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In LibreOffice Bug #153402, Tina R mentioned:
is considered misspelled in the en-US dictionary.
SCOWL considers:
the main spelling, with -ar being a large + level 1 variant.
-ar
Personally, I think:
-er
(Note: It looks like en-GB is okay.)
"briar" vs. "brier" vs. "briary" vs. "briery"
en-US popularity flipped from "brier" -> "briar" in ~1920. Now it's ~4x as popular.
en-GB always had "briar" ahead. Now it's ~3x as popular.
Most dictionaries also label -ar as the main, with -er as the variant:
briar + briary
brier + briery
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In LibreOffice Bug #153402, Tina R mentioned:
is considered misspelled in the en-US dictionary.
SCOWL considers:
the main spelling, with
-ar
being a large + level 1 variant.Personally, I think:
-ar
should be the main spelling for both en-US + en-GB.-er
should be a variant for both.(Note: It looks like en-GB is okay.)
Stats
Google N-grams
"briar" vs. "brier" vs. "briary" vs. "briery"
en-US popularity flipped from "brier" -> "briar" in ~1920. Now it's ~4x as popular.
en-GB always had "briar" ahead. Now it's ~3x as popular.
Dictionaries
Most dictionaries also label
-ar
as the main, with-er
as the variant:briar + briary
brier + briery
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: