It's easy to make spelling errors, but sometimes the error makes a proper word and changes the meaning of the sentence. These often tend to amuse me (yes, I need to get a life).
Here are two that I found when reading one particular thread today.
The funniest one Dizzy related that I came across was when I was playing Meph's game last year (Heartland?) when I came across Dozy asking for his "stoties" - I was convinced that this was some kind of Scottish slang and spent ages researching the web to no avail. So in desperation, I just tried every object I had on him and the book worked, as it was meant to say "stories"!
I always thought it was spelled "sic" but I looked it up and both are correct. I first heard it used in the film "Stand by me" where the old guy tells his dog to "sic balls!", so there's a nice thought lol. The funniest one Dizzy related that I came across was when I was playing Meph's game last year (Heartland?) when I came across Dozy asking for his "stoties" - I was convinced that this was some kind of Scottish slang and spent ages researching the web to no avail. So in desperation, I just tried every object I had on him and the book worked, as it was meant to say "stories"!
Sick or Sic is just a derivation of 'seek them' historically used by dog owners when they wanted their dog to attack as in "Sic 'em boy", but like all phrases they develop over the years and get bastardised, but the general meaning is still the same. Of course, the word 'sic' when used with brackets around it, means something entirely different ...as I'm sure you understand. {dizzy}:lookup: