More spelling mistakes or, maybe, differing national spellings?

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Apr. 10th, 2012 at 1:16 AM

Very often, recently, I see people spelling "morale" as "moral" and "breathe" as "breath". Now these are four very different words as far as I can tell from my UK knowledge of the English language. Are "morale" and "breathe" truly spelled in these, to me, odd ways elsewhere in the world or are these just two more examples of different dialects of English spelling words in such strange ways that they look like very different words to me? According to dictionary.reference.com the "moral"/"morale" confusion may actually be an internationalisation confusion.

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elyssa

Apr. 10th, 2012 01:13 am (UTC)

I would add to this that as an American I fully recognize the differences between the four words and it drives me nuts when people misuse them.

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natf

Apr. 10th, 2012 01:15 am (UTC)

Thank you - I am glad it is not just me! although I was a little confused by the dictionary.reference.com page for "morale"…

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brightlotusmoon

Apr. 10th, 2012 01:22 am (UTC)

Indeed. I'm American myself and it irritates me beyond reason, especially because I used to tutor kids in grammar and vocabulary.

It's like confusing "your" and "you're" but more confusing.

There is difference between, say, "Breathe deeply" and "Take a deep breath" or "Low morale" and "low moral standards."

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elyssa

Apr. 10th, 2012 01:25 am (UTC)

Exactly! I tend to notice in my experience that in the case of breathe/breath, it is the "e" that is typically dropped. It is much more annoying to me as any of the your/you're and its/it's errors... they're totally different words with different pronunciations!

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