--- Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> I thought was why people write "Amerika."
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[WS:] That is not for a shock value. I am trying to separate a geographical location from a mythological holy land, which are typically conflated in the public discourse. I use the "c" spelling to indicate the former and the "k" spelling to indicate the latter. If I were to do it for the shock value, I'd use the triple "k" spelling.
Wojtek