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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: comptroller/controller #127417 05/10/04 10:05 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 46 Canada A apples + oranges newbie apples + oranges newbie A Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 46 Canada To be honest, I've never heard the word comptroller before. But my guess is that it changed to controller because deleting the p (and changing the m to an n) made it much easier to pronounce. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted comptroller/controller WhitmanO'Neill 04/16/04 12:38 AM Re: comptroller/controller Faldage 04/16/04 10:16 AM Re: comptroller/controller Jackie 04/16/04 01:41 PM Re: comptroller/controller jheem 04/16/04 02:05 PM Re: comptroller/controller belMarduk 04/17/04 09:52 PM Re: comptroller/controller tang 04/25/04 11:19 PM Re: comptroller/controller WhitmanO'Neill 04/28/04 02:44 AM Re: comptroller/controller wow 04/28/04 02:37 PM Re: comptroller/controller TEd Remington 05/01/04 05:55 PM Re: comptroller/controller apples + oranges 05/10/04 10:05 PM Re: comptroller/controller jheem 05/10/04 11:14 PM Re: comptroller/controller stales 05/13/04 07:53 AM Re: comptroller/controller Jackie 05/14/04 12:55 AM Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,809 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 403 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 17 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,851 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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