Abnormal Freak
01-10-2011, 03:58 AM
Guys, gals...I'm seriously torn here. Which is the better spelling?
In some of the comics, they use the phrase "turtly awesome," which seems the more "proper" way, though I'm sure there are some words ending in Y that retain the E, I just can't think of which right now.
Then there's a shirt of mine which says "turtley awesome."
I just can't seem to decide which makes more sense, grammatically, aesthetically... Although I tend to prefer "turtly" due to the whole "dropping the E" rule, I'm starting to think it may not work in this case, because the E is so important to the pronunciation of the word, and to strip it away like that kind of does harm, it seems.
Thinking too much on it? Of course. :) But what do you guys think about the whole thing? (And please, no lamebrained "who cares?" responses.)
In some of the comics, they use the phrase "turtly awesome," which seems the more "proper" way, though I'm sure there are some words ending in Y that retain the E, I just can't think of which right now.
Then there's a shirt of mine which says "turtley awesome."
I just can't seem to decide which makes more sense, grammatically, aesthetically... Although I tend to prefer "turtly" due to the whole "dropping the E" rule, I'm starting to think it may not work in this case, because the E is so important to the pronunciation of the word, and to strip it away like that kind of does harm, it seems.
Thinking too much on it? Of course. :) But what do you guys think about the whole thing? (And please, no lamebrained "who cares?" responses.)