At 12:45 PM 8/26/01, you wrote:
>Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> >
> > Julia Thompson wrote:
> > >
> > >> I also fantasize about inserting Potassium Cianide drops into the
> > >> filters of cigarrettes O:-)
> > >
> > >OK, actually *acting* on that fantasy would be sociopathic. :)
> > >
> > >(And I think it's spelled "cyanide" in English, but that's minor. I
> > >think it looks a little more sinister that way than the way you spelled
> > >it, but that might just be me.)
> > >
> > Portuguese doesn't keep the _y_ [and _k_ and _w_] except in
> > words that derive from proper names - so my most common
> > spelling error in English and other foreign languages is mistyping
> > _i_ for _y_ and vice-versa...
>
>I didn't know that. Thanks. I've learned something about Portuguese!
>:)
>
>BTW, I looked in my dictionary, and it's not the OED or anything, but
>everything beginning with what sounds like "cian" begins "cyan". In
>fact, the only word in my dictionary beginning "cia" was "ciao", which
>is Italian, and so not following whatever rule it would be in English.
>
>Of course, YKMV.
>
> Julia
Since you brought it up:
The OED adds "ciabatta," which is a type of Italian bread.
Apparently that letter combination is only used initially in Italian . . .
--Ronn! :)
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