Re: Proper terminology

[Gautam Majumdar <gautam@majumdar.demon.co.uk>]

IT. Mike Keesey <tkeese1@gl.umbc.edu> wrote
>On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Ralph Miller III wrote:
>
>> non-avian dinosaurs as either "humungus" or "humongus," but I don't know
>> which is the preferred term.  People seem to use the two adjectives
>> interchangeably, but I suspect that one of these terms is considered to be
>> more proper, and the remaining word might then be either a colloquial
>> variation or erroneous.
>
>I think it's spelled "humongous", but I can't seem to find it in this
>dictionary here... Looks like you may have noticed some regional variation
>in its pronunciation. I've always heard "hyoo MUNG us", FWIW...
>

According to Oxford English Dictionary both humongous and humungous are
correct.

Gautam Majumdar                 gautam@majumdar.demon.co.uk