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  • noun Plural form of spelling.

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Examples

  • I keep reading "Joanna, Ernie or or Errie or JBanna" Maybe the wrecker wasn't sure on the name spellings and put in a couple of alternatives, along with a surplus of ors, just to be sure.

    OR... Jen 2009

  • A fixation of spellings is a sign of paranoid personality disorder – based on your paranoia about abortion, you should look it up sometime.

    Think Progress » What Americans Want In A Supreme Court Justice 2005

  • I chose Maj Hugins (Huggins) The reason for the two spellings is the bracelet has the spelling with one "G" and I did a search and you have the spelling with "GG".

    Letters and Notes 1966

  • But quite early in Old High German, when such sounds still existed in German, spellings th -, dh - are found for thorn and edh, sometimes indiscriminately.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4 1981

  • Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers 'Google' your business to find you, or try to refer you to others.

    Marty Zwilling: 10 Rules for Picking a Company Name That Sticks Marty Zwilling 2011

  • Some startup founders try unusual word spellings to make their business stand out, but this can be trouble when customers 'Google' your business to find you, or try to refer you to others.

    Marty Zwilling: 10 Rules for Picking a Company Name That Sticks Marty Zwilling 2011

  • Many of the spellings are actually options in both countries, anyway.

    I say pyjama… 2008

  • In addition, he said, maps of the area are largely decades old, with "foreign" village name spellings that are not used by reporting organizations or local people.

    Satellite Images Show Evidence of Abuse in Burma | Impact Lab 2007

  • I used to see a lot of kreatif name spellings when I taught school, but come on, people!

    The Name Game 2009

  • [Link] For other examples of surname spellings changed to conform to pronunciation, see Gary R. Toms and James Pylant's "Talliaferro is Tolliver: Surnames Sound a Challenge for Researchers."

    There Was No Beating Gough 2006

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