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Topic Options #351 - 03/16/00 01:25 PM Dilemna? Dilemma? Tbyrnes stranger Registered: 03/16/00 Posts: 2 Loc: Massachusetts OK, I swear that dilemna used to be spelled with an n, but now I only see it spelled with two m's, even in the dictionary! Am I going nuts or has anyone else noticed it too? What's going on?! Top #352 - 03/17/00 10:20 AM Re: Dilemna? Dilemma? shanks old hand Registered: 03/16/00 Posts: 1004 Loc: London, UK 34 years and counting, and I've never seen it spelled dilemna. It's always been dilemma for me. Top #353 - 04/22/00 07:50 AM Re: Dilemna? Dilemma? paulb addict Registered: 03/17/00 Posts: 460 Loc: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 60 years and still counting! I have memories of the "dilemna" spelling, and wondering how it was pronounced. The Shorter Oxford doesn't even mention it. It may have been in my youth when I was involved in Gilbert & Sullivan -- there's a song in Trial by Jury ("A nice dilemma/dilemna?") -- but surely it wasn't just a misprint? Hello to all from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Top #354 - 04/22/00 09:20 AM Re: Dilemna? Dilemma? tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass two millennia and still counting! dilemma comes from a Greek word intact which means "two (2) lemma(s)" (a lemma is a proposition). I think you may be caught on the horns of one. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13692 Topics 210100 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (jenny jenny), 45 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 99 endymion6 69 wofahulicodoc 69 jenny jenny 63 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 18 Faldage 13 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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