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29-428: Teh originates from the common typo of the , as might both occur and remain uncorrected when a person was typing rapidly prior to the widespread availability of autocorrect helper applications, and has become conventionalized in a variety of contexts. In addition, it is a standard feature of leetspeak and can be used ironically or to mock someone's lack of " techie " knowledge or skills, as an insult, or to reinforce

58-464: A bracketed sic after the word analyse in a book review led Bryan A. Garner to comment, "all the quoter (or overzealous editor) [sic] demonstrated was ignorance of British usage". Occasionally a writer places [ sic ] after their own words, to indicate that the language has been chosen deliberately for special effect, especially where the writer's ironic meaning may otherwise be unclear. Bryan A. Garner dubbed this use of sic "ironic", providing

87-438: A form of ridicule has been cited as a major factor in this increase. The immoderate use of sic has created some controversy, leading some editors, including bibliographical scholar Simon Nowell-Smith and literary critic Leon Edel , to speak out against it. The bracketed form [ sic ] is most often inserted into quoted or reprinted material to indicate meticulous accuracy in reproducing the preceding text, despite appearances to

116-465: A group's elitism; cf. eye dialect . This Internet-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about the English language is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Typographical error A typographical error (often shortened to typo ), also called a misprint , is a mistake (such as a spelling or transposition error ) made in

145-441: A parenthetical sentence only when used after a complete sentence, like so: ( Sic. ) Some guides, including The Chicago Manual of Style , recommend "quiet copy-editing " (unless where inappropriate or uncertain) instead of inserting a bracketed sic , such as by substituting in brackets the correct word in place of the incorrect word or by simply replacing an incorrect spelling with the correct one. Alternatively, to show both

174-418: A result of human error during typesetting. Traditionally, a proofreader compares the manuscript with the corresponding typeset portion, and then marks any errors (sometimes called "line edits") using standard proofreaders' marks . When using a typewriter without correction tape , typos were commonly struck out with another character such as a strikethrough . This saved the typist the trouble of retyping

203-460: A running joke in the satirical magazine Private Eye . The magazine continues to refer to The Guardian by this name. Typos are common on social media , and some—such as " teh ", " pwned ", and " zomg "—have become in-jokes among Internet groups and subcultures. P0rn is not a typo but an example of obfuscation , where people make a word harder for filtering software to understand while retaining its meaning to human readers. In mapping, it

232-487: A single keystroke. An example is buckled instead of bucked , due to the "L" key being next to the "K" key on the QWERTY keyboard , the most common keyboard for Latin-script alphabets . Historically, the process of converting a manuscript to a printed document required a typesetter to copy the text and print a first "galley proof" (familiarly, "a proof"). It may contain typographical errors ("printer's errors"), as

261-773: A verb. The adverb sic , meaning 'intentionally so written', first appeared in English c.  1856 . It is derived from the Latin adverb sīc , which means 'so', 'thus', 'in this manner'. According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the verbal form of sic , meaning 'to mark with a sic' , emerged in 1889, E. Belfort Bax 's work in The Ethics of Socialism being an early example. On occasion, sic has been misidentified as an acronym (and therefore sometimes misspelled with periods): s.i.c.

290-516: A web page, or into its metadata , can also draw unwitting visitors when they enter these typos in Internet search engines . An example of this is gogole.com instead of google.com which could potentially be harmful to the user. Since the emergence and popularization of online auction sites such as eBay , misspelled auction searches have quickly become lucrative for people searching for deals. The concept on which these searches are based

319-587: Is said to stand for "spelled/said in copy/context", "spelling is correct", "spelled incorrectly", and other such folk etymology phrases. These are all incorrect and are simply backronyms from sic . Use of sic greatly increased in the mid-20th century. For example, in United States state-court opinions before 1944, sic appeared 1,239 times in the Westlaw database; in those from 1945 to 1990, it appeared 69,168 times, over 55 times as many. Its use as

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348-467: Is that, if an individual posts an auction and misspells its description and/or title, regular searches will not find this auction. However, a search that includes misspelled alterations of the original search term in such a way as to create misspellings, transpositions, omissions, double strikes, and wrong key errors would find most misspelled auctions. The resulting effect is that there are far fewer bids than there would be under normal circumstances, allowing

377-408: The typing of printed or electronic material. Historically, this referred to mistakes in manual typesetting . Technically, the term includes errors due to mechanical failure or slips of the hand or finger, but excludes errors of ignorance , such as spelling errors , or changing and misuse of words such as "than" and "then". Before the arrival of printing , the copyist's mistake or scribal error

406-401: The author will write "[ sic ]" to indicate that an error was in the original quoted source rather than in the transcription. Scribal errors receive a lot of attention in the context of textual criticism . Many of these mistakes are not specific to manuscripts and can be referred to as typos. Some classifications include homeoteleuton and homeoarchy (skipping a line due to the similarity of

435-471: The converse is also true. Sic We are prepared, under appropriate circumstances, to provide information bearing on the credibly [ sic ] and veracity of any such source. Irin Carmon quoting a law firm The Latin adverb sic ( / s ɪ k / ; thus , so , and in this manner ) inserted after a quotation indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed or translated as found in

464-425: The ending or beginning), haplography (copying once what appeared twice), dittography (copying twice what appeared once), contamination (introduction of extraneous elements), metathesis (reversing the order of some elements), unwitting mistranscription of similar elements, mistaking similar looking letters, the substitution of homophones , fission and fusion (joining or separating words). The Wicked Bible omits

493-455: The entire page to eliminate the error, but as evidence of the typo remained, it was not aesthetically pleasing. Correction fluid was invented to hide the original mark and allow the typist to correct the error almost invisibly. Word processing software all but eliminated the need for this solution. In computer forums, sometimes "^H" (a visual representation of the ASCII backspace character)

522-499: The following example from Fred Rodell 's 1955 book Nine Men : [I]n 1951, it was the blessing bestowed on Judge Harold Medina 's prosecution [ sic ] of the eleven so-called 'top native Communists,' which blessing meant giving the Smith Act the judicial nod of constitutionality. Where sic follows the quotation, it takes brackets : [ sic ]. The word sic is often treated as a loanword that does not require italics, and

551-470: The mistake is corrected with a slip of paper pasted over the misprint. Certain typos, or kinds of typos, have acquired widespread notoriety and are occasionally used deliberately for humorous purposes. For instance, the British newspaper The Guardian is sometimes referred to as The Grauniad due to its reputation for frequent typesetting errors in the era before computer typesetting. This usage began as

580-552: The original and the suggested correction (as they often are in palaeography ), one may give the actual form, followed by recte , then the correct form, in brackets. The Latin adverb recte means rightly . An Iraqi battalion has consumed [ recte assumed] control of the former American military base, and our forces are now about 40 minutes outside the city. According to the Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music Style Sheet , there should be no punctuation, for example no colon, before

609-653: The reader of an incorrect or unusual orthography ( spelling , punctuation , grammar, syntax, fact, logic, etc.). Several usage guides recommend that a bracketed sic be used primarily as an aid to the reader, not as an indicator of disagreement with the source. Sic may show that an uncommon or archaic expression is reported faithfully, such as when quoting the U.S. Constitution : "The House of Representatives shall chuse [ sic ] their Speaker ..." However, several writing guidebooks discourage its use with regard to dialect, such as in cases of American and British English spelling differences . The appearance of

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638-506: The searcher to obtain the item for less. A series of third-party websites have sprung up allowing people to find these items. Another kind of typo—informally called an " atomic typo "—is a typo that happens to result in a correctly spelled word that is different from the intended one. Since it is spelled correctly, a simple spellchecker cannot find the mistake. The term was used at least as early as 1995 by Robert Terry. A few illustrative examples include: and many more. For any of these,

667-458: The source text being quoted; thus, sic is placed inside brackets to indicate it is not part of the quotation. Sic can also be used derisively to direct the reader's attention to the writer's spelling mistakes and erroneous logic, or to show disapproval of the content or form of the material. In the English language, the Latin adverb sic is used as an adverb, and derivatively as a noun and as

696-440: The source text, including erroneous, archaic, or unusual spelling, punctuation , and grammar . Sic also applies to any surprising assertion, faulty reasoning, or other matter that might be interpreted as an error of transcription . The typical editorial usage of Sic is to inform the reader that any errors in a quotation did not arise from editorial errors in the transcription, but are intentionally reproduced as they appear in

725-550: The style manuals of New Zealand, Australian and British media outlets generally do not require italicisation. However, italicization is common in the United States, where authorities including APA Style insist upon it. Because sic is not an abbreviation, placing a full stop /period inside the brackets after the word sic is erroneous, although the California Style Manual suggests styling it as

754-574: The word "not" in the commandment , " thou shalt not commit adultery ". The Judas Bible is a copy of the second folio edition of the authorized version, printed by Robert Barker , printer to James VI and I , in 1613, and given to the church for the use of the Mayor of Totnes. This edition is known as the Judas Bible because in Matthew 26:36 " Judas " appears instead of " Jesus ". In this copy,

783-497: Was common practice to include deliberate errors so that copyright theft could be identified. Typosquatting is a form of cybersquatting that relies on typographical errors made by users of the Internet. Typically, the cybersquatter will register a likely typo of a frequently-accessed website address in the hope of receiving traffic when internet users mistype that address into a web browser . Deliberately introducing typos into

812-417: Was the equivalent for manuscripts . Most typos involve simple duplication, omission, transposition, or substitution of a small number of characters. "Fat finger" typing (especially in the financial sector) is a slang term referring to an unwanted secondary action when typing. When a finger is bigger than the touch zone, with touchscreens or keyboards , there can be inaccuracy and one may hit two keys in

841-476: Was used to " erase " intentional typos: "Be nice to this fool^H^H^H^Hgentleman, he's visiting from corporate HQ." In instant messaging , users often send messages in haste and only afterward notice the typo. It is common practice to correct the typo by sending a subsequent message in which an asterisk (*) is placed before (or after) the correct word. In formal prose, it is sometimes necessary to quote text containing typos or other doubtful words. In such cases,

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