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Tablesaw Tablesawsen ([personal profile] tablesaw) wrote2002-06-28 01:03 am

Pointless peeve.

I've seen this misspelling quite a few places and on several different LJs. The word is:

froufrou

Sometimes it's frou frou or frou-frou, depending on the dictionary, but not frufru or froofroo.

It's not a surprising word to misspell. It's heard more than it's seen, and it has an onomatopoeic quality that makes people believe that it's a baby word or some such thing that wouldn't be in a dictionary. And yet, it's over one hundred thirty years old.

So now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

FriNYTX: 13. Grrr, 58A. FriLATX: 8:30.

[identity profile] ex-fauxpas266.livejournal.com 2002-06-28 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
I am all about pedantry. I almost added it as an interest!

[identity profile] kissaki.livejournal.com 2002-06-28 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
I used frufru today.

I know you're digging at me.

Fie on your crossword puzzles!!!

May NYTimes.com go DOWN!!!

[identity profile] dichotomous.livejournal.com 2002-06-29 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
I had no idea that was even a real word... I thought it was something my bf had made up...

another conception of the world shattered thanks to tablesaw.

:)