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Friendly note: It's piqued, not peaked. Used to make the same mistake myself. Pique means: "stimulate (interest or curiosity)." To say that your interest pea
by fpgaminer 13y ago
Friendly note: It's piqued, not peaked. Used to make the same mistake myself. Pique means: "stimulate (interest or curiosity)."
To say that your interest peaked, means the article went down hill from that point on :P
And yeah, I read that joke in one of Ze Frank's voices: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFzz6EZmkq8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFzz6EZmkq8)
- thoughtpalette 13y agoAh, Thanks for the enlightenment! :}
- sliverstorm 13y agoThere needs to be some kind of corrective list. "Commonly misspelled words online". I've noticed increasing prevalence of certain misspellings on the internet, and I fear they will reach critical mass and start building momentum. - wreak/wreck - weary/wary - piqued/peaked
- beans 13y agoYou may enjoy Paul Brians Common Errors in English Usage http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
- sliverstorm 13y agoOh my god, I imagined it and it exists! Today is a good day.
- philwelch 13y agoMy favorite is "wreckless", as in "wreckless driving". One should hope that all driving is wreckless.