http://ideophone.org/out-of-comptrol/ Sounding out ideas on African languages, sound symbolism, and expressivity Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:40:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ideophone.org/out-of-comptrol/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Mark Dingemanse Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:17:19 +0000 http://ideophone.org/?p=88#comment-574 (I've updated the post with an explanation.) (I’ve updated the post with an explanation.)

]]> http://ideophone.org/out-of-comptrol/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Brennen Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:14:34 +0000 http://ideophone.org/?p=88#comment-572 Also <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comptroller" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia's entry</a>. Unless I am missing something? Also Wikipedia’s entry. Unless I am missing something?

]]> http://ideophone.org/out-of-comptrol/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Kai von Fintel Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:46:49 +0000 http://ideophone.org/?p=88#comment-571 There really is a <a href="http://www.occ.treas.gov/" rel="nofollow">Comptroller of the Currency</a> here in the US, and the title of the office is really spelled that way. And I believe there may be similarly spelled offices in the UK. Of course, the OED confirms that the source of the title is in fact a typo: the entry for COMPTROLLER says "An erroneous spelling of CONTROLLER, introduced c 1500, and formerly frequent in all senses; still retained in certain official designations, while in others it has been changed to the ordinary spelling. Hence comptrollership." There really is a Comptroller of the Currency here in the US, and the title of the office is really spelled that way. And I believe there may be similarly spelled offices in the UK. Of course, the OED confirms that the source of the title is in fact a typo: the entry for COMPTROLLER says “An erroneous spelling of CONTROLLER, introduced c 1500, and formerly frequent in all senses; still retained in certain official designations, while in others it has been changed to the ordinary spelling. Hence comptrollership.”

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