Seriously, Ed. You invented it.

Posted by Dick Shunery on October 17, 2002

In Reply to: You used it first posted by Dick Shunary on October 16, 2002

: : Is usa(d)ge a British spelling? In our unabridged dictionary, I found no alternate spelling for "usage."

: : I know that we Yanks have our own spelling for some words, stemming from our desire to separate ourselve from the mother country. Perhaps this is one of them.

: : ES

: How should we know?

Look a few inches down the page. See where on October 15, 2002, you were the first known person ever to use the word "usadge"? NOW do you get it?

• Seriously, Dick Ed Stansell 10/21/02