Typos? Typoes?

pinkgothic · 07-19-2005, 03:02 PM

The joys of words not in the dictionary. Which do you religiously deem correct?

RLacey · 07-19-2005, 03:04 PM

Typos. The other one looks ugly

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beat!the!champ! · 07-19-2005, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLacey

Typos. The other one looks ugly

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That's wordist.

Jazhara7 · 07-19-2005, 03:10 PM

Please, try to write "wrong" correctly.

Have a little respect for this mistreated word.

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RLacey · 07-19-2005, 03:12 PM

Righting is a passed-time of myne. Speling write is importent, as speling rong jussed woned doo.

RLacey · 07-19-2005, 03:15 PM

Whilst I'm always loathed to trust sites such as Dictionary.com to provide accurate answers to questions such as the typos/typoes debate, Onelook.com returns several matches for "typos", including Merriam-Websters, but no matches for "typoes". I suspect, therefore, that "typos" is indeed correct.

Go me.

Jazhara7 · 07-19-2005, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RLacey

Whilst I'm always loathed to trust sites such as Dictionary.com to provide accurate answers to questions such as the typos/typoes debate, Onelook.com returns several matches for "typos", including Merriam-Websters, but no matches for "typoes". I suspect, therefore, that "typos" is indeed correct.

Go me.

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

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RLacey · 07-19-2005, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jazhara7

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

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Go you.

Watcher of the skies · 07-19-2005, 03:30 PM

Typos. Without a doubt.

Mike

smashing · 07-19-2005, 03:48 PM

Typos! Typos! Typos!

Anyway, this thread remind me of some lame jokes I'd liked to crack to fool the year 1 undergrads during some lessons that I'm supposed to be covering. What is the plural form of mongoose? And is it octopi or octopuses?

Intrepid Homoludens · 07-19-2005, 04:15 PM

I always snicker whenever someone misspells the word 'misspell'.

pinkgothic · 07-19-2005, 04:44 PM

Typographical errors, yes - but not typographicals!

Edit:

To answer the question, both. I don't know why, but I find "typoes" to look "correcter". Which obviously makes me a minority here, it seems. But I freely type "typos" every once in a while, too. I think I'm pretty much 50/50 on this one.

Edit 2:

This may be because I'm german, or because I'm a programmer*. I'm used to pronouncing "~pos" as "~poss". And it's not tai-poss

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

Edit 3:

* strpos

(pos for position) for those that didn't get it.

Intrepid Homoludens · 07-19-2005, 04:51 PM

pinksie, go to bed.

07-19-2005, 05:49 PM

look at all you, with bad spelling. I've never seen such a horrible literature on a web page. If i was a bad speller, i would of chopped off my hands years ago.....

artwking4 · 07-19-2005, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guybrush_guy

i would of chopped off my hands years ago.....

would have

<runs>

Ninth · 07-20-2005, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinkgothic

Typographical errors, yes - but not typographicals!

Edit:

To answer the question, both. I don't know why, but I find "typoes" to look "correcter". Which obviously makes me a minority here, it seems. But I freely type "typos" every once in a while, too. I think I'm pretty much 50/50 on this one.

Edit 2:

This may be because I'm german, or because I'm a programmer*. I'm used to pronouncing "~pos" as "~poss". And it's not tai-poss

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

Edit 3:

* strpos

(pos for position) for those that didn't get it.

...I'm pronouncing strpos as str"poes". (as in the english pronounciation of position)

Lucien21 · 07-20-2005, 01:29 AM

You can use IESPELL to spell check post before you hit submit.

pinkgothic · 07-20-2005, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninth

...I'm pronouncing strpos as str"poes". (as in the english pronounciation of position)

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*

pinkgothic · 07-20-2005, 04:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

pinksie, go to bed.

Aww. Just a couple more minutes?

(Okay, so it's the next day by now, so it's not as funny as it could have been - so sue me)

Aj_ · 07-20-2005, 05:20 AM

Quote:

This may be because I'm german, or because I'm a programmer*. I'm used to pronouncing "~pos" as "~poss". And it's not tai-poss it's tai-poes. So maybe that's why.

English spelling and pronounciation rarely correspond.

Is that c++, php, or both?

View Poll Results: Spell it, biatch!
typos	27	93.10%
typoes	2	6.90%
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RLacey The Thread™ will die. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 22,542	Whilst I'm always loathed to trust sites such as Dictionary.com to provide accurate answers to questions such as the typos/typoes debate, Onelook.com returns several matches for "typos", including Merriam-Websters, but no matches for "typoes". I suspect, therefore, that "typos" is indeed correct. Go me. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ RLacey \| Killer of the Thread™ I do not change to be perfect. Perfect changes to be me.

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smashing I'm complicated Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 736	Typos! Typos! Typos! Anyway, this thread remind me of some lame jokes I'd liked to crack to fool the year 1 undergrads during some lessons that I'm supposed to be covering. What is the plural form of mongoose? And is it octopi or octopuses? Share Share this post on Twitter

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07-19-2005, 04:44 PM	#12
pinkgothic Feind der Anonymitaet! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 1,898	Typographical errors, yes - but not typographicals! Edit: To answer the question, both. I don't know why, but I find "typoes" to look "correcter". Which obviously makes me a minority here, it seems. But I freely type "typos" every once in a while, too. I think I'm pretty much 50/50 on this one. Edit 2: This may be because I'm german, or because I'm a programmer. I'm used to pronouncing "~pos" as "~poss". And it's not tai-poss it's tai-poes. So maybe that's why. Edit 3: strpos (pos for position) for those that didn't get it. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "Me pee stick bigger you pee stick." (credit to, but not attributed to, Jeysie) "Don't be careful, be immortal." Brat™, certified as by Trep Winner of the Second-Best-Dressed and Non-Specific awards in the Unbiased Impostor Awards™, amongst many others. Non-Conformist to Non-Conformism™ Internet Explodifier™ - the best weapon of mass destruction!!!11one Trademark Overuser™

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07-19-2005, 05:49 PM	#14
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