shahbaz

[Mark A. Mandel]

Arnold wrote about Malcolm X's surname:
   >>>>>
Shabazz.  though you can find it misspelled as Shabbaz.
 <<<<<

I think you can find almost any word that has a double letter misspelled by
having the doubling applied to some other letter. "I know there's been a
double letter in there somewhere... well, that looks OK." I call this
phenomenon floating gemination, although of course "gemination" usually
refers to phonology, not orthography.

(Shazbot!)

-- Mark
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