Re: PROBLEM: english language

Ian D Romanick (idr@cs.pdx.edu)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:35:53 -0800 (PST)

> On Monday, 15 February 1999 at 19:27, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> >
> > Umm..
> >
> > Do you see the "(sic" That usually stands for "Spelling is Correct".
>
> "sic" doesn't stand for "spelling is correct", or even "stated in
> context" (yech!).

As a friend of mine once pointed out, it means "spelling intentionally
crappy".

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