Dilemna?

[darkswordsman17]

So, I just found out that a bunch of people were taught to spell dilemma as dilemna? The fuck?

 

[Lifted]

The man teaches ghetto kids incorrect spelling to keep them from stealing our jobs.

they tirrrkk errrr JERRRBBSS!!

 

[FoBoT]

There is no prima facie reason for this substitution error and there is no erroneous parallel to be found with the word lemma, from which dilemma derives.

 

[rudeguy]

I just use whatever Chrome tells me to

 

[IronWing]

You should write a newspaper columm about it.

 

[SandEagle]

the 'n' is silent. i don't see the problem here?

 

[Aluvus]

the 'n' is silent. i don't see the problem here?

The problem is that the word isn't spelled that way.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't think I've ever seen it with an "n".

 

[janas19]

I just use whatever Chrome tells me to

BAHAHA I hope you are really joking

 

[rudeguy]

BAHAHA I hope you are really joking

no, why?

 

[lxskllr]

Firefox says 2 Ms are correct.

 

[destrekor]

You should write a newspaper columm about it.

 

[darkswordsman17]

I know, seemed like no one could figure out why or where that exactly came from.

I was baffled when it was brought up so I googled it and there's quite a bit of discussion. There was some of the usual where people refuse to admit it was wrong "because they were taught that in school" (so of course it couldn't possibly be wrong ), although plenty were WTF when they found out. Only thing they could come up with is that there was a rumor that it was due to a typo, but that didn't seem to hold up all that well.

There were a lot of people all over the world that were supposedly taught the mn instead of mm, including French. I was surprised at the amount of people that were adamant that they were taught that in school and that they thought dilemma was a "bastardized modern American spelling". It wasn't just a certain time period either, people claimed to have learned it that way from the 1950s to the 2000s.

You should write a newspaper columm about it.

I should! I'm gonna be honest, I think that just went right over my head (I'm not getting what you're going for or referencing - are you even or should I be taking it on face value?).

 

[BoomerD]

You should write a newspaper columm about it.

I should! I'm gonna be honest, I think that just went right over my head (I'm not getting what you're going for or referencing - are you even or should I be taking it on face value?).

 

[halik]

I can sense the third Reich rising in this thread...

 

[dave_the_nerd]

It's not an uncommon mistake. Like "ph" instead of "f." A teacher should have looked it up though.

Damn columns, solemn hymns. We need a mnemonic device.

 

[darkswordsman17]

:biggrin:

Fuck, how did I miss that?

 

[darkswordsman17]

I can sense the Third Reich rising in this thread...

Fixed :sneaky: :biggrin: