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ohnhai Member (Idle past 5162 days) Posts: 649 From: Melbourne, Australia Joined: |
Baring my ignorance here.
What is sic (sic) ?
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Dr Jack Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: Member Rating: 8.7 |
Sic - Wikipedia
I was told (wrongly) it means 'spelling is correct', it is used to indicate that where you have quoted someone you have done so correctly even though what they have written is arse.
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Funkaloyd Inactive Member |
It's great that you asked; I'm normally too embarrassed to ask people to explain terms which I'm not familiar with, and have ended up totally not understanding whole conversations because of a single word.
This message has been edited by Funkaloyd, Mon, 14-Nov-2005 11:51 PM
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
I don't understand this. You are sitting behind a computer that's hooked-up to the internet, the greatest repository of knowledge mankind has ever had in its entire history.
Why can't you simply look things up?
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ohnhai Member (Idle past 5162 days) Posts: 649 From: Melbourne, Australia Joined: |
Because that only enlightens me. I didn’t know. I’m sure there are others lurking who didn’t want to ask (and also didn’t think to Google it ( so shoot me)) So I asked and got a reply ( in the coffee house too) and now all those here that didn’t know do and knowledge is spread.
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Annafan Member (Idle past 4579 days) Posts: 418 From: Belgium Joined: |
I don't understand this. You are sitting behind a computer that's hooked-up to the internet, the greatest repository of knowledge mankind has ever had in its entire history. Why can't you simply look things up? But you're doing it yourself! You could have gone here instead: Why people dont lookup things - Wikipedia
The main reasons why people don't look up some things on the Internet are:
- they are Internet-newbies- they are too dumb - they are too lazy - they have no time - they want to appear dumb or lazy or in shortage of time - they are desperately looking for social contact
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ohnhai Member (Idle past 5162 days) Posts: 649 From: Melbourne, Australia Joined: |
Or they simply don’t think to when they are in an online community of people they respect who use the phrase in question frequently . .
so I it could be argued I DID use the internet to get the answer.
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
Annafan writes: But you're doing it yourself! Well, I guess I had no time then. (I refuse to admit that any of the other reasons apply.) P.S. And because I am not lazy, I clicked on your link. You are wicked, Annafan. This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 14-Nov-2005 12:23 PM
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
ohnhai writes: so I it could be argued I DID use the internet to get the answer. Very clever, ohnhai.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
What is sic (sic) ? It's the mark of a pendantic person with little else to say. curious which post here got you asking that (bet I know who) This message has been edited by RAZD, 11*14*2005 07:32 AM by our ability to understand RebelAAmerican.Zen[Deist
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
It would indeed be "wonderful to hear" who it was.
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ohnhai Member (Idle past 5162 days) Posts: 649 From: Melbourne, Australia Joined: |
seriously I'm not getting into that.
All I willsay is Ive seen it frequently in the last few weeks and had to ask.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
one could do a search on "(sic)" and skip over the results that lead to this topic ... or try wikipedia?
but I know one sad old man that uses it profusely ... by our ability to understand RebelAAmerican.Zen[Deist
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mikehager Member (Idle past 6467 days) Posts: 534 Joined: |
Way back when in Latin class I was told that it is short for a phrase (the entirety of which escapes me) which is translated as "Thus in the original".
Much like the notation "i.e" represents "id est" meaning "that is". Both of the above are dependent on my memory be accurate, which is chancy at best.
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