----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred Eller" <adeller@santel.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [FO] backup to CD > (does any one know how to spell writeable/writable? It must be too new for > Microsoft Word 2000) It's "writable." When -able is added to a verb ending in E, the E is retained only in words where the A would change the pronunciation of the preceding consonant. Thus "manageable" but "lovable." Who says English spelling isn't logical? (Say I, who have ancestors named Tolliver, spelled Taliaferro). JSG