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Spell Check

5/3/2007

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Posted by BJ
In “It’s Not Funny If I Have to Explain It”, a collection of Dilbert cartoons which caused me to laugh out loud* and which I highly recommend, Scott Adams uses the word “permiscuous” (page 135).

Now, many of the readers here will know that Mark Twain is a favorite philosopher of mine and have heard me state that I subscribe to his concept “It’s a simple mind that can only come up with one way to spell a word.”
​In this particular case, I think Scott’s choice of spelling actually improves upon the standard/accepted spelling and highlights the concept of “permission” within the definition. I’ve added it to my dictionary and plan to use this version from now on.

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* Note to self – Do not read books which cause me to laugh out loud while on a plane. (Especially a very full ‘red-eye’ on which the passenger next to me is trying to sleep.)
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