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Re: Dilemma = Dilemna ??

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From: Yair Friedman
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:19
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|> In article <1992Jul28.133921.2894@memstvx1.memst.edu> connolly@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:

|> 
|> >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.  

Here are examples outside Canada.

From Mt.Scopus library:
 Author RUDOY, DEAN WILLIAM
   Title ARMED AND ALONE
  Sub-tl THE AMERICAN SECURITY DILEMNA
   Place NEW YORK
    Pub. G.BRAZILLER
    Year 1972
   Pages 96P
 Subject UNITED STATES-MILITARY POLICY
Author-a CITIZENS' HEARINGS ON NATIONAL SECURITY, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
         1972
       - COALITION ON NATIONAL PRIORITIES AND MILITARY POLICY
  Year-f 1972

From Hebrew national library:
  Author BULLIVANT, BRIAN MILTON
   Title THE PLURALIST DILEMNA IN EDUCATION
 Cont-tl SIX CASE STUDIES
Add info BRIAN M. BULLIVANT
 Imprint SYDNEY : G.ALLEN & UNWIN
    Year 1983,C1981
    Note INCLUDES INDEX
Note-Bib BIBLIOGRAPHY: P.[245]-264
   Dewey 371.98

I think this is a common typo. Since n is next to m on qwerty key keyboards this
sort of error is very reasonable.  It is also hard to detect beacuse the letters
look very similar.
-- 
					Yair Friedman.
yair@cs.huji.ac.il
yair@hujinix.BITNET
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Subject: Re: Dilemma = Dilemna ??
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