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Old 12-31-2003, 03:29 PM   #13 (permalink)
quadro2000
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Originally posted by Halx
actually, it means "spelling is correct"

it's used after typing a word that appears to not be spelled correctly. Sometimes people will ask it as a question to be sure they spelled the word correctly.

Example:
I went to see a show from a group called The Mutaytor (sic)

Example 2:
I was just singing supercalifragilisticexpialodocious (sic?) and my mom walked in on me!
I don't think that's right. Aurigus is correct; it is Latin for the word "thus."

I've never seen "(sic?)" used if someone is not sure if they are spelling a word incorrectly; in that case, they use "(sp?)"
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