Meriam Webster’s website search and their dictionaries very good! Well, hey’re even so versatile that they have something that other bigger dictionaries I've checked so far don't have. There's a word "trolley" which is used differently in British and American English. I know how the word is used but I'm rather interested in something that, like I said, I haven't found in other dictionaries. The MW website and dictionary I have give two spellings to the word; “trolley”, and “trolly” which is a variant to "trolley". Other dictionaries give only "trolley". Though, Webster gives just these words but doesn't handle them more or explain how the variant is used. So, do you have an idea? I'm curios who uses the spelling "trolly" without the e. I have a lot of native speaker friends in England, US, Australia and other countries where English is the first language, but it seems (so far) that no one is familiar with the spelling without the e.
2006-09-12 20:16:47 · 3 answers · asked by tiina_michelinda 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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2006-09-12 20:19:28 · answer #1 · answered by sllyjo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In answer to your question "How COMMON a word is "trolly",
its not at all common. Ifd there is such a word, (which I'm not doubting, but I don't know it,) it is rather uncommon.
2006-09-13 03:22:26 · answer #2 · answered by cloud43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wouldn't bother me. as long as the trolly (trolley) can carry the load.
2006-09-13 03:25:20 · answer #3 · answered by ?u?ube 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋