I'm in Australia and want to clarify with some Americans about the spelling of "veggie/vegie". Here we would use the word "vegie", but I've noticed Americans using the double g. What do Americans most commonly use: vegie or veggie?
On Tue, 10 Feb 1998 00:41:03, Gavin Atkinson <Gavin.Atkin...@premiers.qld.gov.au> 'llowed:
Hi everyone
I'm in Australia and want to clarify with some Americans about the spelling of "veggie/vegie". Here we would use the word "vegie", but I've noticed Americans using the double g. What do Americans most commonly use: vegie or veggie?
Since it is not a word, I think it's fair to say that it makes no difference, unless it is a pet name for some specific vegetable for which there is a soft place in a person's heart. In the latter case, the spelling must be, of course, negotiated for the particular case.
Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel
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sgood...@NULL.net.il (Stan Goodman) writes: > Since it is not a word, I think it's fair to say that it makes no > difference, unless it is a pet name for some specific vegetable for > which there is a soft place in a person's heart. In the latter case, > the spelling must be, of course, negotiated for the particular case.
According to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary, "veggie also vegie...(1955) 2 slang: VEGETARIAN"
So, it is a word, with two different acceptable spellings. I personally vote for "vegie," as the least objectionable of the two possibilities.
>I'm in Australia and want to clarify with some Americans about the spelling of
"veggie/vegie". Here we would use the word "vegie", but I've noticed Americans using the double g. What do Americans most commonly use: vegie or veggie?<
I think most American use the veggie or veggy spelling. The double "g" tends to preserve the soft "g" sound (udge as opposed to govern). As an aside, when I was in South Africa a few years ago, I was startled to discover that the common Africaans name for mesambryanthems (ice plant, etc.) was vegie, pronounced "fakey".
> I'm in Australia and want to clarify with some Americans about the > spelling of "veggie/vegie". Here we would use the word "vegie", but > I've noticed Americans using the double g. What do Americans most > commonly use: vegie or veggie? >Since it is not a word, I think it's fair to say that it makes no >difference,........
>Stan Goodman
Come on folks, ever heard of a dictionary? ;-)
Main Entry: veg·gie Variant(s): also veg·ie /'ve-jE/ Function: noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: 1955 1 : VEGETABLE 2 slang : VEGETARIAN
>>>Come on folks, ever heard of a dictionary? ;-) >>easy now, just a fun question asked...... >Note the smiley.
misunderstood. and noted. my apologies sometimes i really don't get all that and i don't read it those ways. a. Martin , Andrea and Abraham Jackson (AJ) sammk(antispam)@aol.com
>> Since it is not a word, I think it's fair to say that it makes no >> difference >According to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary, "veggie also >vegie...(1955) 2 slang: VEGETARIAN" >So, it is a word, with two different acceptable spellings. I >personally vote for "vegie," as the least objectionable of the two >possibilities.
They are both correct, but to me the spelling "vegie" reads like a hard "g". Veggie reads like a soft "g". Neither spelling is "objectionable". It is probably whatever you are used to seeing that looks best.
>They are both correct, but to me the spelling "vegie" reads like a hard "g".
Veggie reads like a soft "g".<
I also feel somewhat more comforatable with the soft G "veggie" spelling. As an aside, the term for a strict vegetarian is vegan, which I understand is pronounced "vee-gan"
>I also feel somewhat more comforatable with the soft G "veggie" spelling. As an >aside, the term for a strict vegetarian is vegan, which I understand is >pronounced "vee-gan"
>Don
Yes. I always think "vee-gan" sounds like the name of the home planet of one of Superman's enemies. ;-)
> >I also feel somewhat more comforatable with the soft G "veggie" spelling. > As an > >aside, the term for a strict vegetarian is vegan, which I understand is > >pronounced "vee-gan"
> >Don
> Yes. I always think "vee-gan" sounds like the name of the home planet of > one of Superman's enemies. ;-)
