You know what "typo" is short for, don't you?

Post #418,720 by static 6/29/17 11:20:44 PM 6/29/17 11:20:44 PM Reply	You know what "typo" is short for, don't you? It's short for "typographical error", although that's not completely correct either. So it works for mis-swiped words. Mis-corrected words, though... they're not really a typographical error or a lexical error but a dictionary lookup error. (Yes, I've been watching linguistics videos on Youtube again.) Wade.
Post #418,726 by drook 6/30/17 10:15:17 AM 6/30/17 10:15:17 AM Reply	Please don't link to any of them I have things to do this weekend, and that would send me down a rabbit hole. -- Drew
Post #418,735 by static 6/30/17 6:33:00 PM 6/30/17 6:33:00 PM Reply	Never occurred to me. :-)
Post #418,740 by drook 6/30/17 7:47:26 PM 6/30/17 7:47:26 PM Reply	You'll like this https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/06/30/1336208/youre-thinking-about-the-dictionary-all-wrong-lexicographers-say -- Drew
Post #418,744 by static 7/1/17 5:29:49 AM 7/1/17 5:29:49 AM Reply	Yeah - dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive. I've known for years they're almost always intended to describe how people use the language, not how they _should_ use the language. :-) Interestingly, one of the early Merriam-Webster dictionaries was intended to be prescriptive! Youtube channel I've been watching: https://www.youtube.com/user/Xidnaf Wade.

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