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etymology - Whats the origin of -er vs. -re endings? - English . . . Noah Webster on '-er' and '-re' word endings (chiefly '-ter' and '-tre') One dedicated opponent of - re endings of the type that the poster has in mind was Noah Webster Here is his discussion of such words in A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language (1806): We have a few words of another class which remain as outlaws in orthography These are such as end in re, as sceptre, theatre
orthography - Why did the -re spelling persist in the British . . . word-ending that sometimes distinguish British from American English In the U S , the change from -re to -er (to match pronunciation) in words such as fibre, centre, theatre began late 18c ; under urging of Noah Webster (1804 edition of his speller, and especially the 1806 dictionary), it was established over the next 25 years The -re spelling, like -our, however, had the authority of
Pronunciation of err - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I use to pronounce this word so that it rhymes with 'her', but recently I've been told to pronounce it like "air" Which pronunciation was it originally, and which pronunciation was correct?
grammar - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I am reading quot;Tristram Shandy quot; and as a non-native English speaker struggling very much to grasp the meaning of some sentences Can someone help me with understanding the meaning of the
Merger of Early Modern English ir with ur and er+ear Before r , ɪ merged with either ʊ or ɛ , depending on context After labials (plus clusters of labials and l ) and alveolar stops (like in bird and dirt), the result was ʊ (shown, among ot
Origin of Erry (every) - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I have noticed a trend in some rap music where erry replaces the word every (see 1:35 of "The Motto" by Drake) Can anyone shed light on the origins of this pronunciation? I thought it might trace
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meaning - Referrer versus referral versus referer - English . . . Edit: "Referrer" and "Referral" refers to different things "Referrer" is something or somebody who refers "Referral" is the act of referring A referral occurs when a referrer refers something Semantic Satiation "referer" : Computing Dictionary referer definition World-Wide Web A misspelling of "referrer" which somehow made it into the HTTP standard A given web page's referer (sic) is the