> -----Original Message----- > From: Kenneth Gorelick [mailto:pulmon at comcast.net] > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 3:12 PM > On Feb 24, 2004, at 2:08 PM, mary whalen wrote: > > > > > --- Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> wrote: > >> > >> > >> OT, why are there two "r"s in "occurrence" and one > >> in "appearance"? > > > > The word "occur" come from Latin "occurrere" and > > "occurrence" from "occurrentia" with double r's in > > both. English just doesn't end words in double r's > > (or any other double letters, usually). > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. > > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > > > > > Dear Mary, > > You are off on a good start, but to ERR is human... > > Ken > > I will not always disagree less. W It compiles! Let's ship it! - overheard at Microsoft