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Post by MarioGS on Dec 13, 2017 21:13:36 GMT -5
Wheel has a habit of taking supposed compound words and splitting them into two words, or taking two-word terms and combining them into one.
These are all the examples I can find in terms of words that are commonly written the way opposite how they were written on Wheel:
MILK SHAKE
FOG HORN
CLIFF HANGER
PUMPKINSEEDS
SKETCHPAD
The following terms are listed as two words on Merriam-Webster, but as one on Wikipedia (if applicable), and are commonly written as one:
RAIN FOREST
KEY CHAIN
CORN BREAD
CRAB APPLE
Listed as one word on M-W, two on Wikipedia:
PINECONES
Any other examples? I'm not counting HOME PAGE because both M-W and Wiki have it as two and Google searches show both one and two-word results.
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Post by wipeoutman33 on Dec 14, 2017 0:08:08 GMT -5
I sometimes see MEATLOAF separated, but most of the time it’s referring to the singer.
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Post by MarioGS on Dec 14, 2017 8:00:15 GMT -5
^ The compendium actually has no record of MEATLOAF ever being used as one word, but one use as two words: TURKEY MEAT LOAF in 2005.
MEAT LOAF the food is two words on M-W, but one on Wikipedia and pretty much anywhere else.
Found some other examples:
TEAKETTLE (two words on M-W and Wiki)
HOBBYHORSE (one on M-W, two on Wiki)
WATER SLIDE (one on M-W, two on Wiki)
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Post by Bryce L. on Dec 14, 2017 15:54:39 GMT -5
Only time I've ever seen MEATLOAF as two words is in reference to Michael Aday.
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Post by tenpoundhammer on Dec 15, 2017 1:25:36 GMT -5
An early daytime episode had BLUE BIRD OF HAPPINESS.
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Post by MarioGS on Dec 16, 2017 10:19:17 GMT -5
FISH BOWL has been used twice in the Bonus Round - in 1991 and 1998. M-W and most other sources list it as one word.
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Post by eybyon on Dec 16, 2017 17:00:08 GMT -5
FISH BOWL has been used twice in the Bonus Round - in 1991 and 1998. M-W and most other sources list it as one word. I know that second time all too well. 😉 |
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Post by MarioGS on Dec 23, 2017 10:06:04 GMT -5
The puzzle for the first ever $100,000 loss was FISHPOND. M-W lists that as one word and Wiki lists it as both one and two, but primarily uses it as two.
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Post by MarioGS on Jan 15, 2018 23:25:16 GMT -5
Another debatable word showed up tonight: KNICKKNACK. M-W has it as one, Wiki has it as two, Google seems split on one word and as a hyphenated word.
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Post by MarioGS on Apr 4, 2019 7:56:49 GMT -5
SOUPSPOON
M-W has this as one word, everyone else uses it as two.
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Post by MarioGS on Sept 6, 2020 19:56:49 GMT -5
JOY RIDE. Never seen this written as two words before, although it was the title of a 2001 film.
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Post by MarioGS on Sept 8, 2020 21:23:33 GMT -5
Was WATERSLIDE ever done as one word before last week?
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Post by wheelfan910 on Sept 8, 2020 21:30:31 GMT -5
Yes, earlier this season actually.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 23, 2021 13:31:06 GMT -5
VOICEMAIL
Merriam-Webster lists as two words, but every other source writes it as one. In 1997, Wheel did it as two words, but it appeared as one word on CWOF in 2021.
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