"clipka" <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote in message 
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> andrel schrieb:
>> On 4-8-2009 22:44, clipka wrote:
>>> Jeremy "UncleHoot" Praay schrieb:
>>>> ...and while I'm at it, has anyone else noticed that "then" has begun 
>>>> replacing "than" at an alarming rate?  I used to see this mistake once 
>>>> in awhile, but lately, I see it on every forum I visit, even places 
>>>> where you'd only expect to see highly educated posters.  It baffles me.
>>>>
>>> Yes, must be a sort of virus. But it seems to me that the symptoms are 
>>> not specifically limited to "then" vs. "than", but generally 
>>> transferring the spelling of one word to another that sounds virtually 
>>> identical.
>>>
>>> Some even don't seem to know how to properly spell such common words as 
>>> "goti".
>>
>> or ghoti. Though here is something quite satisfying in the goti spelling 
>> too.
> I told you some don't seem to know how to properly spell it :-P
"Ahoot Ghotiing"

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