Talk:2871: Definitely

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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. RIIW - Ponder it (talk) 09:08, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Seems intentional; it would be less funny if the typos were more obvious?
ProphetZarquon (talk) 13:40, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

I have defiantly left this typo as-is, on purpose, before. ProphetZarquon (talk) 13:40, 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. ;) 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. 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.)172.70.174.134 17:55, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Definitely. ... Maybe?
No, definitely. Please do.
ProphetZarquon (talk) 17:21, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

All options definotly accounted for. 172.70.211.187 18:36, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Randall misspelled leopard in the title text. 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
ProphetZarquon (talk) 17:19, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Diffinatley TenGolf MathHacker (talk) 17:47, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

a coin will defineatly land on heads Squishmallow fan (talk) 14:32, 9 February 2024 (UTC)