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No. 64491
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Good job learning how words are spelled in Commonwealth English. Here are a few more for your experience:
Encyclopaedia, Foetus, Neighbour, Colour.
It is interesting to note though, that pedophile was the original spelling. When the word came into the use it was changed to follow the old spelling rules into paedophile. I have also always thought it was weird about the root of paedophile was just like "pedo", which means "foot". What could you call someone that has a foot-fetish? I guess pedaphile or podophile? Or should we change paedophile to more resemble the root it actually comes from, paidí, such as paidophile? Or should we have them as homonyms: spelled the same, but pronounced "peed'o'phile" and "ped'o'phile"?
I like Etymology far too much.
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