Writing and spelling! fairy/faery
By raydene
@raydene (9871)
United States
7 responses
@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
17 May 08
In the Us you spell SURPRIZE this way right? In Canada we spell it SURPRISE.
@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
17 May 08
Sorry I let the cap lock out to fast shoud read U.S. I'm sorry.
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@GardenGerty (160721)
• United States
17 May 08
All of the words that in American English end in "or" seem to end in "our" in the Queens English, colour, harbour, etc.
@BarBaraPrz (47399)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 May 08
Well, there's the whole lineup of -our/-or and -re/-er words which designate whether the speller is using English or American...
@gaminemadcap (160)
• United States
18 May 08
Usually when people use the 'ae' in faerie they don't use the 'y' at the end. (Like I just spelled it: faerie). 'Faerie' is the more archaic form--it's more old fashioned, but usually better when talking about more mythological fae as opposed to modern, Tinkerbell-type fairies. 'Fairy' tends to be more of a modern, pixie word. I know this doesn't answer your question...but that's my two cents.
Spelling differences can usually be attributed to country differences (i.e. England/British spelling vs. American) or the age of the word (i.e. many Old/Middle English words use the 'ae' whereas modernized versions use 'e').
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
16 May 08
is that english?or writing fairy in another language?well so many words of english are spelt wrongly and the funny thing about this is that they seem so right that we are already used to such spellings