# Include a deliberate spelling mistake in every post

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/101 "2004-10-08T06:41:34Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Include a deliberate spelling mistake in every post

oN.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/102 "2004-10-08T07:02:45Z")

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How can we have a mispelling thread without at least one engineer checking in? (engineers are notoriously bad spellers)

[old engineering joke]  
I usta culdnt spel ingineer now I ar won  
[/old engineering joke]

Someone actually scribbled that on a bathroom stall at one place I worked.

Engineers aren’t known for their humor either.

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**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/103 "2004-10-08T16:10:54Z")

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So true **engineer\_comp\_geek** my husband is an engineer and he cannot spell worth a toot. He once told his scretary that is what scretaries are for and she smacked him one…so be careful with that!

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/include-a-deliberate-spelling-mistake-in-every-post/138154/104 "2004-10-08T23:13:27Z")

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> [@Keapon Laffin](#):
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> You spelt ‘son’ wrong.

_ **I** _ spelt ‘son’ wrong? Guess again. 😛

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