How do you spell...

[Peño]

Never seem 'dimlena' before and I have a thing about British English. For example, I spell recognize with a 'z' as that is the proper way to go about it.

I await the flaming, but please do your research beforehand as you will not win this.

You also can't spell.

 

[paradigm]

don't think I've seen it with mna at the end

but I'm not going to jump on my high horse calling you a dummy etc

What about calling him a dumny?

 

[Daegan]

\o

Definitely taught to spell it 'dilemna' here too. 'Dilemma' just looks wrong :/

 

[danza]

Only ever seen it spelt 'dilemma'. The dictionary does not have dilemna as an alternative either.

 

[Feek]

Never with an n.

 

[Sherbs]

\o

Definitely taught to spell it 'dilemna' here too. 'Dilemma' just looks wrong :/

Backwards school?

Never seen 'dilemna' anywhere except in this thread.

 

[starfighter]

mm always. blatantly just thinking it is a silent n or something.

like autumn or sumin.

 

[Daegan]

Backwards school?

Nope, just one of those things it seems. 'Dilemma' is clearly the correct spelling and has precedence, but some people have been and seemingly still get taught to spell it 'dilemna'. I don't think it's a localised thing either as I've been schooled in different places and read a fair bit.

 

[Destination]

Never seem 'dimlena' before and I have a thing about British English. For example, I spell recognize with a 'z' as that is the proper way to go about it.

I await the flaming, but please do your research beforehand as you will not win this.

Interesting you should say do your research.
Some articles do make for interesting reading
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(spelling)/Archive_4


If you spell with z as it is the 'proper' way to go about it, how do you spell organisation/organization?

I tend to use 'z' in most instances, but not in all.

 

[bloodiedathame]

Dali-Llama.

 

[starfighter]

Indeed from my knowledge "Z" was used quite a bit, possibly more so than "S" but once those dirty yanks started using it we preferred to be associated with the French or something?

talking about ize vs ise obviously.


Their lack of faith in the letter U however is totally wrong and it is ENGLISH. We can do what we like.

 

[Destination]

Indeed from my knowledge "Z" was used quite a bit, possibly more so than "S" but once those dirty yanks started using it we preferred to be associated with the French or something?

talking about ize vs ise obviously.


Their lack of faith in the letter U however is totally wrong and it is ENGLISH. We can do what we like.

What do thye have against the letter U?

They dislike OE and AE also
oesophagus, esophagus
paediatrics, pediatrics

 

[mollymoo]

"z" is an american thing not an english thing.

 

[starfighter]

What do thye have against the letter U?

They dislike OE and AE also
oesophagus, esophagus
paediatrics, pediatrics

colour & harbour?

I never really noticed those, good spot, they are pretty uncommon to be fair.

When I here someone say Faucet I so LOL

 

[Justintime]

Always spelt it dilemna as well. Dad corrected me on it when he saw me write it once but i still spell it wrong.

 

[mollymoo]

Always spelt it dilemna as well. Dad corrected me on it when he saw me write it once but i still spell it wrong.

Depends on what you mean by wrong.

How do you feel about splitting image and spitting image?

 

[TFleming]

How can you think dilemna is right?

 

[lcg]

I've never seen it spelt that way before. It's dilemma.

 

[Mr_White]

Dilemna isn't a ****ing word.

 

[Redman]

Depends on what you mean by wrong.

How do you feel about splitting image and spitting image?

As in not right. There's no such word as dilemna.

Just as there's no such phrase as splitting image. People hear them wrong and make up their own version I would guess.