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Article #227Re: Dilemma = Dilemna ??
From: Manfred Stede
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:01
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:01
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hlirg@alf.uib.no (Roger Greenwald) writes:
>So far the evidence suggests that a certain number of library
>cataloguers have simply had the wrong idea about how "dilemma"
>is spelled. They may, of coure, have been influenced by a small
>number of books in which "dilemna" actually appears on the title page.
I might add that I have seen the following book in fact using the
'mn'-spelling (which is why the catalogue typist added the [sic]):
1. Ackerman, Robert W., 1938-
Corporate social responsiveness : the modern dilemna [sic] /
Reston, Va. : Reston Pub. Co., c1976.
Anybody in Virginia want to give Reston a call and inquire?
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Manfred Stede mstede@cs.toronto.edu
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Toronto
Toronto M5S 1A4, Canada
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!neat.cs.toronto.edu!mstede Newsgroups: sci.lang From: mstede@cs.toronto.edu (Manfred Stede) Subject: Re: Dilemma = Dilemna ?? Message-ID: <92Jul31.110108edt.47520@neat.cs.toronto.edu> Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto References: <1992Jul28.133921.2894@memstvx1.memst.edu> <1992Jul28.195327.14154@alf.uib.no> <5207@shum.huji.ac.il> <1992Jul30.234922.1631@alf.uib.no> Date: 31 Jul 92 15:01:17 GMT Lines: 20