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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsthe word is... NOT internment
interment
in·ter·ment
inˈtərmənt/Submit
noun
the burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites.
"the day of interment"
NOT
interNment
inˈtərnmənt/
noun
the state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons.
"he was threatened with internment in a concentration camp"
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inˈtərmənt/Submit
noun
the burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites.
"the day of interment"
synonyms: burial, committal, entombment; formalinhumation
NOT
interNment
in·tern·ment
inˈtərnmənt/
noun
the state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons.
"he was threatened with internment in a concentration camp"
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internment is sometimes confused with interment
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the word is... NOT internment (Original Post)
SoCalDem
Aug 2018
OP
The copies I've seen spell it interment. Was there the wrong spelling and then replaced by WH?
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2018
#4
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)1. Especially despicable
Considering Senator McCain's horrifying POW experience
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)2. Exactly..
2naSalit
(86,650 posts)12. That's what I thought too.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)3. You are correct, in-TERRA - ment if it helps.
Internment is what Trump is planning for us.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,011 posts)4. The copies I've seen spell it interment. Was there the wrong spelling and then replaced by WH?
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)9. the crawl on the screens(as of a few minutes ago) had the n..
I hope someone who can spell alerted them..
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)5. Thanks,SCD
I made the same error twice in one thread. Edited to correct
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)6. The evil men do.....
Lives long after them. The GOOD is oft interred with their bones.....
As said Marc Antony at the funeral of Julius Caesar, according to the Bard of Avon.
malaise
(269,063 posts)7. Hopefully it will be when they lock up
Don the Con.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)8. "Inhumation"! That's a nice word
Let's apply it to inhuman Rs in November.
Aristus
(66,391 posts)10. Careful, SoCalDem.
There may be a faction of people here who think the term 'internment' is more comforting to the bereaved than 'interment', and sometimes people need such euphemisms during times of grief.
superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)11. The Best People
The New Fascist party
elfin
(6,262 posts)13. Thank you
Was bothered by this.
moriah
(8,311 posts)14. Arkansas spelled it right. More props to my hated governor's staff.
Though it's a true sad state of affairs when "You spelled your announcement of how long the flags will be half-staff correctly" is a compliment.
Actually, I've been delivering a lot of quite faint praise lately.