Whip vs wip, pen vs pin

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Tue, 30 Mar 2004 18:49:13 +0200


It will never be standardized for the simple reason that half the world 
insists on using the *h  *spelling, and you find it in texts as well.  
I'm whon of the whippen gang. I dont know what a wip is... but I do know 
what a whip is. :)

Cheers
RicB

Avery Todd wrote:

> For once, I was actually correct! :-)
>
> Avery
>
>>
>>
>>> Phil,
>>>
>>> I always thought that was the correct way to spell it anyway! ;-) I 
>>> don't have
>>> the book available at home right now, but does anyone know how Merle 
>>> Mason spells
>>> it in his book? 
>>
>>
>> Wippen. On page 30 AKA "XIV: Wippen, in Grand Piano", a footnote 
>> states: "We omit *h* in wippen wherever that spelling is used, to 
>> help standardize wippen."
>>
>> Patrick
>>
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