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But why change the spelling? Maintainance looks much more logically correct.

• StavrosK 14y ago
  Because that's pronounced "maintain-ance". Stress on the "ain".
  • nirvdrum 14y ago
    That sounds like a regional dialect. I've never heard it pronounced that way in the northeast US at the very least.
    • StavrosK 14y ago
      I don't think anyone pronounces it that way, because what everyone is saying is the word that is spelt "maintenance". If you were to actually pronounce the word that is spelt "maintainance", that is how it would be pronounced, with the stress on the "ain".
      • nirvdrum 14y ago
        Bah. My bad. I confused the parties in the thread. I'm sorry for the noise.
        • StavrosK 14y ago
          'Twas not a problem!