Re: graffitti & privelege in American dictionary

["Ron Craven" <address@hidden>]

according to Websters Dictionary (US),
privilege
and
graffiti

cheers
-Ron

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Crouch - ESB" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 4:48 PM
Subject: RE: graffitti & privelege in American dictionary


> Ken,
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> > A user brought to our attention that graffitti & privelege 
> > are contained in the base American dictionary and they are 
> > spelled incorrectly.
> > 
> > I am certainly not a linguist, but in my investigation it 
> > appears that he is correct.
> > 
> > I am not positive, however I have removed them from our 
> > distributed American dictionary.
> > 
> > Are they UK spellings? Or other?
> 
> Do American's spell it "graffitti" rather than "graffiti" and spell it
> "privelege" rather than "privilege"?
> 
> If so it is indeed curious since my dictionaries normally list the
> American Spellings along with the British/Aussie ones and all the
> dictionaries I have spell it that way. 
> 
> So we would need some more confirmation before changing it... What does
> your "printed" American Dictionary say Ken?
> 
> Glenn Crouch mailto:address@hidden
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