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I always thought the movie was called momento, but it's actually memento, surely 8m not alone. Or perhaps it's just my poor grammar?
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Dilemma, not dilemna.
Shoes are Skechers, not Sketchers.
My memory is playing tricks on me again ...but jeez I'm sure i used to see dilemna with an n some years ago.
Some interesting stuff in that link, and rubbish too - I don't buy the geography ones at all, so many ppl are just hopeless with geography. Some of the comments are intriguing when you dig further.
Shoes are Skechers, not Sketchers.
My memory is playing tricks on me again ...but jeez I'm sure i used to see dilemna with an n some years ago.
Some interesting stuff in that link, and rubbish too - I don't buy the geography ones at all, so many ppl are just hopeless with geography. Some of the comments are intriguing when you dig further.
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Dilemna it always was for me growing up.
Tank man was never run over.
Both are fact. First one is the older English spelling, "dilemma" is the bastardised US version. Tank man being run over - dunno but he never was. The whole story was he stopped them. Maybe you're a psycho.
Tank man was never run over.
Both are fact. First one is the older English spelling, "dilemma" is the bastardised US version. Tank man being run over - dunno but he never was. The whole story was he stopped them. Maybe you're a psycho.
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Asked the missus and tank man was run over sorry mate. Everything she says is gospel.
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Your wife says tank man was run over...
Tank man stood there with bags in hand and stopped them. He was never run over.
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Nah-ah. Google "dilemna" - you'll get nothing but confusion and conspiracy theories.
But if you can show me otherwise, by all means help me out.
I've known it as dilemma for a while, but just remember using dilemna when I was younger, maybe I was just wrong. The Missus just spelt it as dilemma.
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I always remember it being spelt 'Berenstein', but I always thought it was pronounced 'Berenstain' and I used to wonder why it wasn't spelt with an 'a' if it was pronounced like that...
I always remember it being spelt 'Berenstein', but I always thought it was pronounced 'Berenstain' and I used to wonder why it wasn't spelt with an 'a' if it was pronounced like that...
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There's some pretty good arguments to suggest dilemna is just a mistake, on this page -
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/85377/dilemma-vs-dilemna
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As Barrie notes, dilemma is not only spelling truest to the etymology, it's the only one attested to in any major dictionary, and it is by far the most common.
As to the cause, the aberrant dilemna is almost certainly hypercorrection; if common words likesolemn, hymn, or autumn brand a silent n, then surely this Greek philosophical term would as well. Like pluralizing octopus as octopi, saying between you and I, or pronouncing habanero with an ñ, the spelling is then perpetuated by well-meaning but mis-remembering teachers, editors, and so on.
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/85377/dilemma-vs-dilemna
Such as -
As Barrie notes, dilemma is not only spelling truest to the etymology, it's the only one attested to in any major dictionary, and it is by far the most common.
As to the cause, the aberrant dilemna is almost certainly hypercorrection; if common words likesolemn, hymn, or autumn brand a silent n, then surely this Greek philosophical term would as well. Like pluralizing octopus as octopi, saying between you and I, or pronouncing habanero with an ñ, the spelling is then perpetuated by well-meaning but mis-remembering teachers, editors, and so on.
I thought Patrick Swayze was dead
Same with Fidel Castro...though I recall that more recently than 2011.
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I thought Patrick Swayze was dead
He is...
Definitely dead...
Ok I read it wrong on that website, people recalled him making a recoverrecovery
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I thought he was carbombed.
I thought he helped the scorchers win the BBL??
You guys 
He actually died of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was aged 75.
Arafat was a giant in Middle East politics. When he died the world was worse off.
He actually died of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was aged 75.
Arafat was a giant in Middle East politics. When he died the world was worse off.
