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Word Butchery

A recent post I read on Copyblogger on Nick Cernis take on typos and word butchery, prompted me to confess the torture I endure with the word Real- A -Tor!!! Sound at all familiar? Its like Nu-cu-lar instead of Nu-cle-ar!

According to The Vocabula Review the word realator “ is the Idiots version of realtor. In ignorance, some people add a phonetic sound (real-A-tor) that doesnt exist in the word.

Did I catch your attention? Can someone please tell me where and when the extra A was added to the word Realtor.

These are just a few questions to ask yourself!

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