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Why would you put a "(sic)" [sic] in your own comment?
by prdonahue 9y ago
Why would you put a "(sic)" [sic] in your own comment?
- aaronbrethorst 9y agoI think "crappybird" is being ironic and making some sort of meta-comment about how Android may be free-as-in-beer, and somewhat free-as-in-speech, but it isn't really free because REASON GOES HERE.
- pavlov 9y agoIt's not uncommon to use "sic" as a sort of irony punctuation mark.
- prdonahue 9y agoInteresting. I've always known "sic" by it's canonical usage: to point out an error in someone else's quotation (perhaps with some sneer). Wikipedia actually shows this newer usage of it. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic#.22Ironic_use.22_of_sic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic#.22Ironic_use.22_of_sic: "Ironic use" of sic[edit] Occasionally a writer places [sic] after his or her own words, to indicate that the language has been chosen deliberately for special effect, especially where the writer's ironic meaning may otherwise be unclear.[18] Bryan A. Garner dubbed this use of sic "ironic", providing the following example from Fred Rodell's 1955 book Nine Men:[2] [I]n 1951, it was the blessing bestowed on Judge Harold Medina's prosecution [sic] of the eleven so-called 'top native Communists,' which blessing meant giving the Smith Act the judicial nod of constitutionality.
- SomeStupidPoint 9y agoI think the implication is that "free" is being quoted from elsewhere and the author doesn't necessarily agree that it is without cost just because such cost is not denominated in dollars.