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Thread #60703   Message #973015
Posted By: GUEST,Q
26-Jun-03 - 07:47 PM
Thread Name: BS: Commonly misspelled/mispronounced words
Subject: RE: BS: Commonly misspelled/mispronounced words
learned, learnt

Jewellery-jewelry is an odd one, inspiring the OED editors to a mini-essay. "In commercial use commonly spelt jewellery; the form jewelry is more rhetorical and poetic and unassociated with the jeweller. But the pronunciation with three sylables is usual even with the former spelling." I would agree that "jewelry" has pretty well taken over in North America.