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D'oh!
I just realized this morning (thanks to Bret) that, all my life, I've spelled the word "gauge" incorrectly. I've always spelled it "guage," and I can't imagine how I never noticed that it wasn't correct before. I mean, the abbreviation for "gauge," when referring to shotgun shells or wire thickness, is "ga." It should have been obvious. I did a search of the archives on this site, and came up with 10 matches for the misspelled version of the word, but no matches for the correct version. I've always considered myself to be excellent at spelling and grammar (well, excellent for a Carbon High School graduate), but this has just shattered my self-image. Well, not really, but it's wierd to find out that I've been making a simple mistake like that for so long without realizing it.
Posted by on Friday 03/07/2003 at 09:33 PM
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It's interesting that in a post about spelling, you spelled "weird" wrong.
Posted by: Kevin at March 7, 2003 11:37 PM
Haha...how stupid of me. Or, rather, how drunk of me. =)
Posted by: Dennis at March 7, 2003 11:40 PM
I'ts not you whos stupid, its the English language. Speaking such an eclectic language, besides being annoying as hell, slows our brains.
Posted by: jasinner at March 8, 2003 02:13 AM
How is that I'm getting credit for this? I don't remember using the word gauge.
Posted by: Bret at March 14, 2003 05:55 PM
You misspelled it "gage" in one of your recent posts, and for some reason, that got me looking at the way I spelled it...
Posted by: Dennis at March 14, 2003 06:28 PM
Apparently I'm not the only one who spells it that way, though--a Google search comes up with 377,000 results.
Posted by: Dennis at March 14, 2003 06:34 PM
Dictionary.com says that it can be either gage or gauge. I don't think I've ever noticed a 'u' in that word before. Seems like cheating at Scrabble. :)
Posted by: Bret at March 16, 2003 09:03 AM
Damnit! That means I was spelling it doubly wrong! :(
Posted by: Dennis at March 16, 2003 12:26 PM
OK, now this is fun. Are you sure its 'damnit' and not dammit?
Posted by: Bret at March 17, 2003 02:17 PM
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