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dollar — dolour/dolor:
‘dolour’ in British English/’dolor’ in American English
US dollars (US $)
“Dollar”, with a double ‘ll‘ & for the right pronunciation of ‘dollar’, please click here, is ‘the unit of standard money, made in paper or coin, used in countries like the USA, Canada, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, etc.’; and is represented by the symbol ‘$’,
e.g.
I bought this camera for five US dollars ($ 5).
For an article that explains how & why there is differences in dollar exchange rate, please click here. For an article that explains why the dollar is the Global currency, please click here.
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(a person in dolor)
“Dolour/Dolor”, with a single ‘l‘ & for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here, is mostly used in poetic sense (in poems) to mean ‘sorrow; grief; pain; mental suffering’,
e.g.
The dolour of the writer of this story is certainly felt by her readers.
For an article (blog post) that gives us some poems that are full of ‘dolour’, please click here. For an article that talks of ‘dolor’ in poems, please click here.
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