Re: Semitic/semetic (Was Re: New to the List and New Languages)

On Tuesday 26 November 2002 02:37 pm, Tim May wrote:
>  >     So it's like a Semetic language with a consonantal root system,
> except with > tone. :)
>  >
> Semitic, not Semetic.  Sorry if that was just a typo, Peter, but I
> keep seeing it spelled this way, and I'm not sure why.  Semetic isn't
> in any dictionary I can find, but Google finds ~8260 matches; a lot
> less than the correct spelling at ~287000, but surely more than you'd
> expect for a randomly selected spelling error.
        Ah, but I've taken over Jack Durst's role of creative misspellings. :) (Note
that I resisted the urge to misspell "misspell"--that would have been a cheap
shot.)
        My object apologues--I was writing via a web mail interphase, rather than my
beloved KMail with its handy spell cheque. ;>
        :Peter