# POLLitical spellings **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 11, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746 "2007-05-11T20:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/1 "2007-05-11T20:46:00Z")
Are getting impenetrable. LIEberals, AmeriKKKa - I get them. But what’s “AMerica” all about? I can’t even Google that one. Why do you keep using “negro” and spelling it with an “e” at the end? Just freaking make your point with real words. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/2 "2007-05-11T20:50:03Z")
The Lieberal Dummycrats are gonna get pwned in the next elecshun, dood!! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/3 "2007-05-11T21:17:40Z")
[QUOTE=pizzabrat] But what’s “AMerica” all about? [/QUOTE] A typo perhaps? Do you have an example of someone doing this (typing America with a capital M in addition to a capital A)? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/4 "2007-05-11T21:33:37Z")
Negroe? ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/5 "2007-05-11T21:41:19Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Negroe? [/QUOTE] No, silly, [this guy.](http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/negre_charles.html) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/6 "2007-05-11T21:45:12Z")
[QUOTE=pizzabrat] Why do you keep using “negro” and spelling it with an “e” at the end? [/QUOTE] I think those folksy family restaurants with the faux Ye Olde Englishe signs are getting a little out of hand. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/7 "2007-05-11T21:57:29Z")
[QUOTE=pizzabrat] Are getting impenetrable. LIEberals, AmeriKKKa - I get them. But what’s “AMerica” all about? I can’t even Google that one. Why do you keep using “negro” and spelling it with an “e” at the end? Just freaking make your point with real words. [/QUOTE] When come back, bring cites. Seriously, though – your topic has me very curious, but I just don’t know what you’re referring to. I mean, since the plural of “negro” is “negroes,” I can only assume you ran across a typo or someone who spells poorly who left the “e” in on the singular. I am completely puzzled by the “AMerica” bit, though. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/8 "2007-05-11T22:35:31Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] When come back, bring cites. [/QUOTE] Is that proper? The two examples I used are from specific posters on specific boards. But political spellings is an overall epidemic that I was guessing would be familiar to board-hoppers. > [@](#): > > Seriously, though – your topic has me very curious, but I just don’t know what you’re referring to. I mean, since the plural of “negro” is “negroes,” I can only assume you ran across a typo or someone who spells poorly who left the “e” in on the singular. That’s possible but “negro” is an archaic term, so I assumed its spelling (which is consistent, along with AMerica) along with is usage was to some particular effect. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/9 "2007-05-11T22:39:41Z")
[QUOTE=pizzabrat] Is that proper? [/quote] Poor attempt at humor. I didn’t expect a genuine cite – I just haven’t run across any examples of what you’re referring to. I was hoping to have you fight my own ignorance. > [@](#): > > That’s possible but “negro” is an archaic term, so I assumed its spelling (which is consistent, along with AMerica) along with is usage was to some particular effect. Again, I can’t respond to it simply because I haven’t seen it used. Can you provide any context, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![henrijohns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@henrijohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/henrijohns)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/10 "2007-05-11T22:41:41Z")
Odd spellings, even if intentional, are the standbys of the illiterate. Those kids who always sat in the back of the class, ducking and bobbing their heads to avoid being seen and called on. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/11 "2007-05-11T23:05:11Z")
[QUOTE=henrijohns] Those kids who always sat in the back of the class, ducking and bobbing their heads [/QUOTE] Must’ve made them look like [pigeons](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_016.html). ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/12 "2007-05-11T23:05:28Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] When come back, bring cites. [/QUOTE] I read this as “bring cities,” and immediately started thinking of “Filth-adelphia,” “Nig-cago,” “Jew York City”… ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/13 "2007-05-11T23:07:03Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] I read this as “bring cities,” and immediately started thinking of “Filth-adelphia,” “Nig-cago,” “Jew York City”… [/QUOTE] Amazing how those leapt right into your mind, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/14 "2007-05-11T23:07:47Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] Poor attempt at humor. I didn’t expect a genuine cite – I just haven’t run across any examples of what you’re referring to. I was hoping to have you fight my own ignorance. Again, I can’t respond to it simply because I haven’t seen it used. Can you provide any context, perhaps? [/QUOTE] Okay…going back over the work of the posters I referred to…it does seem possible - probably actually - that both examples were habitual typos. They happen often, but not always. So…I’ll just tiptoe sheepishly out of this thread… … … ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/15 "2007-05-11T23:09:31Z")
[QUOTE=pizzabrat] That’s possible but “negro” is an archaic term, so I assumed its spelling (which is consistent, along with AMerica) along with is usage was to some particular effect. [/QUOTE] I’ll agree with **Asmovian** on this one; they are just taking off the s. No effect intended, except possibly as a demonstration of dumbness. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/16 "2007-05-11T23:22:01Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] “Jew York City”… [/QUOTE] _Jew York City_!?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/17 "2007-05-11T23:44:28Z")
[QUOTE=pizzabrat] Why do you keep using “negro” and spelling it with an “e” at the end? [/QUOTE] Is this Dan Quayle’s spelling? ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/18 "2007-05-11T23:47:06Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] _Jew York City_!?!?! [/QUOTE] Get the rope. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/19 "2007-05-11T23:47:36Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] _Jew York City_!?!?! [/QUOTE] ask Jesse ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/20 "2007-05-12T01:35:48Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] Seriously, though – your topic has me very curious, but I just don’t know what you’re referring to. I mean, since the plural of “negro” is “negroes,” I can only assume you ran across a typo or someone who spells poorly who left the “e” in on the singular. I am completely puzzled by the “AMerica” bit, though. [/QUOTE] The extra ‘e’ in negro(e) could also very easily come from that fact that so many people are such fantastically shitty spellers that they shouldn’t be allowed to type. > [@](#): > > Odd spellings, even if intentional, are the standbys of the illiterate. Those kids who always sat in the back of the class, ducking and bobbing their heads to avoid being seen and called on. People with poor language skills have a habit of rhyming when speaking because it “sounds righter” - or so I’ve seen suggested. I think it’s the same idea on his one, except in this case it’s the idea that “the more letters in it, the more likely it is I’m spelling it right”. I’ve found so many interesting spellings of the word “amateur” on the internet that I think I could produce a fricking [some kinda book I can’t think of the name of]. Oh, and “Nichole Kidman”. :rolleyes: -Joe [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746.md?page=2)