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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

How to spell the first syllable of "casual"?

The word "casual" is sometimes shortened, for example, "The dress code is smart/casual" might become "The dress code is smart/cas". But how to spell this first syllable of "casual"? Should one use a "zh" or is there some other accepted form?

Many thanks in advance,

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I suggest you not try to write it. It's one thing to say it, but some spoken shorthand was never meant to be captured in writing. If I read smart/cas or smart/cazh, I would think someone made typign mistake and wouldn't understand what was meant at all.

— BarbaraPA

  • I suggest you not try to write it.
  • It's one thing to say it, but some spoken shorthand was never meant to be captured in writing.
  • If I read smart/cas or smart/cazh, I would think someone made typign mistake and wouldn't understand what was meant at all.
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I suggest you not try to write it. It's one thing to say it, but some spoken shorthand was never meant to be captured in writing. If I read smart/cas or smart/cazh, I would think someone made typign mistake and wouldn't understand what was meant at all.
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Noooooooo! (sorry, misspelling for dramatic effect) It's quite acceptable to need to spell popular pronunciation for many reasons - being ironic for one, expression of a particular character for another.
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When using phonetics you would spell it Ka3ual so Ka3 would be the short version
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I suggest you do write it #banter #kajh
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Most native speakers would have no idea what Ka3 or #banter #kajh were supposed to mean.
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