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      <title>Re: &quot;Flaunt&quot; vs. &quot;flout&quot;: possible error?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On m-w.com, it explains how there have been quite a few instances in literature where the two have been confused. I certainly can't remember which is which...I only happen to know this because I play the flute, and just delight in any words that sound similar. If you'll type &quot;flaunt&quot; into m-w.com, it'll explain it all.

Wow!!! I just discovered that &quot;Turkish Delight&quot; is:

a jellylike or gummy confection usually cut in cubes and dusted with sugar -- called also Turkish paste 

I've wondered that ever since I read &quot;The Chronicals of Narnia&quot; in the second grade. I was being an idiot, and had to look up &quot;delight&quot; to make sure it wasn't &quot;delite&quot;...and I came across that. Thanks!!]]></description>
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      <title>Re: &quot;Flaunt&quot; vs. &quot;flout&quot;: possible error?</title>
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      <author>Anonymous User</author>
      <description><![CDATA[...Or some English types (boyfriend included) say &quot;brought&quot; when they mean &quot;bought&quot;! Drives me up the wall every time.....

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      <title>Re: &quot;Flaunt&quot; vs. &quot;flout&quot;: possible error?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This is probably just like how some Americans now use &quot;real&quot; when they mean &quot;really.&quot; Not all Americans, btw, before I get scolded.]]></description>
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      <title>Re: &quot;Flaunt&quot; vs. &quot;flout&quot;: possible error?</title>
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      <author>Andy</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Or, maybe it was just a mispeling vyrus.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2005 23:43:19 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>&quot;Flaunt&quot; vs. &quot;flout&quot;: possible error?</title>
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      <author>Jack Miller</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I was just rereading my New English Library paperback edition and noticed that, at the beginning of chapter 31, the UA of W Cat refers to &quot;the most publicised flaunting of these rules...&quot;

I assumed that the Cat meant &quot;flouting,&quot; of course, since to flaunt means &quot;to exhibit ostentatiously&quot; and to flout is &quot;to show contempt for&quot;-- but actually I just poked around a bit and found that the American Heritage Dictionary officially acknowledges that &quot;for some time now flaunt has been used in the sense 'to show contempt for,' even by educated users of English.&quot; It does note, however, that &quot;this usage is still widely seen as erroneous and is best avoided,&quot; so maybe this is a candidate for a future upgrade after all.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=flaunt

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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2005 09:44:53 +0200</pubDate>
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