Date:  Wed, 20 Sep 1995 21:39:35 -0500

From:  Charles F Juengling <juen0001[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GOLD.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Re: tardys vs. tardies



Tom,

When I was in grade school, we learned the rule, "drop the <y>, add <ies>.

For years, when I was studying German, there were two "Germanies." Then

about 5 years ago, when the Germanies were reuniting, I saw nothing in

the papers except 'Germanys.' This violated everything I had ever

learned, both in English and German classes.

My first reaction to 'tardys' would be to say [tardIs]

Fritz Juengling



On Tue, 19 Sep 1995, Tom Uharriet wrote:



> A student is marked tardy again for being late to class. Does s/he

> ask, "How many _tardys_ do I have now?" or

>   "How many _tardies_ do I have now?"

>

> I see it in local print both ways. Neither is in the dictionary. Is

> one spelling "right"?

>

>

> Tom Uharriet

> utom[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]admn.712.nebo.edu

>