{"id":842,"date":"2017-11-13T07:41:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T15:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obviouseditor.com\/?p=842"},"modified":"2017-11-13T07:41:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T15:41:46","slug":"stanch-staunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informalenglish.com\/go\/842\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanch \/ staunch"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have thought that stanch<\/span> meant to stop the flow (usually of blood), and that staunch<\/span> is what described an ardent supporter (often of a political cause). And you would be right, on paper. <\/p>\n

To stanch the rhetorical bleeding:<\/p>\n

The federal Liberal government says it will lower the small business tax rate to 10 per cent in January and to nine per cent in 2019, the start of a week-long effort to stanch<\/span> the bleeding from a self-inflicted political wound. – The Canadian Press<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

To stanch a meltdown:<\/p>\n

Dudley was a principal player in Fed decisions concerning the demise of Lehman Brothers, AIG and Bear Stearns, along with emergency measures taken by the central bank to stanch<\/span> a meltdown in the financial system. – CNBC<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

A staunch feminist disappointing her friends:<\/p>\n

Friends who described Hofmeister as a staunch<\/span> feminist, generous friend and promoter of young professional women, say they are disappointed that she has become the public \u201capologist\u201d for Weinstein. – PageSix<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

There are clear differences in meaning. We run into a problem when it comes to pronunciation. It may not be self-evident, but stanch<\/span> and staunch<\/span> are the same word. We need to hit the dictionaries for this one. We found the following on this excellent page in Collins English Dictionary<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Stanch<\/span> in American English<\/code>
\n(st\u0251nt\u0283; st\u00e4nch; st\u00e6nt\u0283; stanch; st\u0254nt\u0283; st\u00f4nch)<\/code><\/p>\n

Stanch<\/span> in British English<\/code>
\n(st\u0251\u02d0nt\u0283) or staunch (st\u0254\u02d0nt\u0283)<\/code><\/p>\n

As you can see by the intimidating vocal spellings, eight (8) different pronunciations of stanch<\/span> are offered; five of these are accompanied by brief audible recordings<\/a>. Some of them sound like staunch<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Staunch<\/span>
\n(st\u022fnch; st\u00e4nch)<\/code> <\/p>\n

Make that nine (9) possible pronunciations.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

Stanch<\/span> made it as the word of the day in Merriam-Webster<\/a> on 10\/07\/2009. Here is the podcast (did podcasts exist in 2009?):<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/obviouseditor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wd20091007-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may have thought that stanch meant to stop the flow (usually of blood), and that staunch is what described an ardent supporter (often of a political cause). And you would be right, on paper. To stanch the rhetorical bleeding: The federal Liberal government says it will lower the small business tax rate to 10 … <\/p>\n

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