diabetes

[ANNE V. GILBERT]

Alice:

> For what it's worth, I've seen the spelling "diabetis" fairly
> regularly from certain posters on the usenet diabetes support groups.
> I've never understood where this came from, as it's certainly not
> something I've noticed here in the northeast. One particular poster,
> who used to use this spelling *a lot* is a good enough writer that
> the "mis-spelling" really stood out. She's lived in Alaska most of
> her adult life, but, if I remember the autobiographical details she's
> posted correctly, she grew up in Michigan (I'm not sure where).

This gets weirder.  I've never seen the *spelling* "diabetis", just the
pronunciation.  But then, I may not be reading the right kind of literature.
Anne G