November 9, 2009

shh, mom, I know you know...

Dear Paregoron (Greek Goddess of consolation, comfort, and soothing words),

WHY!!! do some English words get spelled differently and mean the same thing?
Do you cheep cheaply?
If I put a band-aid on my heel, will it heal?

And WHYYY!!!!! do some words just add or remove vowels on a whim? 
If it's I proclaim it, am I not making a proclaimation?
If I enter there, why is it an entrance not an enterence?

Thank you for your present attention on this matter.

2 comments:

ten said...

Seriously? The medicine of my childhood known as Paregoric was named for the Greek Goddess of Consolation???

Kansas said...

I still want to know why
whole ==> wholly
but
sole ==> solely.

That is all.