Speciality vs. specialty | Speciality meaning | Grammarist

I also have heard it use in family. Each child has their speciality. In other words, specialty is something that is done or offered. Speciality is a ... Grammarist Advertisement Tweet UsageSpecialityvs.specialty Ingeneralusage, specialtyandspeciality areverycloselyrelatedandofteninterchangeable. Englishreferencebookssayvariousthingsaboutthem,butingeneralwriterstendtotreatthemasifthey’rethesameword. SpecialtyismorecommoninAmerican,Canadian,andAustralianEnglish(whichissurprising,becauseAustralianEnglishusuallyfollowsBritish),andit’susuallyanounmeaning somethinginwhichapersonorbusinessspecializes.SpecialityismorecommoninBritishEnglish,andit’softenan adjective(asinthephrasesspecialtystoreandspecialtyproducts).   ExamplesSpeciality (U.K.) Advertisement MrWalgrensaidthat,atthetimeofJackson’sdeath,DrMurraywasnotcertifiedinanymedicalspeciality.[Telegraph]OneoftheguineapigsforNesthasbeenasmallspecialitychemicalmanufacturerfromPreston.[BBC]Ourhost,Calogero,dulypiledthetablehighwithvarietiesofanotherlocalspeciality:freshgoat’scheese. [Guardian]Specialty(everywhereelse)Hisspecialtyis“generationalaccounting,”whichwastheissuethatkickedofftheTVdebate.[Star-Ledger]Craftandspecialtybeersarekeepingthedomesticbeerindustryafloat.[VancouverSun]Findapubwithtablesoutsideandsitdowntowatchtheworldgobyoverasteinofbeeroranapfelwein,alocalspecialty.[SydneyMorningHerald] Comments Mark says May21,2013at2:22pm Hmm,I’mAustralianandIuse‘speciality’morethanIuse‘specialty’…ifanoun,I’dalwaysuseitlikethis:‘It’saspecialityofmine’…I’dneversay‘It’saspecialtyofmine’…thatdoesn’tsoundright,(orcommonlyAustralian)tome…butasanadjective,(‘specialtyproducts’,‘specialtyarea’),yesthe‘American’onesoundsrightincommonAustralianEnglish…Icouldbewrong,butit’smyexperienceasanativeAussieanyway:)… Lola says June17,2013at8:47pm Italsoisquality(asinaqualityorfeatureofsomething)drivenhowspcialityisused.Forinstance,ifagemclasshassomethingdistinctaboutitthatdifferentiatesitfromallothergemclasses,onemightsayitisthespecialityofthatgemclass(orgem).Asmokyquartz’s“specialtycharacteristic”or“speciality”isthatitischeapenoughandhasageochemicalstructureconduciveenoughtobeusedtotrainlapidaries(gemcutters).Inthisway,thesmokyquartzisuniqueanddistinct.Itsspecialityisthatitisusedtotrainthelapidary.Somepeopleuse“specialtycharacteristic”interchangeablywith“speciality.”Whilethistypeofusagemayberare,andevenjargon,Ihaveseenitusedinvariousindustriestodistinguishproducts,bothnaturalandmanmade.Ialsohaveheardituseinfamily.Eachchildhastheirspeciality.Inotherwords,specialtyissomethingthatisdoneoroffered.Specialityisacharacteristic,typicallyinnate(butsometimesdeveloped).Inthisway,thewordsaredistinct.Inallotherways,theyareinterchangeable. Martin says November6,2013at7:05pm InthemedicalprofessioninAustralia,andinparticularforphysicians,thewordSpecialtyisuniversallyusedandSpecialityisnot.PhysiciansareskilledinSpecialtiesandSub-specialties. steven_noble says February17,2015at12:33am TherearemanycaseswhereAustralianEnglishisclosertoAmericanEnglishthantoBritishEnglish.Mostofususe‘jail’not‘gaol’.We’velongused‘million’tomean‘onethousandmillion’aspertheUS,not“amillionmillion”aswasthestandardintheUKuntilrecently.Etcetc. RaphaelKrausz says March31,2015at12:42pm Actually,“gaol”wasthedominantspellinguntilrelativelyrecently.Iblamenewspaperswhowiththeageofcomputerisationdidn’thavelocalisedspellcheckersforalongtime.“Jail”seemstonowbethecorrectbydefault. Ithinkyoumeanbillion–asineitherlongorshortforms.Thisis/not/todowiththeUK/USdivideatall.Ithastodowiththeshortscaleandlongscalenumberingsystems.OK,wellmaybeitdoeshave–eitherway,theUKchangedtheirdefaultscalefromlongtoshortin1974(aroundthetimeofmybirth). GrowingupIwastaught“GAOL”andbillion=10^12(aonewith12zeros).IthinkwiththeotherdominantformsofEnglishinimportedmediausinglanguagedifferently,wefollowedsuit. Personally,Ithinkitwouldhavebeenbetterforeveryoneifweusedmilliardratherthanbillionfor10^9.Buttoolatenow–justgottabehappy. Whatisoffensivethough,iswhentheauthorsays“whichissurprising,becauseAustralianEnglishusuallyfollowsBritish”–Australiaisit’sowncountryandsetsit’sownlanguagestandardsforitself.Likealllanguagesanddialects,ithastherightto,andwill,changeovertime.That’swhyit’scalled“AustralianEnglish”–anEnglishwhichcontributesbacktootherEnglishdialectstoo. TheMacquariedictionaryisthede-factoreference.Theauthor’sstatementisludicrous. steven_noble says April22,2015at7:05pm Thanksforthepick-up.I’veeditedmyposttocorrect. 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