Interesting. Since "wiener" is historically correct (compare "Vienna") I would write it in the other order:
"wiener dog" 176,000 "weiner dog" 148,000 Ratio of 1.19 .
In my records of Google finds, that puts this right in with spelling variants that have been accepted by dictionaries in the last century (or so): miniscule, "flout/flaunt authority," and "quite a trouper/trooper."
Yes, and MW behaves consistently -- it has an entry for "weiner" saying:
Main Entry: weiner variant of WIENER
So, I tentatively conclude that a ratio close to l:1 is correlated with lexicographical acceptance.
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From: trio@euronet.nl (Donna Richoux)
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:53:59 +0100
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R H Draney <dadoctah@spamcop.net> wrote:
> Impressively close Googlecount rachoux here:
>
> "weiner dog" 148,000
> "wiener dog" 176,000
Interesting. Since "wiener" is historically correct (compare "Vienna") I
would write it in the other order:
"wiener dog" 176,000
"weiner dog" 148,000 Ratio of 1.19 .
In my records of Google finds, that puts this right in with spelling
variants that have been accepted by dictionaries in the last century (or
so): miniscule, "flout/flaunt authority," and "quite a trouper/trooper."
Yes, and MW behaves consistently -- it has an entry for "weiner" saying:
Main Entry: weiner
variant of WIENER
So, I tentatively conclude that a ratio close to l:1 is correlated with
lexicographical acceptance.
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Best -- Donna Richoux