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  Topic		cemetery vs cementary - what's the correct spelling?
  Comment		Hi all.I know, Leo says that the correct way to say "Friedhof" in English is cemetery. However, I keep seeing and hearing "cementary" - both from natives and non-natives.What's going on? :) Thanks for your help!
  Author		tilmanb (265279)	07 Sep 09, 23:40

  Comment		It's correctly spelled "cemetery"Cemetary is wrong. Spellcheck in both US and UK English confirm it as a misspelling. Even Wikipedia acknowledges "cemetary" as incorrect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemetary
  #1	Author	Niamh	07 Sep 09, 23:56

  Comment		Ah so it's just one of those words which are commonly misspelled. I've seen cemetery, cementery, cementary, and cemetary... But only cemetery is correct. Ok.. thanks... But... Any idea WHY so many people spell it incorrectly?
  #2	Author	tilmanb (265279)	08 Sep 09, 00:18

  Comment		Possibly it's not on "the list of words that children have to learn to spell at school"? How often does one need to write that word?
  #3	Author	Ecgberht (469528)	08 Sep 09, 00:23

  Comment		Fehlschreibung, die durch den Film "Friedhof der Kuscheltiere" weite Verbreitung gefunden hat.
  #4	Author	AGB (236120)	08 Sep 09, 00:59

  Comment		Could it have to do with the confusion associated with "stationary" and "stationery"? Similarly the word "secretary" is commonly misspelled as secretery.
  #5	Author	Niamh	08 Sep 09, 01:06

  Comment		Easy way to remember how to spell stationery and stationary. If it has to do with writing and paper it is stationery. Notice papER ends in ER and stationERy is spelled with ER.
  #6	Author	snickerdoodle (262368)	08 Sep 09, 01:44

  Comment		Is it possible that "cementary" or "cementery" (i.e. the N-Variant) is under the influence of Spanish "cementerio"?And is it also possible that the 3syllable reading of words like secretary lead to a hypercorrect cementary (secrtry: secretary cemetry: cementary)?
  #7	Author	emi	24 Nov 09, 13:45

  Comment		Well, you "keep seeing and hearing" a lot of utter nonsense on any given day ...@AGB (4):Nein - die (zugegebenermaßen ebenso weit verbreitete und unsinnige) Fehlschreibung aus dem "Friedhof der Kuscheltiere" lautet Sematary.
  #8	Author	Woody 1 (455616)	24 Nov 09, 13:49

  Comment		Die Variante mit "n" erinnert mich an die berüchtigte "Gelantine"...:o)
  #9	Author	virus	24 Nov 09, 13:55

   
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