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Regrettably for someone who has mild dyslexia, and with it in All Caps, I have difficulty seeing the subtleties of the spellings. [[User:RIIW - Ponder it|RIIW - Ponder it]] ([[User talk:RIIW - Ponder it|talk]]) 09:08, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 
Regrettably for someone who has mild dyslexia, and with it in All Caps, I have difficulty seeing the subtleties of the spellings. [[User:RIIW - Ponder it|RIIW - Ponder it]] ([[User talk:RIIW - Ponder it|talk]]) 09:08, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 
:Seems intentional; it would be less funny if the typos were more obvious?   
 
:Seems intentional; it would be less funny if the typos were more obvious?   
:[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 13:40, 23 December 2023 (UTC)  
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:[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 13:39, 23 December 2023 (UTC)  
  
I have defiantly left this typo as-is, on purpose, before.    
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I have defiantly left this typo as-is, on purpose, before   
[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 13:40, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
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[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 13:39, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 
 
I buffed up the Explanation (basically replaced it, the editor-suggestions for 'other not-wrong-honest spellings' didn't fit. Maybe I should transplant that down here as a game for us all to play 'aside' from any Explain). Some phrasing or language I can see being ripe for going under the scalpel/wrecking-ball of the next editor to arrive here, but I think it's a decent framework that covers most of the points. Just the one thing I nearly added, but left off, was actually going into the various Word-Meaning pairs. I can imagine why some of the Meanings are used (seem to have a sense that aligns with the letter-jumble that makes the Word wrong), but not enough to do a full table about it (as an obvious attempt at over-analysis). But if anyone else has a yen to do so then... Just remember that I thought of it first. ;) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.59|141.101.99.59]] 16:14, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 
: You beat me to it. I was unable to ascertain any way to link clues in the misspellings to the meanings assigned to them, and I think that the meanings were haphazardly, even absurdly, assigned. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.248|162.158.186.248]] 16:28, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 
Not sure whether or not this merits a table, but I think the apparent reference to the 2008 film "Definitely, Maybe" is worth mentioning, at least. (I probably put it in an awkward spot, though.)[[Special:Contributions/172.70.174.134|172.70.174.134]] 17:55, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 
:Definitely. ... Maybe? 
 
:No, definitely. Please do. 
 
:[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 17:21, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 
 
 
All options definotly accounted for. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.211.187|172.70.211.187]] 18:36, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 
 
 
Randall misspelled leopard in the title text. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.202.7|162.158.202.7]] 23:23, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 
:I'm in the cat right now, but when I get home I'll shove the car off my leopard & see about getting a correction 
 
:[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 17:19, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 
 
 
Diffinatley [[User:TenGolf MathHacker|TenGolf MathHacker]] ([[User talk:TenGolf MathHacker|talk]]) 17:47, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 
 
 
a coin will defineatly land on heads [[User:Squishmallow fan|Squishmallow fan]] ([[User talk:Squishmallow fan|talk]]) 14:32, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 

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