# Is it true that minutes is actually spelled m-u-n-i-t-e-s?

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**Created:** [November 14, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-minutes-is-actually-spelled-m-u-n-i-t-e-s/93339 "2001-11-14T16:52:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![huskerfootball\_19](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d2c977/32.png) [@huskerfootball\_19](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huskerfootball_19)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-minutes-is-actually-spelled-m-u-n-i-t-e-s/93339/1 "2001-11-14T16:52:54Z")

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I remember always spelling and seeing it that way as a younger kid.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-minutes-is-actually-spelled-m-u-n-i-t-e-s/93339/2 "2001-11-14T17:02:20Z")

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