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by Scottmellon
Fri Mar 13, 2015 6:39 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Hiatus
Replies: 5
Views: 7018

Re: Hiatus

The plural is hiatuses or simply hiatus? That's Hardly simple. It's Latin fourth declension like impetus and may be written with a macron. Impetūs. But even I am not that pedantic!
by Scottmellon
Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:27 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Pied
Replies: 2
Views: 4052

Re: Pied

Actually, because if French elision, the d in "pied" in "pied à terre" is pronounced as a t, like pee eight.

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