Yes, 'homeschool' is a word.
It's official. You don't have to feel guilt the next time Microsoft Word spell-checker tells you 'homeschool' isn't a word. For 'homeschool' is now an entry in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. For those of you who underwent some other form of education:
Realizing that this word may be obscure to some, the dictionary kindly includes a recording of the pronunciation.homeschool
One entry found.
Main Entry:home·school
Pronunciation:intransitive verb
- \ˈhōm-ˌskül\
- Function:
- verb
- Date:
- 1980
: to teach school subjects to one's children at home transitive verb : to teach (one's children) at home
But who was the lucky person who coined this term in 1980?
Labels: homeschool, vocabulary, war on france, words
posted by Rex Tyrannus @ Tuesday, September 23, 2008
4 Comments:
wow Rex, you are so smart.
nOW i jUST nEED TO lEARN hOW tO pUNCTUATE!?!
Lol! Thanks for that b/c it gets really frustrating getting all those squiggly lines under 'homeschool' and it's not just in Word...even as I leave this comment it's being marked as an error! ARGH!
*LOL* O.K. I'll try to retain myself to stop writing "home school."
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