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Confusing skeptic and sceptic will never not be funny to me (edit: I now live in shame)

• mkl 4mo ago
  Then I think you are the confused one, as they mean the same thing but one is US and one is UK+NZ+etc.: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sceptic#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sceptic#English
• llm_nerd 4mo ago
  How do you mean? Guy was born and raised in New Zealand and is using British spelling. There is nothing confused or confusing about this.
• forinti 4mo ago
  Sceptic is the UK spelling of skeptic. Maybe you've confused it with septic?
• cestith 4mo ago
  I think you’re reading “sceptic” as “septic”. They are not the same word.
• nkrisc 4mo ago
  About as funny as “confusing” color and colour. Which is to say: not very. Skeptic and sceptic are pronounced identically, because they are just different spelling of the same word.
• ajd555 4mo ago
  Damn it - well, I'll never live this one down, I'll learn to shut up next time
  • throw4847285 4mo ago
    Nah, as long as you're good a sport about it, it's all good. In fact, it's refreshing to have someone make a mistake like that so confidently, and then own up to it immediately.
  • forinti 4mo ago
    It shows good character to own your mistakes.
  • davenz 4mo ago
    Author here. I think this was my favourite (and favorite) thread. I chuckled. I'm also pretty sure I could find ways to weave "septic" into a post about AI.
• NiloCK 4mo ago
  Sure, live in shame, but don't let go of the humor in it all :)
  • ajd555 4mo ago
    I did get quite a laugh when the comments made me realize what an asshat I was