judgment/judgement (Again)

Dodi Schultz SCHULTZ at COMPUSERVE.COM
Fri Dec 6 05:43:43 UTC 2002


  >> My memory is that JUDGMENT was one of the McCormick spelling reforms
  >> that the old Chicago Tribune introduced in the earlier 20th Century...

I don't think so, since the 1864 Merriam-Webster unabridged, of which I
happen to have a copy, gave JUDGMENT as the sole spelling.

The M-W II (1934) said "judgment, judgement."

Currently:

The M-W 10th Collegiate says "judgment or judgement."

American Heritage 4 says "judgment, also judgement."

The current Random House gives "judgment" only as the head word but tacks
on to the end of the definition, "Also, esp. Brit., judgement."

--DS



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