Comments on: Judgement or Judgment?

By: Margaret Walker

Margaret Walker — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:59:57 +0000

Thank you, everyone, for contributing! I was taught (in the 1950s or 1960s in the Southeast of the USA) that it was spelled “judgment.” I never understood (and possibly I was never told) why at that time. I’m glad to see from the discussion that maybe the correct spelling isn’t as “cut and dried” as I was led to believe way back then.

By: bargainph

bargainph — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:20:09 +0000

Actually, in the Philippines, the reason judgment is preferred over judgement is that teachers teach that judgement is wrong. Even my browser auto-spellchecker says it’s wrong.

By: Don Nicholls (UK)

Don Nicholls (UK) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:49:44 +0000

I once knew a chap called Hodgson, a grotesque, bow legged fellow, a tail end charlie on Lancasters during the war. I had trouble with his name for ages, wondering if it was pronounced Hodson or Hogson. As he was a rotten swine I settled for the latter.

By: cmdweb

cmdweb — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:52:24 +0000

I haven’t seen many uses of judgment at all. Probably because I’m in the UK and judgement seems to be the much more accepted form in general here.

By: sherry roth

sherry roth — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:21:31 +0000

To #3 (pulkit): A “g” in front of an “i” does not automatically make it a soft “g.” Namely: Give, gift, girl, giddy, gig, giggle, gimp, girdle…; pinging (as in a URL). What about singing vs singeing? Dropping the “e” in this case, specifically, will definitely change the soft “g” to a hard “g” and of course change the word completely. I believe the “e” has a definite place and should not be dropped, spellchecker be damned!