Comeupins

[Tom Zurinskas]

> 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+
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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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> Poster: Wilson Gray
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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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>> A recently published author clued me into this spelling of "comeuppance".
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>> "Does Karma exist? Or is it just comeupins?"
>> (http://valleytalk.net/showthread.php?t=5903)
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>> "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)
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>> There are 1310 Googits, though many seem to be for a person whose handle
>> is comeupins.
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>> 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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