problems with flyspell mode (when composing a draft)?

after upgrading to 8.3, i get an error trying to enable flyspell mode:
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Starting new Ispell process [default] ...
Enabling Flyspell mode gave an error
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(including with "emacs -q".)

before looking into it more deeply, has anyone seen this?  i didn't
notice it in the archives.

cheers.

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