Comeupins

[James Smith]

As I've hypothesized before: the words are spelled
phonetically; it's our pronunciation that has strayed.


--- Tom Zurinskas <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> > Well, there's no necessary connection between
> spelling and
> > pronunciation in English.
> >
> > -Wilson
>
> No one commented on this.  Surely that does not
> constitute agreement.
>
> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
> See truespel.com - and the 4 truespel books plus
> "Occasional Poems" at authorhouse.com.
>
>
>
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> > Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:49:41 -0500
> > From: hwgray at GMAIL.COM
> > Subject: Re: Comeupins
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> >
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> > Sender: American Dialect Society
> > Poster: Wilson Gray
> > Subject: Re: Comeupins
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> > Well, there's no necessary connection between
> spelling and
> > pronunciation in English.
> >
> > -Wilson
> >
> > On Dec 20, 2007 5:14 AM, Benjamin Barrett  wrote:
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> >> Sender: American Dialect Society
> >> Poster: Benjamin Barrett
> >> Subject: Comeupins
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> >> A recently published author clued me into this
> spelling of "comeuppance".
> >>
> >> "Does Karma exist? Or is it just comeupins?"
> >> (http://valleytalk.net/showthread.php?t=5903)
> >>
> >> "I'd like to see those responsible get their
> 'comeupins'."
> >>
>
(http://www.politicalcrossfire.com/forum/archive.php/o_t__t_59942__start_40__index.html)
> >>
> >> There are 1310 Googits, though many seem to be
> for a person whose handle
> >> is comeupins.
> >>
> >> It seems to be an eggcorn of sorts, or a sounded
> out spelling at least.
> >> But the spelling doesn't really seem to reflect
> the sound at the end of
> >> the word "ns" for "ts". Perhaps there's a
> different pronunciation or
> >> perhaps people are looking at "-pins" differently
> than I do.
> >>
> >> Benjamin Barrett
> >> a cyberbreath for language life
> >> livinglanguages.wordpress.com
> >>
> >>
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