Alison wrote: > Bryan wrote: > > PS. My mail program wants me to spell it "bandanna". Checking > > at sites like dictionary.com, it looks like that is the original > > spelling, but the one with only 2 n's is also listed. > > Yes, I noticed that, too, and looked at the listing on dictionary.com, > which seems to list the double "n" as original and the single "n" as > alternate - but two "n"s looks totally wrong to me, and I've found that > when I search the web, most people seem to use the one "n" spelling. Merriam Webster (m-w.com) says that "bandanna" is from Hindi and Urdu words that mean, essentially "tie-dyed". So, calling something a "tie-dyed bandanna" is actually redundant, which is how you can remember to include the redundant N. =^> -- Elliott C. Evans eeyore@xxxxxxxx