Post #6283 by mungofitch on the Berkshire Hathaway board

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Thank you! I actually spent far more time than any reasonable person would trying to figure out the spelling. I went back and forth. Spellcheck was no help, so I resorted to saying it aloud in my best fake English accent. It sort of rolled better if you could hear the "d" so that's what I went with. Makes it sound extra pompous somehow.

I really must apologize for my pedantic post. (there are subtexts to it which some might see, others not)
Having looked it up, it turns out that the phrase goes back to the 17th century, well before there were norms of orthography. It's probably valid to spell it any way you like, and I like your reasoning, so go for it.

Jim

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