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Mascaraed and muumuu-ed: the spelling of imported words

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Gerry Abbott
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Extract

Leading dictionaries do not always provide guidance on the incorporation of exotic words into the English spelling system, as this article abundantly demonstrates.

Type
Research Article
Information
English Today , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , April 1988 , pp. 43 - 46
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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