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Languagehat discovers that a child in kindergarten is a kindergartner.
It would never have occurred to me to say anything but "kindergartener," but I looked it up in Webster's Collegiate and sure enough, the one preserving German morphology is the preferred spelling.The blog takes the opportunity to remind readers that someone who runs a restaurant is a restaurateur. Someone who runs a restoration business is a restorator. And the art of being a midwife is pronounced mid-WIFF-ery. I did not know that.
posted by Nicole @ 11:52 AM
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And, of course, inflammation of a tendon is tendinitis.
And no matter how mini the amount, it will still be minuscule.
OK, I'll admit to watching "The Apprentice." But it irks me every time they show the annoying woman and identify her as a "restauranteur." Argh. Reality-show copy editors, anyone?
Hey, there's no reason to "admit" to watching "The Apprentice." It's fantastic (minus the restaurateur problem, of course) and the only prime time show I tape to watch later.
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