http://scottbush.net/language/drownd-is-not-a-word/ Notes on web development (and a few other topics) Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:23:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://scottbush.net/language/drownd-is-not-a-word/#comment-1655 Lauren MacArthur Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:35:12 +0000 http://scottbush.net/v2/blog/?p=606#comment-1655 Thank you, Scott. I could not believe it when I saw the robot play the word "drownd." I looked it up in the Pogo dictionary, and there it was! I have cringed at many words the Pogo robot has played, but, this is blatantly WRONG! Along with the examples you have given, I am irritated by the use of master's, bachelor's, etc., when referring to degrees. The correct words are master degree and bachelor degree. And, yet, you will see them incorrectly spelled by the colleges that issue them.......How sloppy we have become. And, no one seems to notice, or care. Our poor nation, I fear, is on its way down..... Thank you, Scott. I could not believe it when I saw the robot play the word “drownd.” I looked it up in the Pogo dictionary, and there it was! I have cringed at many words the Pogo robot has played, but, this is blatantly WRONG! Along with the examples you have given, I am irritated by the use of master’s, bachelor’s, etc., when referring to degrees. The correct words are master degree and bachelor degree. And, yet, you will see them incorrectly spelled by the colleges that issue them…….How sloppy we have become. And, no one seems to notice, or care. Our poor nation, I fear, is on its way down…..

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