[ExI] "Deities" and "Patents"

[ben]

"Lee Corbin" <lcorbin at rawbw.com> wrote:

 > I'm sure that many, many people noticed "Pattents" is
 > misspelled. Why didn't even one of them correct it?

Could it be something to do with the fact that that's how Americans 
(mis-)pronounce it?
If you're going to pronounce it that way, why not spell it like that? 
Surely that's simpler and more Websterish, no?

ben zaiboc