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Alfster Started conversation Oct 28, 2008
You would have thought 'succinct' should really be spelt with a single 'c'...
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MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. Posted Oct 28, 2008
Sucint?
Suinct?
Nah! Doesn't work for me!!! 
MFM
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Wand'rin star Posted Oct 28, 2008
How do you pronounce it? I say suck sinkt, so I need both c's. I think the double letter is for historical reasons: when a suffix was joined to the root syllable the consonant was doubled.
But you are, of course, at liberty to spell it any way you want to.It's only a convention and you might always get enough of us to agree.
(who realises you were making a joke)
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Fathom Posted Oct 29, 2008
The spelling of dyslexia is just a cruel joke on people who are dyslexic.
As in: "why are amnesia and Alzheimers so hard to remember?"
Or: where can I find another word for 'thesaurus'?
And: did you know that 'gullible' is not listed in most dictionaries?
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lostmonalisa Posted Oct 30, 2008
i just wish there was a less objectionable way to say euphemism.
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