"comptroller" redux

[Ben Zimmer]

The troublesome word "comptroller" has come up here a few times. Here's the
latest from Sam Dolnick, metro reporter for The New York Times (quoting
Jesse Sheidlower among others):

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/nyregion/29compside.html

--bgz


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