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If you count incarceration, same as it ever was. (mander.xyz)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

I really don't where this influx of mispelling misspelling paid as payed over the last few years has come from, but it seems to be becoming more and more common.

For what it's worth, "payed" is a very old nautical term that means to spread tar on the deck of a ship.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I really don’t where this influx of mispelling

    I really don't either. And it's misspelling. Cuz you know...

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (2 children)

    Hah. I looked at that word, then wrote it with a double s, looked at it again and it looked wrong, so I went back to one.

    But now that I see it posted, the single s looks very wrong indeed.

    D'oh.

    Also, any post on the internet about someone else's spelling mistakes will inevitably contain at least one spelling error itself, so I'm just maintaining the universal rules ;)

    In your case, I suppose it's "cuz"

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    over the last few years

    There's no way this is just in the last few years, unless you mean like 20-30 years or so (along with the rest of the common misspellings you can find on the internet versus edited printed material). Also the meaning isn't just spreading a waterproof coating, but also to let out line or rope.

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