More on Britishisms in AmE

[Michael Everson]

On 2 Oct 2012, at 03:01, Wilson Gray wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> "plum"
>
> You think that it should be spelled "plumb"?
>
> Me, too.

Yes, because it's "plumb" as in 'exactly', due to a (lead) weight pulling a string taut and making it completely straight. "Plum" is a misspelling for this idiom.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/

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