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Article #213Re: Dilemma = Dilemna ??
From: Yair Friedman
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:19
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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