[Magdalen] trivia

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

It was especially useful to learn the way to distinguish the two words, as
spelled out so nicely in your cited article.

I was never quite sure of the difference.

Capitol (The "O" means there's only one) State or national legislative
building

Capital (the "A" stands for All the rest [of the meanings])



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
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On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Something I found:
>
> >>>
> Both capital and capitol are derived from the Latin root caput,
> meaning “head.” Capital evolved from the words capitālis, “of the
> head,” and capitāle, “wealth.” Capitol comes from Capitōlium, the name
> of a temple (dedicated to Jupiter, the Roman equivalent of the Greek
> god Zeus) that once sat on the smallest of Rome’s seven hills,
> Capitoline Hill.
> >>>
>
> http://blog.dictionary.com/capital-vs-capitol/
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 1:12 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have often wondered about that. In theory, are those words pronounced
> > differently?  What is the derivation that causes the difference in
> > spelling? Or is it just a convention that sort of stuck (surely not)? The
> > third syllable has the least tress, so it just gets a schwa?
>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>