• Bruce Adams <tortoise_74 yeah.whoo.co.uk> Nov 15 2007
• Derek Parnell <derek psych.ward> Nov 15 2007

Bruce Adams <tortoise_74 yeah.whoo.co.uk> writes:

Janice Caron Wrote:

 On 11/15/07, Bruce Adams <tortoise_74 yeah.who.co.uk> wrote:
 Ironically this dictionary contains neither writeable nor writable and yet
claims to be 21st century.


 That's because it assumes its users are intelligent. For example, it
 also does not contain the word "writes". The reasoning is: it is
 sufficient to include the word "write", and define it as a verb, since
 all derivations therefrom are regular. It only lists derivations which
 are irregular (e.g. "noticeable")


But both writable and writeable are legal in certain circles. Only one of them
can be considered regular.

Derek Parnell <derek psych.ward> writes:

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:08:09 -0500, Bruce Adams wrote:
 
 But both writable and writeable are legal in certain circles.


"writable"  :- Something that can be turned into a writ.
"writeable" :- Something that can be written on.

Just kidding ;-)

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Derek Parnell
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