Originally Posted by
Chad Fabry
The fact that someone bastardized a pronunciation long enough for a word to make it to a dictionary does not prove it's a word.
You don't think that being around since before
Date: 1701
is not long enough to make it "a word"?
That it is only "a word" if it has been around since:
Date: 14th century ?
In that case, you'd better throw out *ALL* code books, because I'm guessing there are *A LOT* of 'not-real-words' in them.