I spotted this sign recently at the Blood Bank at St Finbarr’s Hospital.
It didn’t look right to me and my mind was in overdrive about how to structure the blog entry.
That was until I went about checking the dictionaries. Despatch is an alternative spelling. I don’t think I have ever used it, until now. Something new learnt.
It didn’t look right to me and my mind was in overdrive about how to structure the blog entry.
That was until I went about checking the dictionaries. Despatch is an alternative spelling. I don’t think I have ever used it, until now. Something new learnt.
"dispatch or despatch verb (dispatched, dispatching; despatched, despatching) 1 to send (mail, a person, etc) to a place for a particular reason. 2 to finish off or deal with something quickly • dispatch a meal. 3 euphemistic to kill. noun 1 (often dispatches) an official (especially military or diplomatic) report. 2 a journalist's report sent to a newspaper. 3 the act of dispatching; the fact of being dispatched. 4 old use speed or haste. mentioned in despatches as a distinction: commended in official military dispatches for bravery, etc. | "There is no difference between dispatch and despatch. The latter is an alternative spelling that was common in the 19th century and earlier, but dispatch has gained undisputed dominance in modern English. Despatch has mostly disappeared from the language—except in the U.K., where it appears in place of dispatch about a third of the time—and dispatch is the preferred spelling for all senses of the word ." |
