tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491523739371675288.post8612175925385397407..comments2022-11-13T01:04:37.061-08:00Comments on Publisher’s Round-up: The Right Way to Say ThisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491523739371675288.post-37933087289910567002014-06-23T15:55:24.704-07:002014-06-23T15:55:24.704-07:00viola/voila is covered here: http://public.wsu.edu...viola/voila is covered here: <a href="http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/voila.html" rel="nofollow">http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/voila.html</a>Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339437656346986056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491523739371675288.post-20040677382541967702014-06-21T09:13:54.430-07:002014-06-21T09:13:54.430-07:00This is off topic, but it's easier posting a c...This is off topic, but it's easier posting a comment than sending mail. I'd like to draw your attention to a hilarious error that your site doesn't seem to cover: I refer to the common misspellings of the French (et) voila! (I can't get grave accents on my keyboard, sorry). So far I've seen, in various places on the Net, "... and wallah!". Also, once or twice, "... and viola!" Do a google search on walla and wallah and see if you agree with me that this one is common enough to address.<br />Anton O'Masianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3491523739371675288.post-70570741455851845002014-05-20T13:07:31.611-07:002014-05-20T13:07:31.611-07:00The preposition "of" tends to be shorten...The preposition "of" tends to be shortened to a schwa, particularly when the following noun begins with a consonant, viz. "man o' war" or "five o'clock." Sometimes it disappears entirely. "I have met him a couple of times" easily becomes "... a couple o' times." The end of this progression, almost universal today, is "a couple times."Peter Belenkynoreply@blogger.com