Happy #DictionaryDay!
In honor of our pop's birthday, we took a look at some of his most successful contributions to American English, as well as a few that... didn't quite take off. merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/…
Hit: 'draft' (rather than 'draught')
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Miss: 'soop' (rather than 'soup')
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Hit: 'mold' (rather than 'mould')
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Miss: 'iz' and 'waz' (rather than 'is' and 'was')
See also:
'hiz' ('his')
'thoze' ('those')
'proov' ('prove')
'dezerv' ('deserve')
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