Re: [OT] RE: Looking for elegance ...

Ed Christian wrote: > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=persnickety > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=pernickety > > Though "pernickety" seems to have evolved 100 years before > "persnickety", "persnickety" seems to be the preferred spelling... > > (t

Re: [OT] RE: Looking for elegance ...

Ed Christian wrote: > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=persnickety > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=pernickety > > Though "pernickety" seems to have evolved 100 years before > "persnickety", "persnickety" seems to be the preferred spelling... > > (t

[OT] RE: Looking for elegance ...

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=persnickety http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=pernickety Though "pernickety" seems to have evolved 100 years before "persnickety", "persnickety" seems to be the preferred spelling... (taken from Merriam-Webster's Onli