I was just thinking about this fun fact: Canadians will say “pernickety.” Americans will say “persnickety.” Both mean excessive attention to detail.
So, I looked it up.
Turns out, the origin of the word is Scottish, and it indeed originated
as “pernickety.” Americans have added
that S. Why did this happen? I can’t find it with mere googling….
Do you know?
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