# POLLitical spellings

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746>\
**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:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/41 "2007-05-14T17:50:36Z")

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[QUOTE=Biggirl]  
You know why this happened, because here at the Dope people will argue over _anything!_ One of the reasons I love this place. Like when th math nerds argue whether 1+1 can equal 2 with large values of 1. I don’t understand half of what they’re saying but it’s entertaining all the same.  
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No, no no! It’s [whether 2 + 2 = 5 for very large values of 2!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416333)  
BTW: you guys should note that some of us poor spellers actually spell quite well in our own mother language.

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**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/42 "2007-05-14T18:41:25Z")

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Cinci-nasty

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pollitical-spellings/403746/43 "2007-05-14T18:53:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher]  
Reagan owned a pub?  
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Of course he did. He bought one when somebody “discovered” :rolleyes: he was Irish-American. He travelled to his ancestral headwaters. They were happy to see all those thirsty journalists, but nobody there was aware that the tall orange-haired guy was any kin to them. 😛

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