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Dilemna Dilemma
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Recently there was discussion by Simon Mayo & Mark Kermode on 5 Live.
In GB English is it Dilemna or Dilemma?
While it is of little concern to me, I wonder what the general consensus was on this? Also, is it a regional difference?
All the best,
Spare Ed
In GB English is it Dilemna or Dilemma?
While it is of little concern to me, I wonder what the general consensus was on this? Also, is it a regional difference?
All the best,
Spare Ed
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I've never heard of dilemna. Perhaps it's one of those regional words. For example, in Bristol people say "I've got a good IDEAL", but they really mean IDEA. But to us, it has a different meaning. I original thought my Bristol friend was just being stupid, but then I heard all his friends saying the same thing too.
As you pointed out, Notafish, some Bristolians tend to put a letter 'l' after the final 'a' in words ending thus. Accordingly, for them, what the rest of us call a camera obscura is a cameral obscural. For information on what THAT is, click
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura