tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post330906861747698673..comments2024-03-18T06:27:51.599-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Dilemma or Dilemna?Paul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-3362207082273919832016-07-27T00:58:04.607-04:002016-07-27T00:58:04.607-04:00Welcome to my world!Welcome to my world!Paul Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-50171579964886402552016-07-27T00:42:32.607-04:002016-07-27T00:42:32.607-04:00I am 32..raised in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Califo...I am 32..raised in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and California... and I specifically remember my teachers reminding me how to spell it by sounding out Di-lem-NA. And now the Berenstein Bears! I feel like im losing my grip on reality lol...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16818749848401892055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-62522822680915110572016-06-28T05:00:44.420-04:002016-06-28T05:00:44.420-04:00Ah, you cut me (and the others) to the quick with ...Ah, you cut me (and the others) to the quick with your remark! Maybe those of us who believe this are similar to some politicians who repeatedly define the world around them!Paul Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-85078481329382949352016-06-27T23:16:36.076-04:002016-06-27T23:16:36.076-04:00How does it happen that there are people who find ...How does it happen that there are people who find it far easier to suppose that the entire universe has changed around them than to suppose that they've merely confused the "mm" of "dilemma" with the "mn" of other somewhat-familiar words such as "hymn" or "condemn"? KateGladstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062492442607584456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-29027086683824622202015-10-13T07:48:15.412-04:002015-10-13T07:48:15.412-04:00Where the relevant quote is "Dilemma or dilem...Where the relevant quote is "Dilemma or dilemna? A lot of people seem to recall the latter (the version with an N), but — in this timestream — it looks like that was never the correct spelling."<br /><br />Correct or not, you'll never convince us that we were/are wrong! :)Paul Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-4546741457615896002015-10-13T07:33:22.455-04:002015-10-13T07:33:22.455-04:00Google "Mandela Effect".Google "Mandela Effect". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-73769860943143118982015-04-14T21:35:03.110-04:002015-04-14T21:35:03.110-04:00I want to shed this light on the spelling of dilem...I want to shed this light on the spelling of dilemma vs dilemna as I wish I could comment one way or another as to how I was taught to spell it. I seem to remember it as Dilemma in the early 80's but I can't recall. Many people want to think that all these years they were taught wrong. I disagree. I remember back in 1998 I was writing a thesis and used this word and looked it up in my dictionary from 1920 and it was used with the dilemna spelling but now the same dictionary says dilemma. At first I thought I was nuts... but I have a different theory, around 2000 to 2002 something happened that made the following changes and some people only remember one of both ways while some question the other way, while some may understand both ways. It's not an open or closed argument!<br /><br />Here are the changes I have noted since the years 2000-2002: Dilemna became Dilemma and Berenstein bears became the Berenstain bears. <br /><br />My theory is this. In the end, Satan and the Antichrist will change the signs and the times. (I think the times may refer to the established order of things, at first it will be subtle like these two instances but in the end it will become more prominent).<br /><br />The power of the spiritual world is at work and these are two examples of a change. Some will laugh at this theory and some will say others are stupid for what they know to be right in their hearts and minds. The reality is both are right because a power is at work that you cannot simply comprehend that can change any book ever written and make a change to it in an instance.<br /><br />This is not a parallel universe as some may think and espouse but the extent of deeper spiritual forces and powers at work.<br /><br />Because of these two things, it is clear to me that Jesus is real and the truth the way and the light of the world. We are nearing the final days of Biblical Prophecy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-59773389495829700732012-05-05T23:57:51.303-04:002012-05-05T23:57:51.303-04:00Dear Lindsey Adele,
Thank you for keeping this st...Dear Lindsey Adele,<br /><br />Thank you for keeping this string going!Paul Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-35596812574476722622012-05-05T23:01:32.349-04:002012-05-05T23:01:32.349-04:00Tonight, I showed my husband what I thought was a ...Tonight, I showed my husband what I thought was a typo in our church sermon notes, insisting that dilemma was spelled dilemna. I acknowledge we "n" spellers must be incorrect, but at least we know we are not crazy!!!<br /><br />Besides, why would a common misspelling be so counterintuitive? I mean, I certainly don't pronounce it with an n.<br /><br />For the record, I am 24 and was educated in public schools in Washington state.Lindsey Adelenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-23015705084081994002011-12-31T05:18:29.450-05:002011-12-31T05:18:29.450-05:00I am 52, and toinight my 24 year old asked me how ...I am 52, and toinight my 24 year old asked me how To spell dilemna. I told her with an "N" as i was taught in the Compton and Los Angeles Unified School Districts.It seemed strange to her, so she googled the word, finding it dilemma. I was surprised, confident I'd spelled the word correctly for her. I told her to look it up in an on-line dictionary. It was spelled with dilemma, but ways noted as an updated spelling. I knew I had spelled the word correctly I am notcrazy. I am glad to see there are others here defending the word spelled with an "n".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-29625543266774102662011-12-05T15:27:54.486-05:002011-12-05T15:27:54.486-05:00"...who is somewhat younger than I" Shou..."...who is somewhat younger than I" Shouldn't it be "...younger than me?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-71931565480482583322011-05-20T01:18:44.172-04:002011-05-20T01:18:44.172-04:00I just graduated college in Southern Indiana and w...I just graduated college in Southern Indiana and was born and raised here. I was taught "dilemna" and didn't realize it was wrong until a coworker asked me how to spell it, and I said with an "n". Suddenly we both felt it was wrong and googled it. She, too, thought it was with an "n" for a second.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-33844539638905884722011-04-12T15:30:17.025-04:002011-04-12T15:30:17.025-04:00I'm 18, raised in suburban Boston, and I spent...I'm 18, raised in suburban Boston, and I spent the first seventeen years of my life convinced it was dilemna. No idea where I learned it. I would've sworn I had memories of reading it that way, too. Dilemma still looks wrong to me, I prefer not to use it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-21084783307666283512011-03-09T23:23:08.331-05:002011-03-09T23:23:08.331-05:00I'm 33 years old, born in raised in the United...I'm 33 years old, born in raised in the United States. DILEMNA is the way I was taught to spell it. Until very recently, I would have sworn that dilemma with two m's was plain wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-81439674837018945832011-03-09T23:12:58.581-05:002011-03-09T23:12:58.581-05:00I grew up in the 1980s in the United States. I wa...I grew up in the 1980s in the United States. I was TAUGHT it was spelled "DILEMNA" with the silent "n."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-53482834633109291842011-03-09T19:26:07.417-05:002011-03-09T19:26:07.417-05:00Actually, it's greek.
It means double proposit...Actually, it's greek.<br />It means double proposition.<br />And it's spelled with two Ms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-11795129073283422292011-02-05T11:04:16.448-05:002011-02-05T11:04:16.448-05:0060 yrs old from canada great speller, always spell...60 yrs old from canada great speller, always spelled it dilemna.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-90032849745763044042011-01-31T10:55:01.231-05:002011-01-31T10:55:01.231-05:00I'm 28, and I've always believed it was sp...I'm 28, and I've always believed it was spelled dilemNa. It's driving me crazy now that I'm seeing differently. I want to figure out a way to research who was taught what - their ages, their schooling, where they grew up...Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462193258920207776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-71781554464988456632011-01-26T19:55:44.068-05:002011-01-26T19:55:44.068-05:00Fellow 'MN'ers, I know it is hard to fatho...Fellow 'MN'ers, I know it is hard to fathom, but this is not merely a case of spelling degradation over the years. <a href="http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=dilemna%2C+dilemma&year_start=1600&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=1" rel="nofollow">A historical search comparing use of 'dilemna' and 'dilemma' shows that it isn't even close:</a> dilemma appears to ALWAYS have been a preferred spelling.<br /><br />However, <a href="http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=dilemna&year_start=1600&year_end=2008&corpus=0&smoothing=1" rel="nofollow">there is a small but persistent use of "dilemna"</a> in literature - Jonathan Swift used that spelling. However, this miniscule evidence of usage does not explain our absolute certainty of correctness - I half-jokingly submit this as evidence that some of us have slipped sideways from a parallel universe where our spelling IS correct.beezdotcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608622281426632544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-60767351401625478512011-01-26T18:46:21.516-05:002011-01-26T18:46:21.516-05:00It's DILEMNA. Some idiots decided to spell it...It's DILEMNA. Some idiots decided to spell it the way it's pronounced instead of correctly. The same people insist on using 'positivity' when the proper word is 'positiveness." Boy do we miss good old-fashioned schooling!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-73949171444146508362011-01-23T13:00:54.392-05:002011-01-23T13:00:54.392-05:00Late to the discussion, but: I am 48 years old, ra...Late to the discussion, but: I am 48 years old, raised in southern California, educated at Catholic schools K-12 ... and it was ALWAYS "dilemna". Absolutely certain on this point. That's the spelling we were taught, and I was (then, at least) an awesome speller. There's no chance I've been somehow misspelling this word on my own all these years, so either ALL of my teachers got it wrong -- how likely is that?! -- or else there are two spellings available for the word. Could "dilemna" be a more British thing, somewhat akin to "sabre" vs. "saber"?<br /><br />I found your web page among others only today when I learned that the spelling "dilemma" (had to type that three times to get it right -- fingers keep reaching for the "n"!) is now considered correct by most folks. Weird.Eric Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09128280658751017974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-47228278677073678082011-01-17T14:05:14.066-05:002011-01-17T14:05:14.066-05:00I'm a 22 year old from the Midlands in the UK,...I'm a 22 year old from the Midlands in the UK, and have always been taught to spell it dilemna. I hadn't even seen it spelt with a double M until very recently, and i just assumed that was an American alternate.<br /><br />Absolutely shocked to see dilemna isn't in the dictionary, i've always prided myself on being an excellent speller.<br />I don't think i can bring myself round to spelling it "dilemmma" though, it just seems so crude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-53984260914849879842010-12-27T22:37:02.869-05:002010-12-27T22:37:02.869-05:00I will be 27 in January 2011, and I am reasonably ...I will be 27 in January 2011, and I am reasonably well-educated, an avid reader, and a product of likewise parents - I never knew it was spelled dilemma. I feel sure that I've always learned dilemna and only recently has the word in print stood out to me. I find it hard to believe that I could have persisted in this misspelling and not had this dilemma, as it were, exposed. It can't just be an isolated older generation patch, nor limited to the Northeast US. I grew up outside of Washington, D.C. and spent my teenage years in Charleston, SC [not the best education, but I did attend a Magnet HS before leaving at 15]. I went to university in Britain and achieved a First Class Honours BA. This is just so strangely fascinating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-87753863810769943812010-12-17T22:39:54.871-05:002010-12-17T22:39:54.871-05:00Look - here is evidence we are NOT crazy. A Googl...Look - here is evidence we are NOT crazy. A Google search through old texts will show you: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%22dilemna%22&tbs=bks%3A1%2Ccdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1800%2Ccd_max%3A1820&lr=lang_en" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?q=%22dilemna%22&tbs=bks%3A1%2Ccdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1800%2Ccd_max%3A1820&lr=lang_en</a>beezdotcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608622281426632544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-45420869813927203922010-10-31T01:08:32.852-04:002010-10-31T01:08:32.852-04:00Just thought I'd add my $.02.
I was raised in ...Just thought I'd add my $.02.<br />I was raised in Western Canada, and learned to spell it as dilemna in the late 60s. My daughter, taught to spell it in the 90s, spells it dilemma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com