John Lupien writes:
>"Misled"? Is that pronounced "mizzld"?
"I don't think it is stupid to have read more words in English than one has
heard pronounced" - Hew in "How Green Was My Valley"
As I recall, it was Macbeth that was mizzld.
My spellchecker offered "mizzled" as well as "misled" for the incorrect
"mizzld".
So I could not resist. Having never realized this was a word, I looked it up!
Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1980:
1. mizzle ('miz-el) vi mizzled; missling: to rain in very fine drops
2. mizzle ('miz-el) vi mizzled; missling: chiefly Brit. to depart suddenly
Now, is that a complete spell-checker, or what?
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