Lt(jg) Maddy Swegle USN

[MG]

It became one when the personnel types wanted a less harsh sounding word than attrite

You do know that attrite isn’t a really word as well, don’t you?

[ORAC]

You do know that attrite isn’t a real word as well, don’t you?

https://www.lexico.com/definition/attrite

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attrite

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/di...nglish/attrite

[MG]

Without an ‘e’. Oxford English Dictionary, the only one that counts

[ORAC]

You’re telling an American he has to use an English dictionary?

You do realise that Noah Webster changed the spelling of words as a deliberate revolutionary act?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_W...backed_speller

[West Coast]

Originally Posted by MG

You do know that attrite isn’t a really word as well, don’t you?

You're fired as the keeper of the english language.

[Barksdale Boy]

Several points: if attrite isn't a word, then photog definitely isn't; West Coast's posts today are spot on; some of the most tedious, not to say damp, occasions during my service consisted of waiting for group photographs; and Lt(jg) Swegle is to be congratulated.