"Hippy" or "Hippie"

So how come there are two different ways of spelling it anyways? And why does "hippie" seem to be the prefered spelling?

 

i think hippy means a little chubby.......... like you have some weight on your hips.......

 

thanks Funky....

I always spelled it hippy....

 

Me too, actually.

 

nice to know I'm not the only one

 

According to http://dictionary.reference.com


hip·pie also hip·py
n. pl. hip·pies A person who opposes and rejects many of the conventional standards and customs of society, especially one who advocates extreme liberalism in sociopolitical attitudes and lifestyles.
hippy

n : someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle [syn: hippie, hipster, flower child]

 

ie for me I'm also a hitchhiker (not a hitch-hiker) I have a favourite colour and I see a school of fish (v. fishes)

 

i always liked hippie

 

From previous experiances, and my for purposes of refering to my screenname on aim, I beleive the spelling is hippie. Perhaps we could have a toke off, winner chooses spelling?

 

That's the best idea I've heard all week.

 

I always use Hippie and relate it to Yippie... maybe I'm just making unneccessary comparisons, I don't know.