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Podcast: Word of the Day
Episode: Orthography
Description: Orthography is a noun that refers to the conventional spelling system of a language.Â
The Greek word orthos (OR those) means ‘correct,’ while the suffix G-R-A-P-H-Y comes from the Greek word for ‘writing.’ So our word of the day may be used to refer to the way of spelling a word. Here’s an example:
My daughter is such a word nerd that when I asked her how cat was spelled, she gave me a ten-minute dissertation on the orthography of the word. I didn’t want to know why the word was spelled that...