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I get the sense that it's not a mispelling in the sense that Ariadne doesn't know how kerfuffle is spelled. Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I also thi
by roflc0ptic 5y ago
I get the sense that it's not a mispelling in the sense that Ariadne doesn't know how kerfuffle is spelled. Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I also think that the comparison to Ariadne's bunny plushie - i.e. a fluffy thing - is related. Kerfluffle can be read as a portmanteau of kerfuffle and fluffy - a kerfuffle caused by Lee's need for a soft, fluffy thing to protect his ego. Dunno. Deep exegesis that could be entirely off base - maybe it's just a typo.
- senkora 5y agoKerfluffle is the way I say and spell the word. Wiktionary lists it as a variant: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/kerfluffle https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/kerfluffle
- roflc0ptic 5y agoOh, cool. Kerfluffle is so much cuter.
- chrisseaton 5y agoWhen you look at the etymology that's clearly a misspelling that has stuck somehow.
- gbear605 5y agoLots of modern English words arose from misspellings (and mishearings) - if one becomes popular, it becomes an English word. That’s how languages evolve, otherwise we’d still be speaking Proto-Indo-European.
- andrewzah 5y agoPlenty of words are like that. "Apron" was originally "napron" but due to confusion from "a napron" sounding like "an apron" it changed that way. I personally have always said "kerfluffle", not kerfuffle.
- shkkmo 5y agoKerfluffle is a misspelling that has yet to be "standardized", which is why you will only find that misspelling in crowd sourced dictonaries where people have added definitions to justify their misspelling.