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In article <1992Jul28.143336.164276@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>, jrt@hawk.dsto.gov.au (J.R.Terry-AEG) writes:
> 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? :-)

What's interesting about dilemna is that it is oddly restricted to
Canada; no one so far has indicated even a single example from South
of the border.  I teach German; there's no way I would defend the
spelling practices of most of my students, much less of other Americans.
But really, the USA isn't responsible for *all* the illiteracy in the
world.  We just try to make it *seem* that way by electing the president
some of us (not I!) did.

--Leo Connolly