International Enquirer
More from Michael Quinion’s World Wide Words.
This is a good answer to a question that’s been on my mind, but it doesn’t address a related puzzle: since the National Enquirer uses the “e” spelling and the Philadelphia Inquirer the “i,” does that make the “e” spelling sleazy?
(Earlier from WW Words: to foot the bill)
Q. In your issue of 23 April you wrote “Earnest enquirers wish to
know.” The Latin for “he said” is “inquit”. Hence it always seems
correct to me to use the English “inquired” rather than “enquired”.
How say you? [Barry Shandling, Toronto]A. As you might guess, I rather disagree.
Posted by Nathan Bierma on 05/17 at 09:21 AM
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