Guest guest Posted January 25, 2003 Report Share Posted January 25, 2003 Mel Siff wrote: <I have written before about Webster's and Microsoft dictionaries and their casual willingness to adopt informal spellings of words instead of stating that such words are " post modern " or colloquial in origin or usage. I changed the spelling to " adaptation " because that is the way in which the word is used in all or most physiological texts. One of the more popular origins of adaption seems to have been in the movie industry, where a novel was " adapted " for the big screen and therefore became an " adaption " among some movie makers. Since our discussion referred to the human body, it is more appropriate to use the specialist manner in which it is used in physiology. My Oxford dictionary does not contain the word " adaption " , by the way. > Ah ok, thanks. I knew there must be a reason. I wonder how many years it will take until both spellings are accepted. Amazing how languages change. I also wonder which words we use now in our speech that were not accepted 25, 5O etc. years ago. I will make sure to use " adaptation " from now on, since we are speaking physiologically, as you stated. Thanks for the reply :-} Ron Sowers Post Falls Id USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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