Talk:Comptroller/Archives/2014

Etymology
I'm worried that this statement is both unsourced and does not explain how it simply was 'misspelled'. If there is evidence for this, that's fine, but it's worrisome that it has no backing and seems very oversimplified. Any suggestions? Roche-Kerr 10:55, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I've added where the info probably canme from. Google comptroller and etymology and you get those two sources on the first page. --Busy Stubber 01:01, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Here (in Canada) we do pronounce the 'p' and it is pronounced just how is it spelt, I've never heard it pronounced controller. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.189.135.87 (talk) 17:57, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Controller not Comptroller
According to The New York Times publication on Nov  1, 1896 the correct form is Controller.  “The word Controller came into the English language through the old French from the mediaeval Latin contrarotulator, the keeper of a duplicate roll, register, or check list. It is not derived from the Latin word computare, or the French compter, and it has nothing to do with "counting".” —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thismyname (talk • contribs) 01:48, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

In most companies I've worked in it's also spelled Controller. In fact, I came here through the disambiguation page for "controller". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.115.199.25 (talk) 10:15, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

contreroule ?
I am pretty sure "contreroule" is not a French word. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.222.231.129 (talk) 00:05, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

The second sentence is nonsensical: "In British government, the Comptroller General or Comptroller and Auditor General is in most countries..." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.214.129.2 (talk) 12:05, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Etymology
"The term comptroller evolved in the 15th century through a blend of the French compte ("an account") and the Middle English countreroller (someone who checks a copy of a scroll, from the French contreroule "counter-roll, scroll copy"), thus creating a title for a compteroller who specializes in checking financial ledgers.[1][2] This etymology explains why the name is correctly pronounced identically to "controller" despite the distinct spelling. However, comptroller is sometimes pronounced phonetically.[3]"

Huh?? WTF is this supposed to mean? That 'compte' pronounced identically to 'cont'?

166.137.191.43 (talk) 07:15, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Userbox Comptroller
If you work as comptroller, you may put this Userbox on your userpage like this: --Tangopaso (talk) 19:00, 5 May 2012 (UTC)