I had a nice long post in here and it has vanished. What's with that? It's late and I'm tired. Obviously I'm not going to change any one's mind anymore than anyone's going to change mine so the heck...

I believe I mentioned that cutie has cute as the root. I agree that excessive deviation from the rules leads to chaos but then, so can slavish adherence....

Keep in mind that if this was an excercise for a music theory or notatation class, I would strongly recommend following all the rules, including those on punctuation. In the real world, 'tis another...

It has always bothered me, as a Canadian, that the "Florida Keys" are spelled that way, when I know it should be the "Florida Quays". Strangely enough, an old fashioned key looked like a quay, so...

Even though the dictionary says cutie should be hyphenated cut-ie and is pronounced with the t in the first syllable, who on earth actually pronounces it that way? Hyphenated "correctly, it could get...