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Re: spelling impaired writer
- Subject: Re: spelling impaired writer
- From: Robert Holmgren holmgren@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 11:16:45 +0100
** Reply to note from Lee Hickling Wed, 11 Jun 1997 10:44:43
>
>>Robert Holmgren wonders: "(What is shier, anyway?)"
>>"Shy - shier - shyster", no?
>>Peter Evans
> Good, Peter!
> But in case some dull fellow among us seriously wants a serious answer, the
> OED says that shier is a variant spelling of shyer, more shy.
> Lee Hickling
What the OED doubtless omits to mention is that scheiáe + ster ==> shyster.
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Robert Holmgren
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