Theatre/theater

[Mark Wright AIA]

> Howdy
> 
> That's why the error might be so easily missed....  BTW, I'm the guy
> who thinks that some of his sentences *sound* bad, too...
> 
> steeling myself for a toasting,
> Mark
> 
> 
> --- Paul Mackin <pmackin at clark.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Mark Wright AIA wrote:
> > 
> > > Howdy
> > > 
> > > Dare I suggest that the single instance of the "theater" spelling
> > might
> > > be a typo?
> > 
> > Funny thing is however that "er" is the spelling an American
> > proofreader
> > would be trained to correct the word to whenever coming upon the
> "re"
> > variation. If P wanted to override this he'd have to indicate
> > his preference on a case by case basis in the manuscript. If the
> "er"
> > instance in GR does by any chance happen to be unintentional it
> would
> > have
> > to result from Pynchon's neglecting, in this single case, to put in
> a
> > leave-it-as-written notation as he had done so many times
> elsewhere.
> > 
> > I'm basing the above speculation on what the Chicago style manual
> > sez.
> > They say their proofreaders are supposed to consistently use the
> > first
> > listed spelling in a recognized American dictionary such as
> > Webster's. So
> > I checked the Third International to find that "theatER" is listed
> > first.
> > Don't know about Heritage, etc.
> > 
> > 			P. 

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