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or·thog·ra·phy
\ȯr-ˈthä-grə-fē\ noun
[Middle English ortografie, from Anglo-French, from Latin orthographia, from Greek, from orth- + graphein to write]
1a: the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage
1b: the representation of the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
2: a part of language study that deals with letters and spelling

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slyviolet From: [info]slyviolet Date: July 23rd, 2008 01:34 am (UTC) (Link)
I love this word. I was just thinking about it earlier this morning actually. Being a linguist, thinking about orthography and its quirky eccentricities is not all that unusual for me, though.

Oh, and the Greek root orth(o) means "correct," like "orthodontics" meaning "corrected teeth."

Edited at 2008-07-23 01:35 am (UTC)
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