discrete = separate
discreet = unobtrusive
The 'e's' are SEPARATED by the 't' in "discrete."
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I have lived in Anglophone countries for the best part of 25 years, why has no-one discreetly pointed this out to me before??
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And there’s “a rat” in the middle of separate, even though it doesn’t sound like it.
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This is why I was confused all through my Discreet Math course.
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My memory is shot right now but I think I've only heard the first in computers and math...
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Thank you Merriam-Webster
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The 'e's' are SCREENED by the 'r' and 't' in "discreet."
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I keep confusing urologists with eulogists and it’s been making things complicated.
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Is it just me or do most people these days just use the first spelling - "discrete" - to mean both things? "Discreet" looks strange to me.
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discreet and discrete are discreetly discrete
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Diss Crete = King Philip V of Macedon in 205 BCE
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But then I’d have to spell separate to remember it
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now do 'effect' and 'affect'
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Bravo! I've been fighting this fight for some time and also came up with this:
Be discreet: keep your e's and your knees together.
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Indie writers pay attention!
Also... it's "another think coming. Not "another thing." That makes no damn sense.
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I once mentioned this randomly in conversation and discovered the couple I was talking to each only knew one of the pair and had no idea of the other one at all!
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Thank you for this lesson. I will unlearn it in 20 minutes exactly.
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Thank you for your service.
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Those e’s may not be so separate for those of us with dyslexia.
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Fun fact: In French, we go one step further into stupid territory, as both words are written and spoken the same way. 🤦🤦🤦 www.larousse.fr/dictionnaire...
Your move, now, English language.
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