Comments on: Spelling - Misuse Of It’s http://mybiggestcomplaint.com/spelling/141/ Where the world comes to complain. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:37:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Rebecca http://mybiggestcomplaint.com/spelling/141/#comment-8078 Rebecca Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:58:50 +0000 http://mybiggestcomplaint.com/spelling/141/#comment-8078 You think "irking" is not a word? irking 1 dictionary results for: irking American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This irk (ûrk) Pronunciation Key tr.v. irked, irk·ing, irks To be irritating, wearisome, or vexing to. See Synonyms at annoy. [Middle English irken, to weary, possibly from Old Norse yrkja, to work, make verses, harangue; see werg- in Indo-European roots.] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition - Cite This Source Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. So tell me, what word did you "make up"? You think “irking” is not a word?

irking
1 dictionary results for: irking
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This irk (ûrk) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. irked, irk·ing, irks
To be irritating, wearisome, or vexing to. See Synonyms at annoy.

[Middle English irken, to weary, possibly from Old Norse yrkja, to work, make verses, harangue; see werg- in Indo-European roots.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition - Cite This Source
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

So tell me, what word did you “make up”?

]]> By: Lawrence http://mybiggestcomplaint.com/spelling/141/#comment-3538 Lawrence Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:49:44 +0000 http://mybiggestcomplaint.com/spelling/141/#comment-3538 some people seem like they've never been to school some people seem like they’ve never been to school

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