Friday, May 2, 2014

borne vs bourne vs born

BORNE is the correct spelling meaning "to carry"
as in
food-borne illness
or 
the empress was carried in a litter borne by 4 servants"



image from wikipedia

BOURNE is a last name, as in "The Bourne Identity"
or company names like "Waterbourne Real Estate"

It is not a British spelling vs US spelling,
but Google is so smart it will pull up both words in your search

BORN is how people arrive on the earth

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