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by **sleightlycrazy** » Feb 5th, '07, 02:51

While reading several posts, I noticed something amusing.

Magicians misspell slight. More often than not (IMO -In My Observation) people on TM spell slight as "sleight". The origin of this habit is obvious, but it's still almost funny.

I'm not sure where this belongs- Misc. or Dove's Head.

by **moodini** » Feb 5th, '07, 03:14

TaR wrote:......Magicians misspell slight. More often than not (IMO -In My Observation) people on TM spell slight as "sleight". The origin of this habit is obvious, but it's still almost funny......

I always assumed that "slight" and "sleight" were completely different meanings?

by **sleightlycrazy** » Feb 5th, '07, 05:21

Slight means small or minimal. Sleight means deception. or act of deceiving- I think.

by **David The Cryptic** » Feb 5th, '07, 05:27

its not like we are english majors. i actually dont like english.
but alot of things are mis-spelled, as long as its not just down right horrible, we can deal with it.

by **Tomo** » Feb 5th, '07, 11:19

TaR wrote:Slight means small or minimal. Sleight means deception. or act of deceiving- I think.

You're right. Slight means small or insignificant (he was a slightly built man), whereas sleight is a skilled deception as per yer actual magic.

by **Mandrake** » Feb 5th, '07, 13:19

There are several other words regularly mis-spelled, perhaps we could start our own Dictionary/Thesaurus?

by **JackWright** » Feb 5th, '07, 19:34

or just buy one... ?

Mention of the dictionary reminds me of when I memorised the Oxford English dictionary 2 years ago. I got so much greif from my friends over that one . . . :roll:

by **Tomo** » Feb 5th, '07, 19:41

JackWright wrote:or just buy one... ?

Mention of the dictionary reminds me of when I memorised the Oxford English dictionary 2 years ago. I got so much greif from my friends over that one . . .

I swallowed a calculator once... but I worked it out with a pencil :mrgreen:

by **Mandrake** » Feb 5th, '07, 21:29

I used to have a pocket calculator but now I know how many pockets I have I don't need it any more....

JackWright wrote:or just buy one... ?

What I meant was one purely for magic terms, the correct spellings and perhaps a broad cross section of meanings. It could be difficult when we get to things like a D/L, ID, IT, ITR or TT

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by **sleightlycrazy** » Feb 5th, '07, 23:40

I wasn't criticizing magicians or anything. I just thought it was funny...

by **the_mog** » Feb 6th, '07, 10:43

TaR wrote:I wasn't criticizing magicians or anything. I just thought it was funny...

but the thing is... the people who write "sleight" are actually correct.

they are 2 different words so theres no real comparison between them. its like comparing "tea" and "tee" both mean different things but have a similar sound when speaking them

by **Tomo** » Feb 6th, '07, 10:58

the_mog wrote:but the thing is... the people who write "sleight" are actually correct.

they are 2 different words so theres no real comparison between them. its like comparing "tea" and "tee" both mean different things but have a similar sound when speaking them

That's yer actual homophone. No, it's not a gay mobile!

by **the_mog** » Feb 6th, '07, 11:04

Tomo wrote:
the_mog wrote:but the thing is... the people who write "sleight" are actually correct.

they are 2 different words so theres no real comparison between them. its like comparing "tea" and "tee" both mean different things but have a similar sound when speaking them

That's yer actual homophone. No, it's not a gay mobile!

THATS the word i was looking for!...hehe

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