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Thread #125865   Message #2795727
Posted By: s&r
24-Dec-09 - 12:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: except/accept- insure/ensure,,,etc.
Subject: RE: BS: except/accept- insure/ensure,,,etc.
The odd one out seems to be chord not discord. Discord comes from the Latin discordare.

Various sources regard "chord" as a shortened form of "accord" with the spelling influenced by chorda (Lat) and Khorde (Gk) meaning string.

Stu