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Stamford, Stanford / Steffens, Lincoln
Stamford, Stanford. Occasionally confused. Stamford is the name of
notable communities in Connecticut and the English county of
Lincolnshire. Stanford is the university in Palo Alto, California.
The intelligence test is the Stanford-Binet test.
stanch, staunch. Although staunch is given as an acceptable variant
by most dictionaries, stanch is still generally the preferred
spelling for the verb meaning to arrest the flow. As an adjective,
staunch is the only spelling (“a staunch supporter”).
stanchion.
St. Andrews, (no apos.) Scotland, site of St. Andrews University
and golf ’s most revered course, the Royal and Ancient Golf
Club.
St. Andrew’s Day. (Apos.) November 30.
Stanislavsky system. Method of acting named for Konstantin
Stanislavsky, a Russian teacher.
Stansted Airport, England.
St. Antony’s College, Oxford University.
staphylococcus, a type of bacteria; pl. staphylococci.
starboard. The right-hand side of a ship when looking forward.
Stasi. Short for Staatssicherheitsdienst, Ministry for State Security
in East Germany before unification.
stationary, stationery. The first means standing still, the second is
writing paper and envelopes.
St. Barthélemy, French West Indies.
St. Benet’s Hall, Oxford University.
St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge University, but St. Catherine’s College,
Oxford University.
St. Catherines, Ontario.
St. Christopher and Nevis, Federation of. Formal name of Caribbean
state commonly known as St. Kitts-Nevis.
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, formerly Santa Cruz; pronounced kroy.
Steffens, Lincoln. (1866–1936) Campaigning American journalist.