Typos? Typoes? - Page 2

Starflux · 07-20-2005, 05:21 AM

Seems to be like Heros/Heroes. American/English spelling. I usually prefer the English spelling because I like the oe-combo, but I'm so used to 'typos' that the other seems wrong. Ish.

Talas · 07-20-2005, 07:38 AM

I will never understand how some people can mix "your" and "you're", it's so obvious even for someone who has a different native language

Starflux · 07-20-2005, 07:40 AM

It gets better with There, Their and They're

Elton28 · 07-20-2005, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Jazhara7

This might be due to it being short for "typographical error".

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Jaz's sarcasm strikes yet again

pinkgothic · 07-20-2005, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Flux

Seems to be like Heros/Heroes. American/English spelling. I usually prefer the English spelling because I like the oe-combo, but I'm so used to 'typos' that the other seems wrong. Ish.

I guess the majority defines it, in this case. So "typoes", even if I prefer it, and it seems more right to me, and might have it's validity as explained (paticularily with what you just said), may just have to be considered incorrect.

Wow, this is an oddly informative topic.

beat!the!champ! · 07-20-2005, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by pinkgothic

I'm used to pronouncing "~pos" as "~poss". And it's not tai-poss

it's tai-poes. So maybe that's why.

Kinda like the way they say Mentos in the commercials.

RLacey · 07-20-2005, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by beat!the!champ!

Kinda like the way they say Mentos in the commercials.

Are they the chewy sweets that you can't buy in the UK? I keep grabbing packets of these chewy sweet things every time I go abroad.

beat!the!champ! · 07-20-2005, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by RLacey

Are they the chewy sweets that you can't buy in the UK? I keep grabbing packets of these chewy sweet things every time I go abroad.

Yeah. Tell me, when you buy these and walk along and cause a twelve-car pile up on the road and when everybody's looking at you angrily and you show them you were eating a Mentos and they forgive you... wait, this isn't even a question. Carry on.

pinkgothic · 07-20-2005, 03:08 PM

php, definitely, not so sure about the C (++ or otherwise) standard function libraries, though. Sorry.

Mentos! Yes, that's exactly the phenomenom.

...now I want some. *meanders into the kitchen*

RLacey · 07-20-2005, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by pinkgothic

Mentos! Yes, that's exactly the phenomenom.

...now I want some. *meanders into the kitchen*

Why must I be taunted so???

Ninth · 07-21-2005, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by pinkgothic

Well, to be fair, the english pronounciation of "position" is an odd midway thing between "poss~" and "poes~". It's still a long way from the "~poes" sound in typoes, though, which was my point.

Edit: Unless you exaggerate it in that stuck-up-british way.

*needs a <3 smiley to abuse*

In fact, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm just cutting the french word (position), which is pronounced with a clear "oes". So I guess you're right and I'm wrong.

Jazhara7 · 07-21-2005, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by RLacey

Why must I be taunted so???

Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!

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RLacey · 07-21-2005, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Jazhara7

Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!

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Fine!

/me leaves.

Talas · 07-22-2005, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Jazhara7

Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!

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You forgot to do the hands in the head

<--------- See avatar for reference.

pinkgothic · 07-22-2005, 08:43 AM

Ooh. Who's the second person that voted "typoes"? Come out and admit it!

AFGNCAAP · 07-22-2005, 09:10 AM

No, I won't! Oops...

I guess I am a sucker for everything British, including spelling...

SoccerDude28 · 07-22-2005, 09:15 AM

typos definitely

RLacey · 07-22-2005, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by AFGNCAAP

No, I won't! Oops...

I guess I am a sucker for everything British, including spelling...

My copy of The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, as well as Chambers, tells me that only "typos" is acceptable. So, given that I have now found precisely no dictionaries prepared to accept "typoes", can we lay this matter to rest?

AFGNCAAP · 07-23-2005, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by RLacey

My copy of The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, as well as Chambers, tells me that only "typos" is acceptable. So, given that I have now found precisely no dictionaries prepared to accept "typoes", can we lay this matter to rest?

You may be right, but, you see, I'm one of those weirdoes who never let go...

View Poll Results: Spell it, biatch!
typos	27	93.10%
typoes	2	6.90%
Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

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