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Re: spelling impaired writer



** Reply to note from Lee Hickling  Wed, 11 Jun 1997 10:44:43
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>>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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