RE: copacetic

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 It appears to be a little more subtle that that. Here are four
 spellings: copasetic, copacetic, copesetic and copesettic. See
 the WordWeb thesaurus, which is quite useful if you do a good
 deal of writing. I don't know if one or two, or maybe even three,
 of these are American spellings. I cannot find the word in my
 _Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus_ (2001) <1992>, although another
 British dictionary that I have spells it "copacetic."

 M.W. Poirier

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On Sat, 27 Dec 2008, flash wrote:

> Thanks, Paul. My Websters (hard copy) list only "copacetic", not
> "copasetic". Must be a recent variant spelling.
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> On 27.Dec.08 14:12:15, Paul Ambos (pambos@xxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copacetic
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> > Main Entry:
> > co.pa.cet.ic
> > also co.pa.set.ic
> > adjective
> > Etymology:
> > origin unknown
> > Date:
> > 1919
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> > : very satisfactory
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> > Regards,
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> > Paul Ambos
> > pambos@xxxxxxxx
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-xywrite@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of flash
> > Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 8:06 AM
> > To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Slow repeat rate
> >
> > "copasetic" ?? Not in my dictiona