RE: graffitti & privelege in American dictionary

["Ken Hale (Alcoda)" <address@hidden>]

Hi,

Looks like I was using an older dictionary/word list. I now see that the
latest Addict American Dictionary, V3.0.1 - 4/30/2001, has graffiti and
privilege.

My Random House Unabridged 2nd Edition has graffiti and privilege.

Sorry for the alarm.:-}

Ken



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Crouch - ESB [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 9:49 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: RE: graffitti & privelege in American dictionary
> 
> Ken,
> 
> > 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
> Addictive Software Support
> http://www.addictivesoftware.com
> 
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