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thenewgreen  ·  2548 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: When the Irish Weren’t White

Is likelier the right way of saying that? Wouldn't it be "more likely?"

You ever have those moments when you can't remember how to spell a simple word, or use a phrase and your brain is wrestling with itself over it?

I'm having that moment, right now, with "likelier."





kleinbl00  ·  2548 days ago  ·  link  ·  

pssst

I often deliberately mangle the English language for fun'n'profit

thenewgreen  ·  2548 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No doubt. But I literally couldn't figure out which was right. You ever have that?

kleinbl00  ·  2548 days ago  ·  link  ·  

only when being second-guessed by pedants