pidgeon
Incorrect spelling, explanation: pidgeon is the wrong form because the word pigeon originates in Old French pijon. As you can see there is no d sound in the French root, so the correct form in English is also without d – pigeon.
pigeon
Correct spelling, explanation: this is the correct form of the word, due to the fact, that originally pigeon comes from Old French pijon. There is no d or similar sound there, so pigeon is the correct English spelling, not pidgeon.
Definition of pigeon:
noun, a type of bird, a dove
This pigeon can’t fly, maybe it needs help?
There are always many pigeons in the cities.
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I spell words like the British do, and as a child, in Canada, we learned to spell pidgeon with a d. So, to say the least, this is not ethno-centricity, but English comes from England. The Americans however have removed the D, and these days websites don’t add the D anymore, so it has either “evolved” or, the sources you use are American English. I will not ever spell the words Behaviour, or labour, without the U. That’s again, the way I learned to spell these words. I did not live or get schooled in the USA.
Languages evolve with the passage of time. “Pidgeon” is right there in old forms of English, even though today it is considered incorrect.
What about ‘bridge’ or ‘ledge’ ? They both have ‘dg’ in them, so I suppose it make them archaic too?
I’ve always used Pidgeon, because it just makes sense to have a ‘d’ there.
Pidgeon is old english whereas pigeon is the modern spelling of the same bird.
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