Neckless and proofless?

[Alfirin]

For what it's worth I recently discovered I use the british spelling for a LOT of words, including some I wasn't even aware HAD alternate spelling. For example I collect sea shells in particular those of the genus Cyparaea (or more acccuratly those that were in that genus before it was divided up into many smaller genera). I had always known the spelling of the common name of these shells as "cowrie", and that was how I wrote it. however when I got serios I discovered that, in American English it is considered proper to spell it "cowry". I still use the British spelling (To me it just looks better) but I had to learn to do searches under both spellings. I also tend to write "colour" and "theatre".

[Mister Underhill]

And we named a pub-slash-brewery after you, my friend!



You'll have to forgive the missing apostrophe. The sign-maker is one of those artsy types who insisted on sampling the fare before setting to work on the sign so that "the energy of the place would come out in the piece". I consider it a smashing success.

Originally Posted by Morthoron

And let's not forget "flammifer", "bebothered", "flummoxed", "glede" and "confusticated".

If Lorenz Hart had been a Tolkien fan, maybe Ella Fitzgerald would have sung "Bewitched, Bebothered, and Confusticated" instead. One can dream.

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by Alfirin

I also tend to write "colour" and "theatre".

I heard about your anglophilic spelling proclivities, but all this time I thought it was just rumour.