CN tdf prologue live report

The clowns a CN cannot spell minuscule.
They have no chance of pronouncing
it correctly. Incompetent lameohs.
And if they did know how to pronounce
it, they would never misspell it.
Did somebody burn all the dictionaries
while my back was turned?
Hire somebody who knows English.

From the CN tdf prologue live report:
"As Maxim Iglinskiy, winner of a stage in the Dauphine,
comes in 17th at 9'36. The placings are separated by
just seconds or even fractions of seconds. That makes
it all the more heartbreaking when you miss out on the
win because just one miniscule adjustment or a tighter
turn could spell the difference between victory and
defeat."

--
Michael Press

On 7/7/07 1:06 PM, in article
, "Michael Press"
wrote:

The clowns a CN cannot spell minuscule.
They have no chance of pronouncing
it correctly. Incompetent lameohs.
And if they did know how to pronounce
it, they would never misspell it.
Did somebody burn all the dictionaries
while my back was turned?
Hire somebody who knows English.


You mean like the following dictionary publishers?


min·is·cule [min-uh-skyool] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective: minuscule.
—Usage note: see minuscule.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.



min·is·cule (mÄ*n'Ä*-skyÅ�Å�l') Pronunciation Key
adj. Variant of minuscule.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.



min·is·cule
adjective: very small; "a minuscule kitchen"; "a minuscule amount of rain
fell" [syn: minuscule]
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.



From the CN tdf prologue live report:
"As Maxim Iglinskiy, winner of a stage in the Dauphine,
comes in 17th at 9'36. The placings are separated by
just seconds or even fractions of seconds. That makes
it all the more heartbreaking when you miss out on the
win because just one miniscule adjustment or a tighter
turn could spell the difference between victory and
defeat."

--
Steven L. Sheffield
stevens at veloworks dot com
bellum pax est libertas servitus est ignoratio vis est
ess ay ell tea ell ay kay ee sea eye tee why you ti ay aitch
aitch tee tea pea colon [for word] slash [four ward] slash double-you
double-yew double-ewe dot flahute dot com [foreword] slash

On 7/7/07 1:06 PM, in article
, "Michael Press"
wrote:

The clowns a CN cannot spell minuscule.
They have no chance of pronouncing
it correctly. Incompetent lameohs.
And if they did know how to pronounce
it, they would never misspell it.
Did somebody burn all the dictionaries
while my back was turned?
Hire somebody who knows English.


Not to mention:

Main Entry: min·is·cule
Pronunciation: 'mi-n&s-"kyül
variant of MINUSCULE
usage: The adjective minuscule is etymologically related to minus, but
associations with mini- have produced the spelling variant miniscule. This
variant dates to the end of the 19th century, and it now occurs commonly in
published writing, but it continues to be widely regarded as an error.

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/miniscule


And http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/spell/mini.html:

In "Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage" (1989), part of the entry
"miniscule, minuscule," notes:

"This spelling [miniscule] was first recorded at the end of the 19th century
(minuscule dates back to 1705), but it did not begin to appear frequently in
edited prose until the 1940s. Its increasingly common use parallels the
increasingly common use of the word itself, especially as an adjective
meaning `very small.' "

During the last half of the 20th century, dictionary lines have been adding
"miniscule." A telling case comes with the "Concise Oxford" dictionaries.
The Eighth Edition, published in the mid-1980s, does have an entry for
"miniscule," but labels it as "erroneous." However the "Concise Oxford
Dictionary," Ninth Edition (1995) lists "miniscule" as simply a "variant"
spelling.

The "American Heritage Dictionary," Third Edition (1992) gives "miniscule"
as a full-fledged variant of "minuscule," as does "Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary," Tenth Edition (1993). Merriam-Webster's has been
listing "miniscule" in their dictionaries since at least 1971.

"The Random House Unabridged Dictionary," Second Edition (1987) lists
"miniscule" as a variant, with a usage note stating that while "this newer
spelling is criticized by many, it occurs with such frequency in edited
writing that some consider it a variant spelling rather than a misspelling."

I am told (on an Internet newsgroup) that "Macquarie's Australian
Dictionary," Second Edition lists "miniscule" as a variant spelling as well.

Also noted in the "miniscule, minuscule" entry in "Merriam- Webster's
Dictionary of English Usage" is this:

"It may be, in fact, that miniscule is now the more common form. An article
by Michael Kenney in the Boston Globe on 12 May 1985 noted that miniscule
outnumbered minuscule by three to one in that newspaper's data base.

That entry concludes with this statement on the spelling "miniscule":

"Our own view is that any spelling which occurs so commonly, year after
year, in perfectly reputable and carefully edited books and periodicals must
be regarded as a standard variant."





--
Steven L. Sheffield
stevens at veloworks dot com
bellum pax est libertas servitus est ignoratio vis est
ess ay ell tea ell ay kay ee sea eye tee why you ti ay aitch
aitch tee tea pea colon [for word] slash [four ward] slash double-you
double-yew double-ewe dot flahute dot com [foreword] slash

In article ,
"Steven L. Sheffield" wrote:

On 7/7/07 1:06 PM, in article
, "Michael Press"
wrote:

The clowns a CN cannot spell minuscule.
They have no chance of pronouncing
it correctly. Incompetent lameohs.
And if they did know how to pronounce
it, they would never misspell it.
Did somebody burn all the dictionaries
while my back was turned?
Hire somebody who knows English.


Not to mention:

Main Entry: min·is·cule
Pronunciation: 'mi-n&s-"kyül
variant of MINUSCULE
usage: The adjective minuscule is etymologically related to minus, but
associations with mini- have produced the spelling variant miniscule. This
variant dates to the end of the 19th century, and it now occurs commonly in
published writing, but it continues to be widely regarded as an error.

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/miniscule


And http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/spell/mini.html:

In "Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage" (1989), part of the entry
"miniscule, minuscule," notes:

"This spelling [miniscule] was first recorded at the end of the 19th century
(minuscule dates back to 1705), but it did not begin to appear frequently in
edited prose until the 1940s. Its increasingly common use parallels the
increasingly common use of the word itself, especially as an adjective
meaning `very small.' "

During the last half of the 20th century, dictionary lines have been adding
"miniscule." A telling case comes with the "Concise Oxford" dictionaries.
The Eighth Edition, published in the mid-1980s, does have an entry for
"miniscule," but labels it as "erroneous." However the "Concise Oxford
Dictionary," Ninth Edition (1995) lists "miniscule" as simply a "variant"
spelling.

The "American Heritage Dictionary," Third Edition (1992) gives "miniscule"
as a full-fledged variant of "minuscule," as does "Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary," Tenth Edition (1993). Merriam-Webster's has been
listing "miniscule" in their dictionaries since at least 1971.

"The Random House Unabridged Dictionary," Second Edition (1987) lists
"miniscule" as a variant, with a usage note stating that while "this newer
spelling is criticized by many, it occurs with such frequency in edited
writing that some consider it a variant spelling rather than a misspelling."

I am told (on an Internet newsgroup) that "Macquarie's Australian
Dictionary," Second Edition lists "miniscule" as a variant spelling as well.

Also noted in the "miniscule, minuscule" entry in "Merriam- Webster's
Dictionary of English Usage" is this:

"It may be, in fact, that miniscule is now the more common form. An article
by Michael Kenney in the Boston Globe on 12 May 1985 noted that miniscule
outnumbered minuscule by three to one in that newspaper's data base.

That entry concludes with this statement on the spelling "miniscule":

"Our own view is that any spelling which occurs so commonly, year after
year, in perfectly reputable and carefully edited books and periodicals must
be regarded as a standard variant."

Webster's New World Dictionary, World Publishing Company, 1957
does not have an entry for it, nor does
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(G & C. Merriam Co., 1913, edited by Noah Porter)
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/webster.form.html

--
Michael Press

On Jul 7, 5:11 pm, Michael Press wrote:
In article ,
"Steven L. Sheffield" wrote:





On 7/7/07 1:06 PM, in article
, "Michael Press"
wrote:

The clowns a CN cannot spell minuscule.
They have no chance of pronouncing
it correctly. Incompetent lameohs.
And if they did know how to pronounce
it, they would never misspell it.
Did somebody burn all the dictionaries
while my back was turned?
Hire somebody who knows English.

Not to mention:

Main Entry: min·is·cule
Pronunciation: 'mi-n&s-"kyül
variant of MINUSCULE
usage: The adjective minuscule is etymologically related to minus, but
associations with mini- have produced the spelling variant miniscule. This
variant dates to the end of the 19th century, and it now occurs commonly in
published writing, but it continues to be widely regarded as an error.

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/miniscule

Andhttp://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/spell/mini.html:

In "Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage" (1989), part of the entry
"miniscule, minuscule," notes:

"This spelling [miniscule] was first recorded at the end of the 19th century
(minuscule dates back to 1705), but it did not begin to appear frequently in
edited prose until the 1940s. Its increasingly common use parallels the
increasingly common use of the word itself, especially as an adjective
meaning `very small.' "

During the last half of the 20th century, dictionary lines have been adding
"miniscule." A telling case comes with the "Concise Oxford" dictionaries.
The Eighth Edition, published in the mid-1980s, does have an entry for
"miniscule," but labels it as "erroneous." However the "Concise Oxford
Dictionary," Ninth Edition (1995) lists "miniscule" as simply a "variant"
spelling.

The "American Heritage Dictionary," Third Edition (1992) gives "miniscule"
as a full-fledged variant of "minuscule," as does "Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary," Tenth Edition (1993). Merriam-Webster's has been
listing "miniscule" in their dictionaries since at least 1971.

"The Random House Unabridged Dictionary," Second Edition (1987) lists
"miniscule" as a variant, with a usage note stating that while "this newer
spelling is criticized by many, it occurs with such frequency in edited
writing that some consider it a variant spelling rather than a misspelling."

I am told (on an Internet newsgroup) that "Macquarie's Australian
Dictionary," Second Edition lists "miniscule" as a variant spelling as well.

Also noted in the "miniscule, minuscule" entry in "Merriam- Webster's
Dictionary of English Usage" is this:

"It may be, in fact, that miniscule is now the more common form. An article
by Michael Kenney in the Boston Globe on 12 May 1985 noted that miniscule
outnumbered minuscule by three to one in that newspaper's data base.

That entry concludes with this statement on the spelling "miniscule":

"Our own view is that any spelling which occurs so commonly, year after
year, in perfectly reputable and carefully edited books and periodicals must
be regarded as a standard variant."

Webster's New World Dictionary, World Publishing Company, 1957
does not have an entry for it, nor does
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(G & C. Merriam Co., 1913, edited by Noah Porter)
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/webster.form.html

--
Michael Press- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

So what good is a dictionary that doesn't have all the words in it?
If they leave out enough words, the dictionary would b ecome miniscule.

In article ,
"Steven L. Sheffield" wrote:

On 7/7/07 1:06 PM, in article
, "Michael Press"
wrote:

The clowns a CN cannot spell minuscule.
They have no chance of pronouncing
it correctly. Incompetent lameohs.
And if they did know how to pronounce
it, they would never misspell it.
Did somebody burn all the dictionaries
while my back was turned?
Hire somebody who knows English.


You mean like the following dictionary publishers?

[...]

I dug into the OED for this one:

Brit. /mnskjul/, U.S. /mnskjul/ [Variant of MINUSCULE a., prob. arising
partly from shift of stress from the second to the first syllable, and
partly from association with MINIATURE a., MINIMUM a., etc.
The form miniscule has attracted much attention both in usage guides and
in journalism. Cf. Webster's Dict. Eng. Usage (1989) s.v. miniscule, and
also:
1977 Listener 15 Dec. 782/3 The mis-spelling of the quasi-scientific
term minuscule, as miniscule is now so common it is close to becoming
accepted English. 1980 W. SAFIRE in N.Y. Times Mag. 8 June 16/2 The
old-fashioned spelling is minuscule, but trendy people are pronouncing
it mi-NIS-kyool, so what the hell.]

The word made poor Mr. Safire say "hell"!

For my part, I can't regard its use in an edited publication as anything
other than the editorial equivalent of body odor. It shows bad personal
grooming, so to speak.

From the CN tdf prologue live report:
"As Maxim Iglinskiy, winner of a stage in the Dauphine,
comes in 17th at 9'36. The placings are separated by
just seconds or even fractions of seconds. That makes
it all the more heartbreaking when you miss out on the
win because just one miniscule adjustment or a tighter
turn could spell the difference between victory and
defeat."

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
For my part, I can't regard its use in an edited publication as anything
other than the editorial equivalent of body odor. It shows bad personal
grooming, so to speak.

So CN isn't clean ? Perhaps Jeff should give back that journalist jersey
he won last year. Or at least perform a Tearful Confession.