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Many frenchies
say 'dilemne' instead of 'dilemme'. I discover that, apparently,
americans make the same mistake ('dilemna' instead of 'dilemma').
** I am a reformed "dilemna"-writer. Looking the word up, I found
that to be in a dilemma is, sensibly enough, to be contending with
two lemmas. Each of the propositions in a dilemma ("On the one hand...",
"On the other hand...") is a lemma. It's Greek.
At least in English, "lemma" is a funny word but "lemna" would stop
anyone cold; unlike "dilemna," it invites the "n" to be pronounced.
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