Re: graffitti & privelege in American dictionary

["Peter Hiller" <address@hidden>]

My OED and 30 years of correcting student essays says it should be
"privilege" and "graffiti".

Cheers, Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Craven" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: graffitti & privelege in American dictionary


> 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
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> > 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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