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What makes the spelling of psychedelic a mongrel spelling? According to this Wikipedia article, Richard Evans Schultes thought that psychedelic was a mongrel spelling of the word The other option was phanerothyme Apparently, they are both constructed from
Use of the word tongue to refer to a specific language Here's someone in 2011 calling English a "mongrel tongue", and you can find lots of "common tongue", "shared tongue", etc There's something a bit poetic, twee, or old-fashioned about "tongue" compared to "language", but it's still used
Rule for the pronunciation of the letter O as ʌ vs. ɒ I don't know of any useful rule for when O is pronounced as ʌ There aren't that many words where O in a stressed syllable is pronounced as ʌ , so I think it's most practical to just memorize the pronunciation of each word with this spelling pattern using some method like flashcards Masha Bell's "Improving English spelling" blog gives the following list of words: The main alternative
Words with most meanings - English Language Usage Stack Exchange For a long time, "set" had the most meanings in the OED, but now it is "run" From the New York Times of 25th May 2011: Which is the most lustrously complex word among the three quarters of a million or so words and senses that make up this vast mongrel tongue we know as the English language? Well, according to the O E D ’s chief editor, John Simpson, we now have a winner — and a winner