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‪Good ideas here. Better writing would be less distracting. Light does not have eyes with which to peek, but it can leak through a crack And peek is spelled wi

‪Good ideas here. Better writing would be less distracting. Light does not have eyes with which to peek, but it can leak through a crack And peek is spelled with 2 Es, as in “to peek through a crack in a wall” not peak, as in the top of a mountain.‬ “There seem to be cracks in the Great Stagnation and light is peaking through on the other end.”

rjknight 6y ago
Wiktionary gives a definition of "To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place"[1], which seems to be the sense it was used in here. That said, Merriam-Webster and the OED do not include that definition, so perhaps it is non-standard. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peek https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peek
- mattmanser 6y ago
  You've linked to peeked not peaked, which was the GP's point. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/peak https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/peak For other readers, wikitionary does not make any such claim about 'peaked'. The only definition it contains is this: "Having a peak or peaks" https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/peaked https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/peaked
  - rjknight 6y ago
    My understanding of the GP's post was they believed that: a) "peak" was a typo or mis-spelling, and the intended word was "peek", and b) that "peek" is incorrect anyway. The link was intended to show that there is a definition of "peek" which would make sense. I think that "peak" is a typo, as it is common enough to be the subject of jokes. [1][2] [1] https://theoatmeal.com/comics/sneak_peek https://theoatmeal.com/comics/sneak_peek [2] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/finally-a-useful-twitter-bot-it-corrects-people-who-write-sneak-peak/250873/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/final...
jjgreen 6y ago
It's a grim sentence for sure, but one might have a mountain peaking through the clouds, or a whale peaking through the waves in the correct sense (its peak passes through ...).
permo-w 6y ago
It’s spelt wrong, but light doesn’t need eyes to peek. It’s a metaphor. Using a metaphor is not bad writing. Also, why does it matter? If you know what he’s saying, why complain?

rjknight 6y ago

Wiktionary gives a definition of "To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place"[1], which seems to be the sense it was used in here. That said, Merriam-Webster and the OED do not include that definition, so perhaps it is non-standard. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peek https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peek

mattmanser 6y ago
You've linked to peeked not peaked, which was the GP's point. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/peak https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/peak For other readers, wikitionary does not make any such claim about 'peaked'. The only definition it contains is this: "Having a peak or peaks" https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/peaked https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/peaked
- rjknight 6y ago
  My understanding of the GP's post was they believed that: a) "peak" was a typo or mis-spelling, and the intended word was "peek", and b) that "peek" is incorrect anyway. The link was intended to show that there is a definition of "peek" which would make sense. I think that "peak" is a typo, as it is common enough to be the subject of jokes. [1][2] [1] https://theoatmeal.com/comics/sneak_peek https://theoatmeal.com/comics/sneak_peek [2] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/finally-a-useful-twitter-bot-it-corrects-people-who-write-sneak-peak/250873/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/final...

jjgreen 6y ago

It's a grim sentence for sure, but one might have a mountain peaking through the clouds, or a whale peaking through the waves in the correct sense (its peak passes through ...).

permo-w 6y ago

It’s spelt wrong, but light doesn’t need eyes to peek. It’s a metaphor. Using a metaphor is not bad writing. Also, why does it matter? If you know what he’s saying, why complain?