but the other side apparently can't spell it (despite being able to write 'hypocrite' and not 'hypocrat', which surprised me given how many instances of 'hypocrasy' I've read lately).
They're spelling it the way they pronounce it. That said, I couldn't tell you if the fact that I spell it correctly relates to the fact that I pronounce it as if the final vowel were a short "i".
Oh. Makes some sense, though I just tried pronouncing it that way and it makes my mouth feel all wrong -- feels ugly somehow. Dunno whether my ability to spell it is because I use a short-'i' sound too, or just because I can't forget that the third syllable of 'hypocrite' uses an 'i'.
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