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   From: robban1@bigpond.com   
      
   Mark Barratt wrote:   
      
   > Skitt wrote:   
   >   
   >> The Century Dictionary has "hairbrained", and it is defined as an   
   >> erroneous spelling of harebrained.   
   >   
   >   
   > What a bizarre concept for a prescriptive dictionary - to include an   
   > entry for a word, then deny that it's a word.   
      
   No different from the way many spelling checkers tempt you into changing   
   a word and then refuse the correction.   
      
   --   
   Rob Bannister   
      
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