# Gaudere's Law

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law/56028>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 27, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law/56028 "2001-02-27T06:12:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BarBQSauce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@BarBQSauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarBQSauce)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law/56028/1 "2001-02-27T06:12:36Z")

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I read The Straight Dope message board and columns (along with [espn.com](http://espn.com), of course) extensively at work, and twice tonight I have read the phrase “Gaudere’s Law.” I was unable to locate the phrase anywhere else, so I’m assuming it’s native to this mb. I would appreciate knowing what this is in reference to.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Arjuna34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Arjuna34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arjuna34)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2001, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law/56028/2 "2001-02-27T06:22:19Z")

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Welcome to the SDMB! A quick [archive search](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php) gave [these threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?query=gaudere&forumchoice=-1&booleanand=yes&searchin=subject&searchdate=-1&searchuser=&exactname=yes&action=dosearch&getdaily=&pagenum=), one of which is the origin of [Gaudere’s law](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=41684):

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> Any post made to point out a spelling or grammar error will invariably contain a spelling or grammar error.

Arjuna34

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**Author:** ![BarBQSauce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@BarBQSauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarBQSauce)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2001, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law/56028/3 "2001-02-27T06:26:16Z")

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Thanks, Arunja. 10 minutes at 1 o’clock A.M. Not bad. Not bad at all. I attempted an archive search, but found nothing. Perhaps I had it narrowed down to just a certain forum. Oh well, I’ll learn.

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**Author:** ![BarBQSauce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@BarBQSauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarBQSauce)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law/56028/4 "2001-02-27T06:29:49Z")

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Arjuna 🆒. Sorry, like I said, it’s 1 o’clock here.

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**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2001, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gauderes-law/56028/5 "2001-02-27T12:48:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Arjuna34 \*  
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> > Any post made to point out a spelling or grammar error will invariably contain a spelling or grammar error.
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uh… shouldn’t that be “grammatical error”? 😃