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| supplicant | reasonable | | posted 20-Apr-2000 9:09am |
According to my dictionary capital=the city capitol=no such word. I would expect it to be in my dictionary if it was an English word, so I suspect it must be American. |
| lion | reasonable | | posted 20-Apr-2000 2:21am |
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Maarten  | reasonable | | posted 20-Apr-2000 12:56am |
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Kristal_Rose   | reasonable | | posted 19-Apr-2000 11:45pm |
My 1932 US Funk & Wagnalls says capital = chief city, capitol = building. Which seems to be what the survey entirely say's. |
| Frostbrand | reasonable | | posted 19-Apr-2000 11:32pm |
If the Dictionary says it's with an "o," than it is with an "o." |
they   | override | | posted 19-Apr-2000 11:02pm |
overriding myself... I see your explanation.. but he did say that not all countries use this term. |
| they | old | | posted 19-Apr-2000 11:01pm |
what msgman said. |
| Lauren | old | | posted 19-Apr-2000 9:37pm |
i looked up the dictionary definition. the correct spelling is capitol. |
| phi | old | | posted 19-Apr-2000 9:30pm |
I still think it's 'Capital'. |
| supplicant | old | | posted 19-Apr-2000 6:51pm |
Not if they are talking about the capital city it doesn't. |
| Frostbrand | old | | posted 19-Apr-2000 6:31pm |
Actually, Capital refers to the head of a sentence (hence, capitalized). Capitol refers to what the survey's creator is talking about. |
| msgman | old | | posted 19-Apr-2000 9:00am |
"Capital" is the city, "Capitol" is the building that houses the parliament/council/senate/congress/duma/whetever they call it in your country.
If you mean the former, you need to spell it right! If you mean the latter, you need to add an explanation, as not every country uses the word "capitol". |
| bluebird1974 | old | | posted 19-Apr-2000 8:49am |
I think it is Capital. |
| pcpr | old | | posted 19-Apr-2000 3:49am |
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| they | old | | posted 18-Apr-2000 10:35pm |
damn.. that's one of those words now... capital? capitol? |
| they | old | | posted 18-Apr-2000 10:34pm |
It's "Capital" |
