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  2. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    This list does not include place names in the United Kingdom or the United States, or places following spelling conventions of non-English languages. For UK place names, see List of irregularly spelled places in the United Kingdom. For US place names, see List of irregularly spelled places in the United States.

  3. Connoisseur - Wikipedia

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    A connoisseur (French traditional, pre-1835, spelling of connaisseur, from Middle-French connoistre, then connaître meaning 'to be acquainted with' or 'to know somebody/something') is a person who has a great deal of knowledge about the fine arts; who is a keen appreciator of cuisines, fine wines, and other gourmet products; or who is an expert judge in matters of taste.

  4. What is Roblox and why won't my kids stop talking about ... - AOL

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    Whether your kid is asking if they can "buy more Robux" or begging you to check out their avatar's latest outfit, there's one thing most parents of kids who play Roblox have in common: We don't ...

  5. Silent k and g - Wikipedia

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    In English orthography, the letter k normally reflects the pronunciation of [] and the letter g normally is pronounced /ɡ/ or "hard" g , as in goose, gargoyle and game; /d͡ʒ/ or "soft" g , generally before i or e , as in giant, ginger and geology; or /ʒ/ in some words of French origin, such as rouge, beige and genre.

  6. English orthography - Wikipedia

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    The spelling indicates the insertion of /ᵻ/ before the /z/ in the spelling - es , but does not indicate the devoiced /s/ distinctly from the unaffected /z/ in the spelling - s . The abstract representation of words as indicated by the orthography can be considered advantageous since it makes etymological relationships more apparent to English ...

  7. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Non-standard: I could not fire because I did not have line-of-site to the target. stationary and stationery. Stationary is an adjective meaning "not moving"; stationery is a noun meaning office supplies. Standard: The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track.

  8. Talk:Connoisseur - Wikipedia

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    The term is used just as often (if not more so) in relation to food, drink or music. -Adjusting 07:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC) Well, food, drink, and music are all considered an art, even war is an art. I consider myself somewhat of a Connoisseur of quite a number of things that are WAY less boring than this definition describes.

  9. List of irregularly spelt places in the United Kingdom

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    This is a sublist of List of irregularly spelled English names. These common suffixes have the following regular pronunciations, which are historic, well established and etymologically consistent. However, they may be counterintuitive, as their pronunciation is inconsistent with the usual phonetics of English. -b(o)rough and -burgh – / b ər ə /