Re: More evidence for "dilemna"

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From: Jacob Galley
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 22:56

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A friend of mine did not believe the correct spelling was "dilemma"
until I explained the Greek origins to her. This might be a bit
naive, but I bet a lot of people who use the word dilemma just
assume that it's the kind of word that'd have a silent "n" in it.

So where does that idea come from? It looks kind of Greekish, and
most Greekish words have silent letters in them . . .

(I'd follow this up to alt.usage.english but I think it's right on
the edge of "bona fide" historical linguistics.)

Jake.

-- 
Reinheitsgebot <-- "Keep your laws off my beer!" <-- gal2@midway.uchicago.edu

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