[stylist] confusing similar words

[Alan]

Yeah, I didn't know about gauntlet and gantlet.  You learn something new 
every day!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] confusing similar words


> Hi Lori,
>
> Again, Braille is myy downfall.  I was not aware of the different 
> spellings
> for these words.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 6:24 PM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [stylist] confusing similar words
>
> Here's one for you (or two, actually)
>
> g a u n t l e t --means glove
> g a n t l e t--something people had to run, getting punishment all along
> the way, now also used to show a list of different thing as, It ran the
> gantlet from A to Z.
> People get these words mixed up all the time, even in published books.
>
> Also, enormity: e n o r m i t y--originally meant something of such
> enormous evil that it could hardly be thought of.   Now it means something
> hugely
> large, and isn't always used to indicate evil.
> Lori
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