# The Gaudere Event Horizon

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gaudere-event-horizon/316061>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 8, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gaudere-event-horizon/316061 "2005-08-08T03:03:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gaudere-event-horizon/316061/1 "2005-08-08T03:03:36Z")

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I enjoyed reading [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=329061) in GQ, but I started to get a sinking feeling. This thread is devoted entirely to a discussion of spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors. How long before it crosses the Gaudere Event Horizon, beyond which it is physically impossible to write anything other than spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors? Is it even possible to cross the horizon, or would we be torn apart by the typo forces before we reach it? Do we really know what lies beyond, or do we only have linguists’ theories and speculations?

I’m going to be up all night worrying about this, I just know it.

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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gaudere-event-horizon/316061/2 "2005-08-08T03:44:18Z")

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What lies beyond the Gaudere Event Horizon? Easy: French. :: D&R ::

😃