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Poll Question: Well, I see it alot, at work and on the forum, but is it a word?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
No, no more than "afew" "abunch" or acouple" are!	1	[3.13%]
No, it's TWO words, unnaturally joined together!	19	[59.38%]
It must be, because I use it alot	1	[3.13%]
Yes, obviously: it's found in all the best chat rooms	1	[3.13%]
Asingerman, wecan make newwords byjoining oldonestogether	1	[3.13%]
Well, it bloody well is when I use it!	2	[6.25%]
Fish live in trees.	1	[3.13%]
im confuzed	0	[0.00%]
Will this be on the test?	1	[3.13%]
Down with facist free speech oppressors!	0	[0.00%]
Who cares? Not I! I enjoy looking dumb when I write! Wheee!	1	[3.13%]
Let me get back to you after I find my old dictionary....	0	[0.00%]
No, but "allot" is -- but that's different	3	[9.38%]
Why have you returned to the forum anyway?	1	[3.13%]
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Peter

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Posted: March 18 2007 at 12:24

Trickster F. wrote:

Who gives a tinker's cuss?

Knot yew! (Or is that "ewe?")

This, or:

The perfect ewe!

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Posted: March 18 2007 at 12:22

How about adroit?

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Posted: March 18 2007 at 12:18

tuxon wrote:

Of course it's a word, it's not the dictionary that determines which letter combination is a word, but the general use determines what should be included in the dictionary.

so if alot isn't part of the dictionary it only proofs that dictionary's are out-dated very rapidly.

(Kind of like wishing people a "merry Christmas" all year long: if you do it long enough, it WILL be appropriate.....)

Hmmmm.... so as a teacher, I should not deduct marks for spelling "errors" that occur frequently?

Wow -- myjob just got alot easier! Thanx!

Gee, this spell check program is out of date too, it seems. (It thinks I meant to type "aloft" or "allot" -- or even "a lot.")You'd think the computer industry could keep up with the forces of progress!

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

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Posted: March 18 2007 at 12:15

Who gives a tinker's cuss?

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Posted: March 18 2007 at 12:15

I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT

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Posted: March 18 2007 at 12:14

HI PETER!!

.....alotoffishliveintrees..

Edited by mystic fred - March 18 2007 at 12:16

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Posted: March 18 2007 at 12:10

Edited by Tony R - March 18 2007 at 12:10

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Posted: March 18 2007 at 12:05

Space bar:

Edited by Peter Rideout - March 18 2007 at 12:07

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

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Posted: March 18 2007 at 12:01

Of course it's a word, it's not the dictionary that determines which letter combination is a word, but the general use determines what should be included in the dictionary.

so if alot isn't part of the dictionary it only proofs that dictionary's are out-dated very rapidly.

I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT

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Posted: March 18 2007 at 11:59

Alot saves me to type the space bar (spacebar?)...

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Posted: March 18 2007 at 11:53

This troublesome issue is rocking the hallowed halls of academia! Is "alot" one word, or two, and why don't people just use spell check?

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

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