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"rouge" means red "rogue" means rascal
by skyyler 2y ago
"rouge" means red
"rogue" means rascal
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- itishappy 2y agoIn context, both kinda work.
- selimthegrim 2y agoI guess KMT had red on its flag, but definitely wasn’t communist
- jagged-chisel 2y agoSometimes, we know just the word we want. And we know how to spell it. But we fat-finger it. Or our fingers trip. Or our brains just get the finger-tapping order a bit off. None of these things requires an education in using the incorrect word. “Irregardless”? Give ‘em what for! Their/there/they’re? A nice reminder. Swapped a couple letters is a plausible explanation? A simple correct spelling followed with a * would suffice. rogue*
- skyyler 2y agoYeah I wasn't trying to be insulting or anything. It's a common mistake and I haven't seen a clever mnemonic for it yet.
- MikeTheGreat 2y agoHow about: Rouge is red, you rascally rogue! No, no - don't bother, I'll see myself out :)
- ahartmetz 2y agoWould hearing them pronounced properly help? The only thing that sounds similar is the first letter.
- saberience 2y agoJesus, you realize people just mistype things sometimes? It really annoys me when people feel like they have to come in and correct others this way, it's so condescending.
- grotorea 2y agoThis specific one is so common, are people actually mistyping or getting autocompleted? flashbacks to Rouge One
- zuminator 2y agoPersonally, I'm grateful to be corrected on a casual and anonymous forum if it saves me from making the same mistake on a formal document, condescension notwithstanding. My response to grammar cops is either, "Thank you!" if it was due to my ignorance, or "Oops, damned autocorrect/typo/ brain fart," if a lack of attention was at fault.
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- booleandilemma 2y agoAnd the worst are those people that make people feel bad for correcting spelling mistakes!
- account42 2y agoThere are also many people that continue to make easily correctable mistakes because they don't know any better.