It has come to my attention that I have been spelling the word "dilemma" wrong for nearly 30 years.
You see, as a young boy in elementary school, I was taught that the word was spelled "dilemna".
However, in my post regarding decisions, the spellchecker flagged it as incorrect. Naturally, I assumed it was a glitch in the checker - I couldn't have been wrong for all these years, could I?
Um, yeah - I was. I "Googled" the word, and came up with all kinds of information on what has apparently been a raging grammatical debate for years. My immediate reaction was that it seems many people have too much free time. But after getting over that, I discovered that the correct dictionary spelling is indeed "dilemma".
Oops.
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