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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago
[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I actually looked it up before making this post, because any time someone uses either version of the word, this comes up in the comments. Apparently both "sike" and "psych" are considered correct, although it seems like "sike" is more commonly used, so I went with that one.

[-] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Psych makes more sense from an etymology perspective, but more people seem to use sike.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago
[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -5 points 2 months ago

Not surprised that most people are of average intelligence or lower

[-] Pretzilla@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

That's not what average means

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Median is an average.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

It is however how the human distribution is. There’s no upper limit on intelligence but there is a lower one.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Oh c'mon, we had a whole show, a very good one, that should have taught everyone how to spell PSYCH! correctly. I sentence you to go watch it, all of it, including the movies. 🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍

[-] ech@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago
[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

The show is clever and so is its name, which is indeed a pun playing on psych(ic)/psych (out). The bravado of calling your fake psychic agency "fooled you!" is perfectly in character for Sean.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I hate it when the misspelling has such a large uptake.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

It's not reallya misspelling. It's an alternate spelling for a different form of the word. A word that started colloquially. Either way, several words have multiple accepted spellings even outside of regional stuff like color/colour. Pallet and palette are two normal spellings of that word with different main meanings but nigh equivalent over-all meanings, for example. I know I've ran in to many more, but the brain's still starting up...

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Pallet and palette are homophones, but the different words have distinctly different meanings.

The problem is the pervasive proliferation of improper phrasing

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wrong. Look up the definitions. They literally reference each other as same.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nope.

Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more pal·let1 noun a straw mattress. a crude or makeshift bed. Tip Similar-sounding words pallet is sometimes confused with palette

[-] rezifon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Citing a reference is a nice palate cleanser.

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