A Dilettante Has Nothing to Do With Pickles!

Posted by Editormum on Monday, 25 August 2003 in Uncategorized | ∞

Well, nothing, that is, unless your “dilettante” is a pickle-lover. “Dillettante.” A common misspelling, this, and sometimes humourous. But for those who have the affliction of needing to be right, there are certain words in the language that give us nightmares. “Chaffeur” …”amateur” … “connoisseur.” But the Big Kahuna of them all is “dilettante.” Everyone knows […]