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Douglas Johnson may refer to: Doug Johnson (American football) (born 1977),American football player; Doug Johnson (Australian footballer) (1920–2002), Australian footballer; Doug Johnson (Loverboy), keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Loverboy; Doug Johnson (Minnesota politician) (1942–2022), American politician and educator
This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations.
Douglas is a masculine given name which originated from the surname Douglas. Although today the name is almost exclusively given to boys, it was used as a girl's name in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the north of England. [ 1 ]
Doug is a male personal name (or, depending on which definition of "personal name" one uses, part of a personal name). It is sometimes a given name (or "first name"), but more often it is a hypocorism (affectionate variation of a personal name) which takes the place of a given name, usually Douglas.
Here are 10 things you need to know about Gabby Douglas: 1. She was four years old when she did her first tumbling pass. Douglas got her start in gymnastics by way of a cartwheel at four years old ...
The following is a handy reference for editors, listing various common spelling differences between national varieties of English. Please note: If you are not familiar with a spelling, please do some research before changing it – it may be your misunderstanding rather than a mistake, especially in the case of American and British English spelling differences.
How Do You Write $450 in Words on a Check? Word choice gets slightly more complex when you put hundreds and tens together. Huntington Bank recommends writing $130.45 as “One hundred thirty and ...
The word carburetor comes from the French carbure meaning "carbide". [110] [111] In the UK, the word is spelled carburettor and pronounced / ˌ k ɑːr b j ʊ ˈ r ɛ t ər / or / ˈ k ɑːr b ə r ɛ t ər /. In the US, the word may be spelled carburetor or carburator; it is pronounced / ˈ k ɑːr b ə r eɪ t ər /. charivari: shivaree ...