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#1 2008-01-08 16:29:19

Craig C Clarke
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I recorment that you read this post

Today I received the following feedback in a sales venue for an item I sold:
“Vary Fast Shipping, excellent contact from seller, recorment buy from seller again”

Took me a couple of seconds to figure out what recorment meant. Startled me a bit, so I did a Google search just to be sure. 249 hits.
Some are from people who just seem to have serious spelling difficulties:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&c … gLsEc0kCzA

But others stand out as the sole altered word in the sentence:
“Overall I think it is good enough to recorment it to other people.”
http://www.golfreview.com/cat/balls/dun … 43crx.aspx

The thing that gets me about it is that when I say recommend and others I know say it, I don’t hear even the slightest hint of an r in it. The t at the end I can understand, but that r flummoxes me. Is there an region where it is typically pronounced that way? (Similar to the way that in some areas realtor becomes realitor or realator.)

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#2 2008-01-08 16:51:31

Craig C Clarke
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Re: I recorment that you read this post

Sheesh. 4280 ghits for recormend. People really are hearing an r in there.

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