Iraqui

[Jonathan Lighter]

Real novel. OED doesn't list it, though it does have the British "Iraki" and marks "Iraq(u)ian" as now rare.

JL

Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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>_Iraqui_ : About 85,000 Googits for this novel English-language
>spelling of "Iraqi."
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>JL
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How novel is it in English? It's been around for ages in French and,
with the appropriate accent, Spanish.

L


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