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Default 100 Healthy Raw Snacks And Treats

On 2016-09-23 6:01 PM, Je�us wrote:

>> It's odd
>> that Sheldon would suddenly use the informal definition,
>> when throughout this thread he's been a stickler for what
>> he believes to be correct usage.

>
> The only group of people I have ever heard say 'healthfully' or
> healthful has been Americans and possibly Canadians. That was the
> reason I took issue with Sheldon's comment, just trying to point out
> that it isn't universal like he seems to imply.


I have lived here all my life. English was my first language, as it was
with my parents, my grandparents, great grandparents and a couple
generations before that. I grew up in an English speaking region, and
"healthy" was always perfectly acceptable.