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Article #160Re: Dilemma = Dilemna ??
From: J.R.Terry-AEG
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 20:33
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 20:33
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mstede@cs.toronto.edu (Manfred Stede) writes: >It appears that people from various parts of Canada spell the >word `dilemma' with `mn' instead of `mm', which is interesting, >because no dictionary (including Canadian) seems to support this >view. >Does anyone else know/use this spelling? >Any clue how (where) this spelling originated? >cheers, >manfred Is it not perhaps yet another example of (North) American english (?) speakers almost total inability to spell correctly? :-) Or, perhaps I should in this group rather say, they seem not to be capable of adhering to established spelling conventions! :-) When in doubt, consult the dictionary (preferably OED). (Flame-proof suit now being worn!) >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Manfred Stede mstede@cs.toronto.edu >Dept. of Computer Science >University of Toronto >Toronto M5S 1A4, Canada -- John R Terry jrt@aeg.dsto.gov.au Head, Avionic Computer Systems, Ph: +61 8 259 6982 Aircraft Systems Division, DSTO Salisbury, S.Aust. Fax: +61 8 259 5507
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!dstos3.dsto.gov.au!hawk!jrt From: jrt@hawk.dsto.gov.au (J.R.Terry-AEG) Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Re: Dilemma = Dilemna ?? Message-ID: <1992Jul28.143336.164276@dstos3.dsto.gov.au> Date: 28 Jul 92 20:33:35 GMT References: <92Jul20.113226edt.47915@neat.cs.toronto.edu> Lines: 33 Nntp-Posting-Host: hawk.dsto.gov.au