: Coupla things: First, it's not just GURPS which spells it
: with two "l"s. The Myth manual does as well.
: There seem to be variant spellings within the Myth
: canon. So it's probably a lost cause to try to argue
: for one as more "proper" than the other.
Yeah, I didn't know about the manual thing (not that I put faith into those manuals much anyway:-). As near as I can tell, it seems that it's part of the British vernacular to use words, well…I don't want to offend any of my good British collegues…it's just…I'm sorry, but Britain is infamous for the fact that it has the worst English Program of all three (major) English-speaking countries. This at least explains why they tend to have…bad, bad grammar. I'm not trying to offend them or any one else at all! It's the English government's fault, not the people's, to, perhaps, not put as much pressure on that part of school because it might not be thought quite necessary…I don't know. Besides that, Britain most-definitely EXCELS in all other subjects taught in school, be it Science, History (except when they, ehem, forget to put that whole Revolutionary War thing into the curriculum:-), Math, and all the others! (This isn't an attack on the British, just a way of explaining why "Leveller" seeped in.)
: Second, I know of at least a couple of (reputable)
: dictionaries which allow Leveler and Leveller to be
: entirely synonymous.
Me too. I have a very nice library in my house, though, so I found some interesting old dictionaries which give extremely in-depth explanations of words :-).
: Whether or not this was a mistake
: originally, it's so common now that it's simply a part
: of the English language. (Though its frequency varies
: from region to region.)
Right, hence my British theory. There's no need for an extra 'l,' why should there be one?
: Best not to worry about it, I think.
I'll try :-).
: Thanks for the
: history nugget, though. Myth etymology is always fun.
: :-)
Sure, Sili! I love how real history (and myth) works its way into Myth.
Archer »–)š
