Breach/breech
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Hahaha. I can't help but share this. A local news rag should get a new proofreader.
They refer to the recent Equifax news as a “security breech”. I called the paper and asked if Equifax was now selling chasity belts. They hung up on me.
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updated Sep 12, 2017
posted by DonBigoteDeLaLancha
A well-known president on this side of the hemisphere has repeatedly stated that Nation should *heel* under his presidency. - Gekkosan, Sep 11, 2017
But maybe that wasn't a mistake? Healing is not something that would come naturally .. - Mardle, Sep 11, 2017
Visualize here the "zipped mouth" emoticon. - Gekkosan, Sep 11, 2017
You should really post this on the Community Room. - rac1, Sep 11, 2017
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There's this word "comptroller" with British & American IPA: /k?n?tr??l?/ (UK) & /k?mp??tr??l?r/ (US). The American pronunciation is influenced by spelling.
updated Sep 12, 2017
posted by NKM1974
Most Americans say it like controller (as do all Brits) to - Mardle, Sep 12, 2017
wow, what is a comptroller, nice word - 006595c6, Sep 12, 2017
A comptroller is a management level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization. - 006595c6, Sep 12, 2017
wow, never heard this one before...looks like controller, interesting :) - 006595c6, Sep 12, 2017
Comptroller in Spanish is contralor or interventor(a). - NKM1974, Sep 12, 2017
Comptroller from Collins Dictionary in short: (inspector) inspector; supervisor; (in elections) scrutineer; canvasser; (States) - NKM1974, Sep 12, 2017
it is not used in the UK except by American companies. - Mardle, Sep 12, 2017
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Who wrote "potatoe"? Remember?
updated Sep 11, 2017
posted by polenta1
Well, I can think of a well-known president on this side of the hemisphere who insisted, in front of a groups of school kids, that this is how you spelled the word. Same country as the other president I have in mind, even! - Gekkosan, Sep 11, 2017
Vice President Dan Quayle in 1992. - NKM1974, Sep 11, 2017
Right you are. It was a Vice President, not a President. - Gekkosan, Sep 11, 2017
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English spelling is a nightmare. I remember breach as being similar to break. Breech is only used in relation to bottom so Eg gun, pants and baby birth.
As 'breech' is so unusual you would think a modern spell check would choose breach.
It may have been someone having a little joke.
updated Sep 11, 2017
posted by Mardle
People still say "breeches" around here. It could be that the writer and the proofer were in "cahoots". :) - DonBigoteDeLaLancha, Sep 11, 2017
