# Include a deliberate spelling mistake in every post **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154 "2002-11-22T15:11:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/61 "2002-11-24T00:51:09Z")
I luv speling badlee. I noe this is a obveeus post for this thred, but I just laik to say that I think it akchooallee stimyoolates us creeaytivlee. cos we hav 2 **think** of how 2 spel a wurd badly while keeping it relativlee understanabull Conversely I love slepping well (huh? no joke - my brain mixed the l and the p up in that word. Maybe I’ve broke it by spelling badly) oh shti! ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/62 "2002-11-24T02:14:38Z")
I really don’t like to brag but while I was in 6th grade, I only missed one word on all the spelling tests given all year. On Mondays, the teacher would have 15 words on the blackboard and the class chose the other 5 words to make a 20 word spelling test. Shortly after Christmas break, a word was submitted and accepted that would prove to be my downfall. I feel the same way today as I felt then, this word should not have been accepted because it is not a true word. It has never been in any dictionary that I know of unless Disney printed one of their own. The word I missed was and I bet I spelled it wrong again: Supercalifragilisticexpialodocious. I checked after typing it, yes I screwed up again. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/63 "2002-11-25T16:35:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > > ## quote: > > ## Originally posted by Mycroft Holmes Could the mistake be, that there is no mistake? > > Bada bing! > \*\* Aktualy, no. **DanielWithrow’s** mistake was in the improper use of the word “hopefully.”\* It is to be hoped that he will not repeat the error. _[sub]Although it is true that there are no spelling_ mistakes in **DanielWithrow** ’s post.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/64 "2002-11-25T17:30:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kaylasdad99 \* > \*_Aktualy, no. **DanielWithrow’s** mistake was in the improper use of the word “hopefully.”_ > > It is to be hoped that he will not repeat the error. > \*\* [Hopefully](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=hopefully), nobody is paying any attention to such malinformed grammatical advice: > [@](#): > > Main Entry: hope·ful·ly > Pronunciation: 'hOp-f&-lE > Function: adverb > Date: circa 1639 > 1 : in a hopeful manner > 2 : it is hoped : I hope : we hope > usage In the early 1960s the second sense of hopefully, which had been in sporadic use since around 1932, underwent a surge of popular use. A surge of popular criticizm followed in reaction, but the criticism took no account of the grammar of adverbs. Hopefully in its second sense is a member of a class of adverbs known as disjuncts. Disjuncts serve as a means by which the author or speaker can comment directly to the reader or hearer usually on the content of the sentence to which they are attached. Many other adverbs (as interestingly, frankly, clearly, luckily, unfortunately) are similarly used; most are so ordinary as to excite no comment or interest whatsoever. The second sense of hopefully is entirely standard. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/65 "2002-11-25T17:32:06Z")
(Oh – and hopefuly I won’t get banned for a minor edit to a quote) Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/66 "2002-11-25T18:20:07Z")
The Usage Panel has gone to hell in a hangbasket. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/67 "2002-11-25T18:46:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*The Usage Panel has gone to hell in a hangbasket. \*\* hear, here. (just covering all the bases) ---
**Author:** ![drollman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@drollman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drollman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/68 "2002-11-25T20:34:24Z")
You folks have MILES to go before you catch up with me; because as you can see by my singnature: Drollman: Over 200 posts with a spelling mistake! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/69 "2002-11-25T20:55:44Z")
Our hands were firmly cimented With a fast balme. which thence did spring Our eye-beams twisted, and did thred Our eyes, upon one double string So to’entergraft our hands, as yet Was all the meanes to make us one, And pictures in our eyes to get Was all our propogation. -John Donne, “The Extasie” \*Note to mods: Don’t werry, its public domane. But you new that. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/70 "2002-11-25T21:10:08Z")
I can’t just standby and watch this. ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/71 "2002-11-25T21:10:09Z")
Are misplaced apostrophe’s considered poor spelling, or poor grammar? Cause my guess is, for it to be a spelling error, it’s got to have actual rong “letters”, not wrong “punctuation”. Damn, this righting stuff is hard. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/72 "2002-11-25T21:11:48Z")
Ooops, that shoudv’e been: Ike Ant! Just standby and watch this. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/73 "2002-11-26T00:18:02Z")
Eye new oui wood loos inn thyme. Cheers, Kiethy ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/74 "2002-11-26T00:31:17Z")
This sentense contains three erors. Oooo a paradocks! ---
**Author:** ![Re\_PT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Re\_PT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Re_PT)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/75 "2002-11-26T00:59:50Z")
Residing in the picturesque, rustic, pastoral idyll that is England I refuse to bring myself down to your level - you can’t color me with your language brush… ---
**Author:** ![Kamikazee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kamikazee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamikazee)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/76 "2002-11-26T13:41:51Z")
Let me give you all a list of reasons why this thread is silly… 1 - Accuracy is your friend. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/77 "2002-11-26T14:09:02Z")
Daniel – don’t push your luck. Mean while, I am now retuned and pefect. ---
**Author:** ![elbee23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f6c823/32.png) [@elbee23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbee23)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/78 "2002-11-26T18:15:23Z")
Do miniscule errors count? ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/79 "2002-11-27T01:10:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elbee23 \* > \*\*Do miniscule errors count? \*\* I think _miniscule_ is the North American spelling and _minuscule_ is the British, so I wouldn’t really call this a grammar errour. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/80 "2002-11-27T03:21:02Z")
Reminds me of something an old indian woman taught me once. I met her by chance and she taught me how to make an indian necklace. She said to avoid thinking that a person can be perfect (like the gods) I had to purpously leave one mistake. I worked for a couple hours, and when I returned for some guidence she said “I said **one** mistake. Not 10.” That was amushing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154.md?page=5)