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Monday, June 29, 2009

Survey Says...

I use the words Interment or Inter, but not everyone does.

******WHAT DO YOU USE?******

Interment –noun
the act or ceremony of interring; burial.
interment. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/interment (accessed: June 29, 2009).

Or this...

Inter –verb (used with object), -terred, -ter⋅ring.
1. to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
2. Obsolete. to put into the earth.
inter. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inter (accessed: June 29, 2009).

The one I see most often is:

Internment –noun
1. an act or instance of interning.
2. the state of being interned; confinement.
internment. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/internment (accessed: June 29, 2009).

Or this...

Intern –verb (used with object)
1. to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
2. to impound or hold within a country until the termination of a war, as a ship of a belligerent that has put into a neutral port and remained beyond a limited period.
intern. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/intern (accessed: June 29, 2009).

[there is also a definition that includes a trainee or apprentice]

These spellings did not return any results
A. Inturnment
B. Inturment

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A new one to me a few years back was Inurn. I saw it appearing in our newspaper obits here in Kansas. When my little sister died in 2007 I included this word in her obituary and was told by the newspaper in Georgia that it was not a proper term. Huh? It was not worth the hassle during such a sad time that I just re-worded it.

Inurn –verb (used with object)
1. to put into an urn, esp. ashes after cremation.
2. to bury; inter.
inurnment. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inurnment (accessed: June 29, 2009).

1 comment:

  1. 'Interment' for me, but I probably use 'burial' more often. Never noticed "inurn" before. Learned something new! :-)

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