Jan 25, 2014 · The Oxford Dictionary gives both cipher and cypher in that order. The preference for cipher over cypher seems to be a little greater in American English than in British English. The Corpus of Contemporary American English has just over three times as many records for cipher than it has for cypher. The British National Corpus has only one and a ...

Jun 4, 2016 · It is from sense 5 of the word cipher/cypher in the Oxford English Dictionary. Of course the word began life from the French cuffre (modern French chiffre ) with an entirely different meaning (the figure, nought) in the 14th century.

Aug 15, 2013 · At many events (or just informally) this person is called the MC or Master of Ceremonies. MC noun 1 short for master of ceremonies.

Siphon is the common and preferred form. My very big dictionary (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition) contains no distinct entry for syphon.

@AndrewLeach Thanks for clarifying archaic vs obsolete; people often mistake those.You can see the transition from the vocabulary and phrasing of yesteryear to what is normal is our brave new millennium by comparing the various translations of Matthew 6:34.

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