Whippen / wippen

[Richard Brekne]

Grin.... course Newton the key phrase below is "as accepted by the council
and PTG officers of the time"
Meanwhile the rest of the world happily spells this word as they darn well
please. Of note... in the 1913 Websters Dictionary both spellings are given
and have the exact same definition. I have not been able to find either
word in any other dictionary so far.

Nothing to krangle about really... that is of course unless you fancy a
roll in the mud... :)

Newton Hunt wrote:

> Dear Listers (Listees?),
>
> How soon we forget and how many don't know the history.
>
> In the 1960s Merl Masson, Roger Weisensteiner and I sat in a
> motel room in MA debating this very issue for the
> Nomenclature book we were preparing.  We chose WIPPEN
> because that spelling was far more common in past Journals
> and Technicians (pre Journal) than the other spelling and
> because of the common pronunciation of the word.
>
> So, the official American English spelling is WIPPEN as
> accepted by council and PTG officers of the time.
>
> Merl, who did most of the hard work, is now deceased but
> Roger and I are still around to blame and kick.
>
> If you don't like it you have my permission to change it
> after I am no longer living.  Not soon!
>
>                 Newton

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway