In a message dated 2/21/2004 2:40:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> writes: >On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, David Silberstein wrote: > >> Deity. > Two syllables, a rare situation. If you can pronounce these > you should know how to spell them. "Deity", though, is one > of those "seen-but-not-heard" words, which probably > accounts for the common "ie" mistake. ObBrust: During a Most Powerful Sword thread on rasfw, I once accidently made reference to Godslayer's obese cousin :) --KG