Whip vs wip, pen vs pin

[Avery Todd]

Phil,

I always thought that was the correct way to spell it anyway! ;-) I don't have
the book available at home right now, but does anyone know how Merle Mason 
spells
it in his book? Just curious.

Avery

At 11:44 AM 3/29/04, you wrote:
>I see that a new front has opened in the long raging whippen vs wippen 
>battle.  I have a boxed set of these Renner thingees setting in my 
>shop.  I see that Renner has affixed a label to the outside of the box 
>stating that there are wippins inside.  Since they make the things, you 
>would expect them to know.  So, you now have another alternative spelling 
>to contend with.
>
>Phil Ford