Following my grizzle about spelling on Channel 7, I now find the ABC has similar literacy problems:
More Coalition dischord over climate change policy
Grrrr!
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New Life Narrabri 
Quite possibly journalists can't spell any more! It wasn't a problem while there were sub-editors who could spell, but they've probably all retired or been made redundant. I suspect that very little that gets to the web-sites of the news media is effectively edited.
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I don't think people take pride in their jobs the way they used to.
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Maybe it's just the evolution of the English language. Times are a-changing, old man. 😛
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Fraid not Phil. The dictionary still spells the word as discord– even for a combination of musical notes that do not harmonise. Has a similar etymology to accord, record.
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The word "concord" is sometimes spelled with an "h". But usually talking about "Flight of the Conchords." 😛
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Yar I know 😛
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I lived in Concord for two years….but then last year I lived in discord.
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