Anglicisms

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Robin Hamilton
<robin.hamilton3 at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> I'd think the single-t spelling is the more frequent of the two

Yes. I inferred that from the joke.;-)

My *impression* is that _Patterson_ is more usual in the US.. But
that's based only on personal experience. Almost from babyhood I've
been familiar with one Thomas *Patterson*. So, I've always felt that
the -tt- spelling is the default. _Paterson_ has always struck me as a
bit exotic. But, "that's just me."

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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