to figure out the proper way to spell it. Thanks for the language lesson.
Re-enable vs reenable - WordReference Forums
Mar 29, 2024 · I have no idea if this is now a real word, but, since a process can be "enabled," I suppose it can be re-enabled. As for the spelling, we do say (or, rather, spell) "reentry" and "reenact." Personally, I find the "reen" combination rather odd-looking; until the "reenable" spelling is firmly established, I would tend to write re-enable.
car park vs carpark - WordReference Forums
Dec 24, 2015 · According to Collins Cobuild Advanced Dictionary, 'car park' can also be spelled 'carpark'. Do native speakers spell it as one word? Thanks.
Jennie / Jenny - WordReference Forums
Sep 16, 2020 · The only rule, unfortunately, is that there are no rules. (My real given name has an unusual spelling because my parents, many decades ago, wanted to be "modern" and simplify the traditional spelling. The world did not follow them. The traditional spelling is still the most common. Most people spell my name wrong. I've gotten used to that.)
1980's or 1980s? - WordReference Forums
Nov 9, 2007 · Hi! I have checked with the OED online, and it says that it is acceptable to use an apostrophe in AE. It is, shall we say, 'more acceptable' for it to be written "1980s" in Standard English, according to the OED, although it is common to see it either way.
paycheque versus pay cheque or paycheck - WordReference Forums
May 15, 2014 · Er, the Canadian Oxford gives "paycheque," by the way, with "paycheck" as flagged as U.S. usage. The general trend toward solids is well established in North American and British English, but according to the Oxford dictionaries it's more advanced in North America, so maybe "pay cheque" is more present in the UK.
mold or mould - Canadian spelling? - WordReference Forums
Oct 7, 2010 · (That is why many words have a "z" instead of an "s" such as the aforementioned ship.) and the spell checker goes AWOL. So to the words colour, flavour. It was also taught that the US take out the "u" so it depends on "which" dictionary you use. I never rely on automatic spell checkers because I know they are set to US spelling.