definantly

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:01 PM -0400 9/12/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>867,000 RGs. So common it's even mocked at Urbandictionary.com.
>
>2002  Amazon.com customer review
>http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Te-Ching-Perennial-Classics/product-reviews/0061142662/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_5?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addFiveStar
>:
>If you choose only one Tao te Ching translation... this shouldn't be it.
>BUT.... if you choose 2 or 3, this should definantly be among them.
>
>JL
>
I'm still waiting for "definately" to overtake "definitely" as the
most common spelling.  Majority rules!  (Does the "definantly"
spelling, which I'm less familiar with, carry with it a corresponding
pronunciation for that -ntly ending?)

LH

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