Comptroller (with a "p")

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OED doesn't allow the pronunciation of "Comptroller" with a  "comp," Bill
Thompson made a point of adding the "p" at his swearing in  last Sunday. Barbara
Walters cited "the dictionary" on "controller" and  "comptroller." I cringed
(pre-"O. Henry" mistake cringe)...My letter to the  NY Times about "O. Henry"
hasn't been published. So much for scholarship or even  simple correctness.
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_Inaugural Highlights_ (http://www.nypress.com/blog/blog.cfm?blog_id=316)
New York Press, NY -  <NOBR>Jan 1,
... And Barbara Walters  pondered the difference between the jobs of
"controller" and  "comptroller," which has been baffling copy editors for years.
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(OED)
comptroller
 An erroneous spelling of _CONTROLLER_
(http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/crossref?query_type=word&queryword=comptroller&first=1&max_to_show=10&single=1&sort_ty
pe=alpha&xrefword=controller) , introduced  c 1500, and formerly frequent in
all senses; still retained in certain  official designations, while in others
it has been changed to the ordinary  spelling. Hence comptrollership.
Whitaker's  Almanac, 1890, gives (p. 84) Her Majesty's , 1890, gComptroller
of Household; Clerk  Comptroller, Kitchen. Lord Chamberlain's . Lord
ChaComptroller of Accounts. Chapel  . ChaComptroller of Royal Closet. Household of
Prince of . HouComptroller and Treasurer. Household of  Duchess of .
HousComptroller. So in Households of Prince  Christian, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of
Connaught. Also, in Government Offices (p.  148): Exchequer and Audit . So in
HoComptroller and Auditor-General;  Assistant Comptroller and Auditor. Board of .
BoaComptroller of Corn Returns. Patent  . PateComptroller General. National Debt
. NatiComptroller General; Assistant  Comptroller.
But on the other hand: (p. 147) Controller  of the Navy; Controller of H.M.
Stationery Office; and so in the  various departments of the Inland Revenue,
Post Office, Telegraphs, etc.