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From: Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de>
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Subject: Re: partyer, partier ???
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:09:13 +0100
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Simon schrieb:
> Hi,
> Being that time of year I have a festive question.
> Both the words partyer and partier are listed by dictionary.com:
> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/partier
>
> However I haven't found either of these two words in any other on-line
> dictionary.
>
> Does anybody know if they are american english and not british english?
>
I would say "party-goer", "party-people". I've never ever heard
"partier" or "partyer", to the best of my knowledge, although I'd
understand them without hesitation - I'm not sure which spelling I'd
use. But if you look at <http://m-w.com/dictionary/partier>, you'll find
that both spellings are acceptable - and since no indication is given to
the contrary I'd expect that both variants are acceptable in both
British and American English.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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