Re: CC

Adron · February 20, 2004, 01:01 PM

Quote from: iago on February 18, 2004, 08:03 PM
"Ackumulator" looks swedish - you mean "Accumulator".

Hmm, what are the rules for cc vs ck in english?

iago · February 20, 2004, 02:01 PM

As far as I know, ck only goes on the end of words, or on compound words (backwards). Most of the time it's cc,though.

Adron · February 20, 2004, 02:10 PM

Compound words including things like loccer and soccer?

K · February 20, 2004, 02:21 PM

Quote from: Adron on February 20, 2004, 02:10 PM
Compound words including things like loccer and soccer?

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Compound words are words made up of two different words.

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Adron · February 20, 2004, 02:31 PM

Quote from: K on February 20, 2004, 02:21 PM
Quote from: Adron on February 20, 2004, 02:10 PM
Compound words including things like loccer and soccer?
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Compound words are words made up of two different words.

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Ah, OK. So the correct spleling is loccer then?

hismajesty · February 20, 2004, 02:36 PM

Nope, it's locker, everything in English has an exception.

j0k3r · February 20, 2004, 03:52 PM

Quote from: hismajesty on February 20, 2004, 02:36 PM
Nope, it's locker, everything in English has an exception.

Replace English with Everything.

K · February 20, 2004, 03:57 PM

You could argue that "locker" is short for "lock her" because that's what you do to lockers.

Tuberload · February 20, 2004, 04:39 PM

It is the word Lock with the suffix er.

-er, -or
Noun: person or thing that does something

So it would be similar to iago's rule of compound words.

iago · February 20, 2004, 07:48 PM

Yeah, ck is at the end of lock, and -er is a suffix.

Hazard · February 20, 2004, 10:20 PM

English blows.