[net.misc] Misspelled words 12/1/83 - 4/30/84

flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn) (05/01/84)

People have flamed about postings of misspelled words on the net, but
once every four or five months it doesn't hurt to summarize the
funnier ones.  Here are those I noticed 12/1/83 - 4/30/84:

abnoxious
anechdote
anilize
argrument
capitolism
Caucasion
collage
counterfitting
eary [eerie]
equivelent
existance
figgure out
fore sight
gegabyte
he was guilt of ...
hearafter
humurous
integritous
interrior
ireligous
it's emphasis is...
lazy-fare [laissez-faire]
likely hood
persipective
persue
protocal
quandry
relegion
religeon
scarse
softwear
verses [vs.]
you're job is...
your aware of...

gordon@cae780.UUCP (05/03/84)

[Living sacrifice to assuage the gods of first lines . . .]

The single misspelling most common in the articles I see on the net is, by
far, "too".  It must be spelled "to" 80% of the time!


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