Thursday, August 20, 2015

The Word -Comptroller

"He will find you." Yorvet laughed. "But he will not know it is you will he?"
Kolton cried out as Yorvet kicked him in the stomach, sending him flat to his face.
He didn't get a chance to move back to his hands and feet, Yorvet shoved his hands down on Kolton's shoulders. He was sure it was hands. He could feel every finger prick digging into his skin.
but the rest....A flash of heat hotter than the sun, changing in a blink of an eye to freezing cold. Switching back and forth. Expanding and Contracting. Burning and Freezing. Kolton gasped for breath.
"Lets see if this comptroller of a man in your Father's service can see you for you now." Yorvet said with a sneer as Kolton's vision finally cleared up.

Comptroller - 1: a royal-household official in charge of expenditures 2: a public official who audits government accounts 3: the chief accounting officer of a business or institution (as a college)

Added Info - If you think "comptroller" looks like a mistaken spelling of "controller," you're partially right. Today, "comptroller" is an established word that shares one of its meanings (#3) with "controller." The term did originate as a misspelling, however. Around the 15th century, Middle English speakers altered the spelling of conterroller (meaning "controller," from the Middle French contrerolleur) under the influence of the Middle French word compte ("account"). The resulting word, "comptroller," has attracted criticism over the years. Grammarian Henry Fowler condemned "comptroller" as "not merely archaic, but erroneous" in 1920, and a lexicographical column from 1931 agreed that "comptroller" is "erroneous and should not be accept as correct." Nevertheless, such modern institutions as colleges and governments continue to have comptrollers. "Comptrollership" occasionally turns up as well.

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