How do you prefer to spell hippie/hippy? I know there's not necessarily a "correct" spelling, so I'm just curious to knowww. I prefer hippie myself.
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/hippie.html "A long-haired 60s flower child was a “hippie.” “Hippy” is an adjective describing someone with wide hips. The IE is not caused by a Y changing to IE in the plural as in “puppy” and “puppies.” It is rather a dismissive diminutive, invented by older, more sophisticated hipsters looking down on the new kids as mere “hippies.” Confusing these two is definitely unhip."
According to my mother, "hippie" is what I am and "hippy" is a person with wide hips. From what I've been told, however, "hippy" is how Europeans spell "hippie." Don't quote me on that, though, I'm not entirely sure, it's just what I've been told.
hep=hip hepcat=hipcat hepster=hipster hippie/hippy=hippy-dippy i say hippie-goth, that's what i call myself.
