Nowadays

Ok. I won't go so far as to put this on the Bad Words list, but I do have a word problem here.

It's not the meaning: "right now" or "currently" or "at present".

It's not the sound: pretty much just two words smooshed together.

It's the spelling. In particular that middle A.

Are we supposed to be saying now-a-days? (3 syllables)

Or worse, now-WA-days? (with a wuh in the middle)

Who does that?

Nobody, that's who.

It's nowdays. (or should be)

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