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as the Controller.
Really, what I am saying is, we are just
changing, or we are not changing pronunciation since they
are both pronounced identically. We are just taking out an
archaic spelling of and putting in a modern spelling. It
becomes quite confusing because, for quite a few people, in
fact, the office holder is the one who mispronounces this
more than anyone else, but it is correctly pronounced,
Controller, and in writing a modern Constitution, we should
have modern .language.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: Mr. President, I would have to
defer to some of the experts on this Convention as to
whether Comptroller or Controller is the more common term
today. It just seems to me, as long as the person Comptroler
is spelled, C-o-m-p-t-r-o-l-l-e-r, I don't see particularly
any need for changing it to a different spelling, unless it
has become an archaic spelling. I will defer to some of
the CPA's in this room.
Delegate Finch, you are a CPA.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Gill has the floor.