Is it spelled "healthcare" or "health care"?

[Knightskye]

Hah. I've been spelling it both ways for a while, but I'm not sure which is correct.

Anyone know?

[acptulsa]

As two words is traditional, but I suspect all the major dictionaries recognize the compound word these days.

[WRellim]

Personally, I always call it "health Scare" as the entire phrase essentially "cooks the books" of the discussion. (And I'm old enough to remember when in describing the "benefit" on hiring people, companies used to call it "hospitalization insurance").

[1000-points-of-fright]

I think "healthcare" is acceptable, although Firefox spell check flags it. So I would go with "health care" to be on the safe side.

"Spelt", however, is totally unacceptable and you should be ashamed of yourself and your English teacher.

[Knightskye]

"Spelt", however, is totally unacceptable and you should be ashamed of yourself and your English teacher.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spelt

That's my English teacher.

[amy31416]

http://www.captaindaves.com/shop/media/Wheat-Spelt-Berries.jpg

[Knightskye]

http://www.captaindaves.com/shop/media/Wheat-Spelt-Berries.jpg

... peanuts?

[revolutionary8]

Spelt?

[revolutionary8]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spelt

That's my English teacher.


You've been had.
;)

[Knightskye]

Spelt?

I think that's how the British spell it. It sounds better than "spelled" to me.

[revolutionary8]

I think that's how the British spell it. It sounds better than "spelled" to me.

ewwwwwhhhhhh...
:D

[revolutionary8]

I think that's how the British spell it. It sounds better than "spelled" to me.

and thank gawd we don't spell like the French, they can't spell for shit... thus your spelling of "spelt".
Too shayy.
:D
Oh, and one last "aside"...
WE ARE NOT BRITISH CITIZENS, nor do we have any allegiance to the BRITS.
iow...
fuck their GOVERNMENT.
*i have nothing but repsect for the ordinary peoples or british citizens, but their GOVERNMENT is merely a TEST TUBE for THE SLEEPING GIANT.
That is a fact jack.
will YOU be a part of "The Experiment"??????????
I sure as HELL WON'T.

[Epic]

related question:

is it obamacare? or obama care?

[Kludge]

Lol... Someone said "smelt" instead of "smelled" the other day... I just about had a fit.

[Knightskye]

ewwwwwhhhhhh...
:D

Daniel Hannan spells it like that!

http://books.google.com/books?id=LJ5aYhMYRCsC&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=Daniel+Hannan+spelt&source=bl&ots=N_EzDT0fcn&sig=1fmNHP6bxVFGhLjy5keT6tg03Ts&hl=en&ei=TbWPSqefLIrslAfIm4ygDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#v=onepage&q=&f=false

(Second to last paragraph)

[revolutionary8]

Daniel Hannan spells it like that!

http://books.google.com/books?id=LJ5aYhMYRCsC&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=Daniel+Hannan+spelt&source=bl&ots=N_EzDT0fcn&sig=1fmNHP6bxVFGhLjy5keT6tg03Ts&hl=en&ei=TbWPSqefLIrslAfIm4ygDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#v=onepage&q=&f=false

(Second to last paragraph)

Thanks for posting...
I always enjoy DH.
He is the real deal.
:)

[amy31416]

... peanuts?

Spelt. :D

[Kludge]

Spelt. :D

http://www.libertymaven.com/wp-content/uploads/paulownsmccain.gif

"The origin of spelt has been traced all the way back to the first cultivation’s of grain, around 500 BC. Today it has found its niche in the human food industry as a substitute for wheat or other gluten containing grains. Many who have allergic reactions to regular grains are able to consume spelt and still enjoy a diet with grain protein and soluble fiber. This grainis an excellent high-gluten substitute for those allergic to wheat, it can be substituted for wheat in pretty near every recipe. Simply use a bit less liquid or more flour when substituting spelt in recipes calling for wheat. Chemical Free. GMO Free."

http://www.wheatmontana.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=29_34&products_id=108

[Working Poor]

Spelt (Triticum spelta) is a hexaploid species of wheat.


source: wikipedia

[Ninja Homer]

I spell it "disease management".

[MelissaWV]

http://www.libertymaven.com/wp-content/uploads/paulownsmccain.gif

"The origin of spelt has been traced all the way back to the first cultivation’s of grain, around 500 BC. Today it has found its niche in the human food industry as a substitute for wheat or other gluten containing grains. Many who have allergic reactions to regular grains are able to consume spelt and still enjoy a diet with grain protein and soluble fiber. This grainis an excellent high-gluten substitute for those allergic to wheat, it can be substituted for wheat in pretty near every recipe. Simply use a bit less liquid or more flour when substituting spelt in recipes calling for wheat. Chemical Free. GMO Free."

http://www.wheatmontana.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=29_34&products_id=108


There are a lot of errors in that post, too...

cultivation
gluten-containing
grain is

There are likely others, but those are the ones I noticed first. :rolleyes:

[Knightskye]

And if someone shouts, "Duck," you would go looking for some bread crumbs?

[Working Poor]

There are a lot of errors in that post, too...

I have noticed a real unforgivable attitude around here on grammatical error. I am sure there are people who would post more if ya'll were so tough on that.

Being dyslexic myself I have to really strain to live up to ya'll standards.

I think people in general just have to find something f*ked up about someone else to make them feel more superior.

Every person has value is an individual. People compete for the most basic reason survival. I wish we could have some rules as a people to live by. Will we ever be able to reach the stars if we can't even get along among ourselves?

Is it really necessary for us to learn to get a long? I guess it is a lot more fun and stuff to just keep fighting.

I like to look at the beauty of every human and I want to greet the Divine in them. I guess there are a lot of folks that do not feel connected to the divine. Any human being I see I see their best it is a truly wonderful feeling. Life is wonderful your life, my life is such a miracle. I am a life fanatic!!

Love your neighbor as yourself.

Love your enemy.

[MelissaWV]

I have noticed a real unforgivable attitude around here on grammatical error. I am sure there are people who would post more if ya'll were so tough on that.

Being dyslexic myself I have to really strain to live up to ya'll standards.

I think people in general just have to find something f*ked up about someone else to make them feel more superior.

Every person has value is an individual. People compete for the most basic reason survival. I wish we could have some rules as a people to live by. Will we ever be able to reach the stars if we can't even get along among ourselves?

Is it really necessary for us to learn to get a long? I guess it is a lot more fun and stuff to just keep fighting.

I like to look at the beauty of every human and I want to greet the Divine in them. I guess there are a lot of folks that do not feel connected to the divine. Any human being I see I see their best it is a truly wonderful feeling. Life is wonderful your life, my life is such a miracle. I am a life fanatic!!

Love your neighbor as yourself.

Love your enemy.

W... T... F...?

I was commenting on a quoted website, not on some poster in here. LE quoted that from elsewhere. I don't generally even point out the errors in a post unless they're made in the pursuit of belittling someone else. It's always comical to me when someone says "ur a idiot" or something along those lines, and it's a flaw that I feel a need to point it out.

However, since this ENTIRE THREAD was about questions of spelling, I found the fact that the CITED ARTICLE contained errors a bit on topic, and pointed it out.

Panties: unwad them.

[Knightskye]

I have noticed a real unforgivable attitude around here on grammatical error.

I haven't seen that.

[Kludge]

I haven't seen that.

Please do not use contractions on this forum. We are not lazy rednecks.

[amy31416]

Please do not use contractions on this forum. We are not lazy rednecks.

Speak for you'reself.

[MelissaWV]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Working Poor
I have noticed a real unforgivable attitude around here on grammatical error.


I haven't seen that.

If you had seen it, Knightskye, it would have likely been in the guise of someone swooping in and correcting the above, replacing it with:

I have noticed a very unforgiving attitude around here towards grammatical errors.

- - -

The trouble is that sometimes errors do disrupt communication, and can change one's intended meaning. Language is alive, but there are certain words that don't change just because one uses that excuse.

I stand by my earlier post. The OP was asking for assistance on a matter of spelling, so people responded to that. I don't see it as condescending to answer the post, or to point out the silliness of a citation with numerous spelling errors by what was likely a semi-professional source :)

Just for fun, I do enjoy using http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/a.html as a guide.

[acptulsa]

Please do not use contractions on this forum. We are not lazy rednecks.

Yes sir, Lt. Commander Data.

[dannno]

Amazing..


spell
1  /spɛl/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [spel] Show IPA verb, spelled or spelt, spell⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of (a word, syllable, etc.): Did I spell your name right?

[brandon]

Is it spelled who cares or whocares?

[Knightskye]

Please don't use contractions on this forum. We aren't lazy rednecks.

Would've been funnier. :D


Amazing..

Absolutely.

[Kludge]

Absolutely.

That word is as displeasing as it is cliché. I suggest you instead use "certainly" or a similar word.

[acptulsa]

That word is as displeasing as it is cliché.

Indubitably (Oh God I hope I spelt that right).

[RonPaulVolunteer]

It's spelt "sickcare", because it has NOTHING to do with health.

[itshappening]

'healthcare' doesn't exist as a word but by the ingenuity of the English language, everybody knows what it means and I think now we can safely say it exists simply because people are using it.

[speciallyblend]

it is spelled just health, no need to include care in the word,sentence,paragraph or paper!!! they should outlaw the word care! since it doesn't exist in the world of insurance or health!!!

[Knightskye]

Who changed the title?

[amy31416]

Who changed the title?

I have no idea, but they sure ruined this thread's folksy charm and your (intentional, I'm sure) irony. :D

[MelissaWV]

-.- Well now half of the posts don't even make sense.

[Knightskye]

I have no idea, but they sure ruined this thread's folksy charm and your (intentional, I'm sure) irony. :D

No, I really do use "spelt". ;)


-.- Well now half of the posts don't even make sense.

Overzealous mod, I'm sure. Or just a jerk.

[Matt Collins]

A NJROTC instructor taught me this years ago while in high school -


WHEN IN DOUBT, HYPHENATE!

[RonPaulVolunteer]

Someone corrected your spelling in thread title? Inless that woz reckwested, that's just plane against tha standids we all uphold hair.

[amy31416]

No, I really do use "spelt". ;)


Oh. Okay. Well that's not the correct way to spell "spelled," if you aren't aware by now. :D

You seemed quite concerned with how to spell health care, that I sort of figured you'd want to know how to spell that as well. ;)

[constituent]

No, I really do use "spelt". ;)


Me too, almost exclusively. Highly nutritious and tastes like honey!

[Knightskye]

Oh. Okay. Well that's not the correct way to spell "spelled,"

According to whom? :D

[Natalie]

I spell it "healthcare"

[rpfan2008]

Wrogn !!!