Date   : Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:11:10 -0000
From   : "Adam D. Barratt" <lists+bbc-micro@...>
Subject: Re: Zalaga

On Friday, February 03, 2006 2:41 PM, W.Scholten <whs@...> wrote:
> Annihilannic wrote:
>
>> 'seperate' and 'definately' being continuously mis-spelled, to name
>  > but a few...
>
> You mean 'separate'...

That was rather the point :-) (c.f. definitely).

[...]
> Mike Tomlinson wrote:
>
>> In article <43DE5C24.2010100@...>, Annihilannic
>> <annihilannic@...> writes
>>
>>
>>> 'definately' being continuously
>>> mis-spelled
>>
>>
>> Usually spelt "defiantly" on usenet for some reason (spool-chukkers?)
>
> I don't know what spool-chukkers is,

A pun on spell-checkers.

> but "defiantly" comes from two typing mistakes: a and n are switched and
an e is left out. Letter
> switching is common and it happens to me too with some words for some
reason.

That's three mistakes, once you add the s/a/i/.

Adam