taliesin the storyteller wrote:
> * MorphemeAddict@WMCONNECT.COM said on 2007-04-29 01:07:02 +0200
>> Actually the word is spelled "politically". Your dictionary
>> must be wrong.
>
> Dictionaries of English can't be wrong, as it is only the
> dictionaries themselves that define how English is spelled.
Actually, they can be. Dictionaries don’t define how English is spelt;
usage defines English. Dictionaries are just a usually accurate and
reliable record of usage for us to consult when we need to. (And yes,
mistakes do happen: The New International Dictionary had the non-word
_dord_ for a while. This didn’t make _dord_ a word.)
--
Tristan.