Timeline for In Britain the word 'normalcy' is ridiculed
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| Mar 1, 2021 at 1:25 | comment | added | Harry Audus | See also a similar question on Quora. | |
| Mar 1, 2021 at 1:24 | comment | added | Harry Audus | See also a similar question on Quora. | |
| Jun 8, 2016 at 8:54 | comment | added | Kris | Who was ridiculing normalcy in Britain or elsewhere? Are they not familiar with ELU? | |
| Aug 14, 2014 at 18:51 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Sep 28, 2013 at 7:39 | answer | added | Kris | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 27, 2013 at 14:06 | comment | added | user52780 | @Andrew Leach. I have the two-volume 'Shorter Oxford English Dictionary' which is the source of that information. I don't have the 30-something-volume complete OED. I also have the Kindle edition, but it is significantly briefer that the 'Shorter'. | |
| Sep 27, 2013 at 13:46 | comment | added | user52780 | See comment below. | |
| Sep 27, 2013 at 13:33 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Sep 27, 2013 at 12:47 | comment | added | J.R. | Strangerbird - that comment you left really ought to have been folded into your original question from the outset. The more you can explain about the background of what you are asking about, the less likely people will read your terse question and think, "Huh?" | |
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| Sep 27, 2013 at 10:37 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | @Strangerbird Your OED is different to mine. ODO (oxforddictionaries.com) is not the OED. | |
| Sep 27, 2013 at 10:34 | answer | added | Andrew Leach♦ | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 27, 2013 at 10:03 | comment | added | user52780 | I constantly hear 'normalcy' being used by Americans. News reporters used it extensively at the time of the Boston outrage, about the city returning to 'normalcy'. It is noted in the OED, at the end of normal, together with 'normality' with 'chiefly N. American' added in brackets. | |
| Sep 27, 2013 at 9:51 | comment | added | Mykola | I think normalcy is a very specific mathematical term, while normality conveys broader and more abstract idea of being normal (whatever meant by that). | |
| Sep 27, 2013 at 9:50 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | As you could easily discover, Wiktionary has: Usage notes: Although sometimes used, normalcy is less common than normality in American English. It is very rarely used in the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It is frequent in India, however.>> But confusingly, the ratio of Google hits for normality : normalcy does not really reflect this at about 3 : 2. | |
| Sep 27, 2013 at 9:44 | comment | added | Tristan | Where have you heard that used? I have not heard of it before. | |
| Sep 27, 2013 at 9:36 | history | asked | user52780 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |