Klarinet Archive - Posting 001002.txt from 2000/02

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Ere vs err
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 19:33:35 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Lawrence" <belgarath10@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Ere vs err

>
> ... Oh, tis very grand:). That actually reminds me of one of my pet
peeves-
> misusage of "to", "too", and "two". I know that typographical errors
> (errs?;-)) occur and sometimes cannot be helped.. but when someone
> consistantly writes "to" in the place of "too"... it just grates against
my
> nerves! Oh well, I'm sure whomever came up with those words had some
> purpose behind them (I hope..)
>
> -Michael L.
>

Like most words, they just grew. Each came from a different root source
with different sounds and they, unfortunately, ended up converging on a
common pronunciation.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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