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Post Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:19 pm 
 

Just glancing through Men & Magic, to the un-numbered page before page 4, I noticed that the foreword on this page is actually spelt forward.

Wondered if this was just a play on the word and appears in each printing?

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Post Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:24 pm 
 

Allison wrote:Just glancing through Men & Magic, to the un-numbered page before page 4, I noticed that the foreword on this page is actually spelt forward.

Wondered if this was just a play on the word and appears in each printing?

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I think it's just a typo.  

I'm not sure if you were trying to be humourous, but "spelt" is a correct alternative form of "spelled" in British and Canadian English.  (In American English, it's just a type of wheat.)
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:26 pm 
 

Not to mention that in order to be technically correct, it should be "foreword", not "foreward" or "forward".


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Post Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:34 pm 
 

I'm not sure if you were trying to be humourous, but "spelt" is a correct alternative form of "spelled" in British and Canadian English.  (In American English, it's just a type of wheat.)


Some of us in the US still use what you call "alternative" forms. Leapt instead of "leaped", etc. Must come from reading too many British authors, eh?

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And, of course, "foreword" is the same as "prologue", and "afterword" is the same as "epilogue"...
  

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Post Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:01 am 
 

Yes, I am English.  

No, I was not trying to be humorous (a word frequently mis-spelled as humourous...).  :wink:

I was actually attempting to direct a question at someone who has a copy of this printing of Men & Magic - or any printing of it, for that matter.

Just wondered if in other copies the spelling appeared as the correct 'foreword' and not 'forward,' as it does in mine.

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Post Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:14 am 
 

Not sure about Men & Magic, but that's definitely the way it's spelled on the flag of the great state of Wisconsin.   :D


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Post Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:04 pm 
 

The misspelling persisted through the various prints of the OCE, as my OCE has said misspelling.

P.S. I just noticed that the OP spelled "foreword" correctly to begin with.  That's what I get for typing late at night.  Sorry about that. :)


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Post Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:53 pm 
 

bombadil wrote:Not sure about Men & Magic, but that's definitely the way it's spelled on the flag of the great state of Wisconsin.   :D


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Post Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:41 pm 
 

And here I thought Wisconsin was a backward state......
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Post Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:32 pm 
 

You must be thinking of south-central Wisconsin, where Geraldo Rivera was punched out at a KKK rally.

The rest of Wisconsin is the birth place of the Democratic Party.


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