2007-01-24 01:36:15 · 13 answers · asked by ryan_thorne 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
You touched on a deep philosophical problem - it's called the expert selection paradox. If we know so little about a thing that we need to hire an expert, how in the WORLD are we supposed to choose among them, especially if they disagree with each other!
However, I once wrote to the Dictionary, don't remember which one, complaining about a poor definition and they said "hey we don't make the rules of language use, we only report what we observe is the common practice"!
Sheesh, if THEY're not in charge of defining words precisely, who is? Us?
2007-01-24 01:40:15 · answer #1 · answered by All hat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would be impossible. If you thought it should be spelled differently than the dictionary's spelling, you would be misspelling it.
2007-01-24 09:39:42 · answer #2 · answered by nunnayo b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check another dictionary.
2007-01-24 09:39:34 · answer #3 · answered by Ændru 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a misspelled word in a dictionary... eh...
simple...
if we try to lookup its meaning, it will not be there. Thats how we will know. ;-)
2007-01-24 09:44:11 · answer #4 · answered by AnSID 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
consult an online dictionary
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2007-01-24 09:38:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spell check would eventually tell us when we tried to use it!! @8-)
2007-01-24 09:38:57 · answer #6 · answered by Dovey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to talk to Webster about that.
2007-01-24 09:53:29 · answer #7 · answered by Mr.President 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We wouldn't. We'd be spelling it wrong for eternity...
2007-01-24 09:47:21 · answer #8 · answered by aloe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't know, hooked on phonics' failed me!
2007-01-24 09:40:14 · answer #9 · answered by Celeste P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess we wouldn't. (But I would)
2007-01-24 09:38:27 · answer #10 · answered by kitten lover3 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋