It's COMPtroller, not CONtroller, you idiot!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

This local news bimbo is talking about the primary results for Maryland CONtroller... :banghead:

[Left Is Write]

1. Good grief.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. I wonder if she voted...

She probably thinks Clerk of the Circuit Court is an electronics salesperson.

[Left Is Write]

11. ...

:rofl:

[bridgit]

2. omg she's "dee dee-dee"...

x(

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. LOL

Well it's pretty clear that her intelligence didn't get her the gig.

[Miss Marmelstein]

3. She's half right....

if the winner is a dem - it's a comptroller.

If it's a repug - it's a CONtroller.

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. The CON lives in the governor's mansion

:)

[SoyCat]

7. Actually, CONtroller is the pronunciation of COMPtroller.

[johnnie]

8. You're correct

Actually, either way is correct.

[Aristus]

9. Second that. Took me some getting used to, too.

B-)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. Well this is interesting...

From Answers.com:

USAGE NOTE In the 15th century, the word controller developed the alternate spelling comptroller as a result of an association between the first part of the word, cont, and the etymologically unrelated word count and its variant compt. Although the historical pronunciation of comptroller would be the same as for controller, evidence suggests that the spelling pronunciations (kŏmp-trō'lər) and (kŏmp'trō'lər) may now be used by a majority of speakers. In a recent survey, 43 percent of the Usage Panel indicated that they pronounce comptroller like controller, while 57 percent pronounce it with mp, as it is spelled, with stress on either the first or second syllable. And half of those Panelists who pronounce comptroller like controller indicated that they also consider the spelling pronunciations acceptable

[Richardo]

12. In a Capitol sub-basement in Annapolis....

...Maryland's Controller makes a small adjustment to the Budget-O-Matic.