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[Victor Steinbok]

FWIW, I agree on this. And I don't want any credit for making you quit
any discussions.

     VS-)

On 5/26/2012 12:41 AM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>> ...   A related story. I had someone connect with me on LinkedIn some time
>>     ago. The woman listed her current occupation as the "Principle" of a
>>     company. I thought, maybe it's a typo and this was meant to be
>>     "Principal X" title that somehow got corrupted. I asked what the
>>     title meant. In an ensuing email exchange I eventually asked her if
>>     she intended "principle" or "principal". She stuck with "principle"
>>     and specifically rejected "principal", because, she said, she's in
>>     charge of things, like "the principle scientist". I let that go.
> that's just the spelling confusion, carried over from one context to another.
>
> i think it is (once again) time for me to bow out of eggcorn discussions on this list.  nothing i say is of any use.
>
> arnold

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