It’s a safe bet that Kathy Day is a divorcée (which is a divorced woman) and not a divorcé (the male equivalent) as implied by this Yahoo! TV photo caption.
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Divorcé you say?
February 26, 2009 — Laura
Posted in Confused Words, divorcé/divorcée. Tags: Commonly confused words, divorcé, divorcée, homophone, homophones, wrong word, Yahoo!, Yahoo! TV. Leave a Comment »
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