Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Feb 1999 13:57:16 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: PROBLEM: english language |
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On 16 Feb 1999, Nat Lanza wrote:
> Gregory Maxwell <linker@z.ml.org> writes: > > > Umm.. > > > > Do you see the "(sic" That usually stands for "Spelling is Correct". > > Pet peeve alert: "sic" does NOT stand for "Spelling is Correct". It's > a Latin word meaning "thus" or "so", not an acronym of any sort. > > > --nat
...often used parenthetically to show that something has been copied exactly from the original. (sic) "The American college dictionary".
So. "Y'all wanna gotoah th stowwar" (sic).
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