Friday, April 27, 2018

This Week: Paul Brians Addresses "Prick" + amature/amateur

amature/amateur
Most of the words we’ve borrowed from the French that have retained their “-eur” endings are pretty sophisticated, like “restaurateur” (notice, no N) and “auteur” (in film criticism), but “amateur” attracts amateurish spelling.




A recent Paul Brians’ blog post discusses the understandable reluctance to use "prick."


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