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> an escape goat Autocorrect hall of famer, there.

• gchamonlive 8mo ago
  Scapegoat, got it. Can't blame the autocorrect though... I honestly thought it was spelled like that, which is a shame since I've been studying English my entire life as a second language.
  • _aavaa_ 8mo ago
    At least that misunderstanding didn’t cause a nuclear accident: https://practical.engineering/blog/2025/4/15/when-kitty-litter-caused-a-nuclear-catastrophe https://practical.engineering/blog/2025/4/15/when-kitty-litt...
    • gchamonlive 8mo ago
      Luckily these strayed goats weren't irradiated
  • ilikepi 8mo ago
    There's a name for this sort of phenomenon... https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/242/escape-goat/ https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/242/escape-goat/
    • toyg 8mo ago
      > one of two goats that was chosen by lot to be sent alive into the wilderness, the sins of the people having been symbolically laid upon it, while the other was appointed to be sacrificed Let me get this straight: in the Bible, the scapegoat does survive, while the "pure" goat that did nothing wrong gets killed? That's... messed up, even for a tribal rite.
  • lewispollard 8mo ago
    Etymologically speaking, "scapegoat" does mean "escaped goat" so it's not a crazy mistake to make.