Re: More evidence for "dilemna"

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From: James Salsman
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:08

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In article <1992Jul21.163547.3281@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
>Re the Toronto library catalog:  The thing to do is look at the actual
>[eight] books and see if "dilemna" is printed on them, or if it was a typing
>error when the data was put in the catalog.
>
>The UGa library catalog has 
>  "Corporate social responsiveness: the modern dilemna [sic]"
>and
>  "The death of Ramon Gonzalez: the modern agricultural dilemna"
>
>Does the OED list "dilemna"?

No, and there is no such spelling under the head "dilemma," which
gives the etymology roughly as ancient Latin from Greek di (two) +
lemma (proposition.)  [Courtesy OX2/pat server.]

This is the kind of thing I would love to see tracked down.  I have
no guess, and the clues are weak.

-- 
:James Salsman
::Bovik Research

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Subject: Re: More evidence for "dilemna"
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Summary: not in O.E.D. 2nd
Keywords: dilemna (for) dilemma
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