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Thump said:
Dude,
Are you blind, the guy spelled villain, this way "villian."

In none of your above spellings do I see "villian."
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no, thump, he did not. the word villain is not the word villanize. it is obviously difficult for you to realize that those two words are clearly different.

also, of course you don't see "villian" in any of the offered spellings. the offered spellings are of the word villanize.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
no, thump, he did not. the word villain is not the word villanize. it is obviously difficult for you to realize that those two words are clearly different.

also, of course you don't see "villian" in any of the offered spellings. the offered spellings are of the word villanize.
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What does the word villan mean then if that is the root word?
 
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Thump said:
Why is Merriam-Webster wrong and yours right?

No matter what, he didn't spell it correctly either way, your's or mine and I've already shown you where mine is acceptable.
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Holy shit, this is fun, huh guys :(
I just looked in my Webster's unabridged dictionary circa 1985 and villainize isn't in there, in any of it's forms. It is a newly made up word and as such I say its spelling is up in the air. But, if I had to vote I would say Thump's spelling is wrong. Maybe we should start a poll?

Edit: BTW Thump, don't try to grammar nazi or anything like it with buckguy, he has this wierd Karmic energy that makes you fumble around and fuck things up, even when you're right. :p
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
yes, they are. there are mistakes in dictionaries. unfortunately, too many alterations have been made to dictionaries in the effort of appeasing those who are dumbed down. thump, just because it is found in print, and even in a dictionary, it does not mean that it is correct.
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So, in matters of spelling it comes down to who has the better expert? Shit. Next thing I know 1 + 1 won't equal 1,322.
 
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Thump said:
What does the word villan mean then if that is the root word?
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"villan" is not the root of villanize. villain is the root of villanize. as i said before, roots are sometimes changed when there is an added suffix and/or prefix. for example, when -ment is added to the root judge, the 'e' is dropped. this is the case for american english -- not british english. though you will find in some dictionaries that judgement is a variant of judgment, the former spelling is considered a bastardization.

unsurprisingly, i find in previous messages of yours (not "your's") that you have typed these misspellings: "judgement," "pillowfight," "bottocks," and "potatos."
 
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