On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:09:49 +0000 (UTC) Ralph W Siegler wrote: > It is from the Latin "privilegium", so the correct spelling before the "g" was > determined two thousand years ago. The "privi" part meaning private, and > "legium" of law
privil'ee'gium And how do they sound now, completely different, if the 'correct' spelling is prvilege and despite that many still use priviledge (even some publishers) because it is more intuitive, then which is more correct, the practice or the theory. English evolves every day and contains French words etc. too, should they be changed to Latin equivelents. The roots of language and Latin is very interesting for many reasons not least the two words that make up privilege and archeology but this kind of historical reasoning means nothing to me. In my documents I will use both when Google may parse and priviledge otherwise, everyone else and the project can obviously do as they will, it won't bother me. It's the meaning and effect that counts for me.
