[Groop]Did I Err?

[Fitzwilliam Darcy]

What I found most interesting about Eric's dictionary reference regarding 
the word "Err" was the origin of the word at dictionary.com:  "Middle 
English erren, from Old French errer, from Latin errre, to wander."

Groo the Wanderer must err!


>From: "E C" <mightyhero@mail.com>
>To: groop@groo.com
>Subject: Re: [Groop]Did I Err?
>Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 20:57:19 +0100
>
>Hi guys/grrls!
>
>Larry wrote:
> > For some reason, more people come up to me and say
> > "Did I RRR?" (rhymes with "Her") than pronounce it
> > "Did I Err?" (Rhymes with "Air, Hair, Despair, Bear,
> > Where, There, Nightmare, Medium-Rare,
> > Please-Don't-Stare,  and British Prime Minister Tony
> > Blair").
>
>http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=err
>
>Both pronunciations are correct!  56% prefer the 1st
>pronunciation, 34% prefer the 2nd pronunciation, and
>10% have no preference.
>
>See you.
>
>Eric




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