Philip Hart wrote: > OT, why are there two "r"s in "occurrence" and one in "appearance"? OK, I googled a bit and found some references to a CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) rule. If the final syllable is CVC and stressed, the consonant is doubled when adding such suffixes, with the exception that you don't double w, x, or y. Other sites give vowel consonant, which allows up=>upper, in=>inner, if=>iffy, etc. There doesn't seem to be anything I can find about short vowel sounds. That could be something I added that comes along for the ride. Casey