Collectability or Collectibility

heirodule

First Post

• Aug 29, 2007

• #11

Pbartender said:

Visible + ability = ability to be visible

Visiblability?

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no

vis (see) + able = visible
vis (see) + ability = visibility.

 

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heirodule

First Post

• Aug 29, 2007

• #12

wikipedia says

"Although "collectable" is the spelling listed first by the Oxford English Dictionary, the dictionary observes that the "-ible" form is also valid, and has come to be common usage in the United States."

 

Crothian

First Post

• Aug 29, 2007

• #13

Curtis, you must be bored to have a thread like this!!

 

Wombat

First Post

• Aug 29, 2007

• #14

Doesn't matter to me.

I just dislike the concept when it comes to RPG widgets...

 

der_kluge

Adventurer

• Aug 29, 2007

• #15

Crothian said:

Curtis, you must be bored to have a thread like this!!

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Nah, I just like to troll every now and then. And what better troll than a good old-fashioned spelling debate!

 

Marius Delphus

Adventurer

• Aug 29, 2007

• #16

To me,

"collectible" = noun
"collectable" = adjective

Therefore,

"collectability" = the state of being collectable

Today, anyway.

 

blargney the second

blargney the minute's son

• Aug 29, 2007

• #17

I belive collectable is the British/Canadian spelling, while collectible is the US spelling.
-blarg

 

Fenris

Adventurer

• Aug 29, 2007

• #18

der_kluge said:

Nah, I just like to troll every now and then. And what better troll than a good old-fashioned spelling debate!

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Only this time it is in English and not German.

 

GoodKingJayIII

First Post

• Aug 29, 2007

• #19

Flogiston!

 

The Grackle

First Post

• Aug 30, 2007

• #20

robberbaron said:

I'd look at other words with the same ending:

Operability, manageability, etc.

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b/c English is a very consistent language...