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[Paul Mackin]

On Sep 8, 2006, at 2:25 PM, David Morris wrote:

>> --- jbor at bigpond.com wrote:
>>
>> > ... yes, palimpsest ...
>
> Funny, this word.  I looked up the "other" version, "pampliset,"
> yesterday in my online array of dictionaries ( http://www.onelook.com/
> ) and it wasn't listed in any of them.  But "palimpsest" was offered
> as an alternative.
>
> What's funny, though, is that "pampliset" seems to have become a very
> popular substitute spelling (just Google it to see this is so), and
> was the word I've always heard/seen.  It's easier to pronounce, and
> thus I would assume has been its genesis.  So why haven't any
> dictionaries caught on to this?
>
> Proffesors?


They can't include every possible spelling.

Try googling "proffesors" and you'll find  plenty of other  times  
it's been spelled that way.

Or "proffessors."

  "Do you mean "professors?"


>
> -- 
> David Morris