Being pendantic

[Dennis R. Preston]

This would appear to be similar (progressive rather than regressive)
to the phenomenon David Stampe noted years ago in his paper "Why Some
People Live in the Uninted States."

dInIs

>In the thread "cubic VVV", "Mullins, Bill" wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>></pendant off>
>
>Google gives ~21,300 hits for "pendantic", many clearly in place of
>"pedantic". Is it really possible to be properly pedantic while writing
>pendantic, i wonder?
>
>--
>David Bowie                                         http://pmpkn.net/lx
>     Jeanne's Two Laws of Chocolate: If there is no chocolate in the
>     house, there is too little; some must be purchased. If there is
>     chocolate in the house, there is too much; it must be consumed.


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