User talk:Djewesbury

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Again, welcome! Dougweller (talk) 13:36, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Sphinges
Books about sphinges normally discuss butterflies and moths as well. It may be the Greek plural but it isn't standard English and not in my OED nor normally used by Egyptologists unless they are quoting. Dougweller (talk) 13:44, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

I'm happy for this to revert if there is a strong feeling that it should; though the OED clearly lists sphinges as the primary plural:

"Forms: Pl. sphinges /ˈsfɪndʒiːz/, sphinxes. Also ME spynx, 16–17 (18) sphynx."

Djewesbury (talk) 14:04, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Stories vs. storeys
Hello. In a recent edit to the page The New York Times Building, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

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Please note that the American spelling of "storey(s)" is usually "story"/"stories". According to Merriam-Webster, "storey" is a less common variant of story. In the interest of consistency with articles on other American buildings, and per our WP:ENGVAR guideline, I have changed it back. Epicgenius (talk) 12:24, 24 April 2024 (UTC)