Is blonde spelt with the 'e'?

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   JakeFrostposted 12 years ago

   Is blonde spelt with the 'e'?
   
   Sorry, it's a silly question and you may even call me blonde... But I see it different everywhere, some people spell it blond

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   MickSposted 12 years ago

   I think that the most important thing is to be consistent in how you speel it.  Both my Websters and my Oxford list bithways as correct, and without any differences between US, and English spellings.

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      SidKempposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Mick, consistent? Do you always speel speel "speel" and speel bithways "bithways"? Keyboard trouble?

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      MickSposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      No, but I don't always have the time to check for errors, and when I do I don't always get them.  If I'm writing for real publication I am very meticulous, bu for here? Well it's only a petty forum.

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      SidKempposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Mick - no offense meant, and none taken, I hope. I was just having fun with the extra "e" in speel.

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      Denise Handlonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         There you go again, Sid, with that 'CRAZY' sense of humoer, hahaa.   Oops, I mean humor! 

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      SidKempposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Or humour, if you're British. I must have an unusually large humerus. That's my funny bone. And it has an "e" like a girl's blonde!

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      Denise Handlonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Oh, I've got one of those too.  They must not be gender specific. 

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      MickSposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      It never occured to me that you were being offensive, Sid. I noticed the errors when it was too late to edit them, I thought to myself, what a dumbo I am.

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      SidKempposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I'm glad. Would a girl be a Dumboe?

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      Denise Handlonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      No, Sid...that would be a Dumba  'o' for boys, (Mick is correct here), and 'a' for girls, hahaha

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       SidKempposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Of Course! Ho, Ho, Ho! I can't say "ha," I'm a guy!

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       Denise Handlonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Still LOL    Whew, that felt good ! 

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   SidKempposted 12 years ago

   If you're a girl, you're a blonde.
   If you're a guy, your a blond.
   Please don't take this personally, but it's gender-specific. The "e" at the end indicates the hair color is that of a woman, without the "e," it's the hair of a man. This happens with a few words imported from French. I can think of one other example: A woman engaged to be married is a fiancee, a man engaged to be married is a fiance.
   
   Women get the extra "e." In Hollywood terms, Marilyn Monroe was a blonde, and Peter Graves was a blond.
   
   Or, if I'm wrong, maybe I'm having a blond moment!

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      Denise Handlonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I didn't know that !   That is cool info.

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   Denise Handlonposted 12 years ago

   Jake-this is a wonderful question.  I never gave it much thought, but Sid gave an excellent response re: the difference.  Wow!  I'll have to be aware of that when I use it.  Isn't he smart?  And, so are you for posting this question here to the almighty gurus of words.  Now for my Smart A** Answer:
   
   No, it's spelled with a 'Y'  as in D-i-z-z-y     (my apologies to all the 'Blondies' out there, myself included, haha

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      SidKempposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Me? Smart! Duh, I must be! I've got gray hair!

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      Denise Handlonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      LOL   You're smart AND funny-that's a great combination to have. 

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