Re: OT: art and language and THE DAVINCI CODE

On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 03:54:52PM -0400, Sally Caves wrote:
> I wonder if spelling abominable "abhominable" is as abhorrent as misusing
> "lay."  :)  Probably, especially if one is complaining about writing.
It's not entirely wrong:

  Abhominable \Ab*hom"i*na*ble\, a.
     Abominable.

     Note: [A false orthography anciently used; h was foisted into
           various words; hence abholish, for abolish, etc.]
           [1913 Webster]

                 This is abhominable, which he [Don Armado] would
                 call abominable.                   --Shak. Love's
                                                    Labor's Lost,
                                                    v. 1.
           [1913 Webster]


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