Did you see the flyby on the Yahoo! front page?
The writer chose the preferred spelling of flyby, but that doesn’t stop another writer on yahoo.com from using the variant spelling:
Avoiding these inconsistencies is easy: Choose one dictionary as the authority on spelling and always use the preferred spelling of a word. It’s a lesson Yahoo! writers and editors have yet to learn.
February 18, 2013 at 9:34 pm
“Dictionary!!! We don’t need no stinkin’ dictionary!!”
“Choose a one dictionary as the authority …”
Minus two points……
February 18, 2013 at 9:41 pm
Yikes! Thanks for pointing out my error. I’ve corrected it.