"Drouth"

Mon Nov 5 23:14:23 UTC 2007

Yes, Wilson, now that you mention it, maybe the spelling "drouth" does look odd! I also (usually) say "heighth," but I might (usually) spell it without the final "-h."

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:14:44 -0500
>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
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>"Drouth"?! Wow, Charlie, I haven't seen that spelling since I moved away from Texas and stopped reading The Dallas Morning News and The Marshall News-Messenger (very roughly equivalent to reading The New York Times and The Boston Globe, nowadays). Well, not really. Even the Saint Louis newspapers used that spelling, back in the day.
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>-Wilson

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