Whip vs wip, pen vs pin (OT)

[gordon stelter]

And "Nookular" instead of "Nuclear".
I propose a Constitutional Amendment which states that
NO U.S. citizen shall have access to weapons, whose
name they cannot properly pronounce!!!
     Thump

states no> > I see that a new front has opened in the
long
> raging whippen vs
> > wippen battle.  I have a boxed set of these Renner
> thingees setting
> > in my shop.  I see that Renner has affixed a label
> to the outside of
> > the box stating that there are wippins inside. 
> Since they make the
> > things, you would expect them to know.  So, you
> now have another
> > alternative spelling to contend with.
> >
> > Phil Ford
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> 
>     "Whippen," I'm afraid, has become an accepted
> "alternative spelling,"
> but until recent years it was an incorrect one.  I
> hope "wippin" never gains
> any ground.
>     See the Feb. 1994 Journal, p.13.  The 1947 Funk
> & Wagnalls New Standard
> Dictionary of the English Language listed it as
> 'wippen.'  Most dictionaries
> don't have it at all since it's specific to the
> piano trade only.  William
> Braid White used 'wippen'.  "Whippen" is a
> corruption and appears in more
> recent publications.  It's one of those popular
> misusages like "orangutang"
> for 'orangutan', "heighth" for 'height',
> "Westminister" for 'Westminster',
> "vice-a versa" for 'vice versa', "oral" when 'aural'
> is meant, "masonary"
> for 'masonry,' "bridal" instead of 'bridle', in
> reference to those little
> straps, "vetinarian" for 'veterinarian', "calvary"
> when 'cavalry' was
> intended, "garnish wages" when 'garnishee' is
> correct, ad infinitum.  Oh
> yes, and "real-a-tor" instead of "realtor." --David
> Nereson, RPT
> 
> 
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