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dwightfry
03-23-2004, 03:59 PM
What does [sic] mean. It's appeared in a book I'm reading several times.
Skillian
03-23-2004, 04:11 PM
It means a mistake that is meant to be there.

For example, if a book was quoting George Bush it might read: George Bush said "They misunderestimate [sic] me".
Sid Hartha
03-23-2004, 04:12 PM
Originally posted by Skillian@23 March 2004 - 16:11
It means a mistake that is meant to be there.

For example, if a book was quoting George Bush it might read: George Bush said "They misunderestimate [sic] me".
:lol: :lol: :lol: great example.

I think I'll start using [sic] when I qoute [sic] people in posts.





A lot! :lol:
dwightfry
03-23-2004, 04:13 PM
thanks :)
imported_GS1969
03-23-2004, 04:17 PM
Not really, [sic] means "as it origianlly appeared", or "in the source's own words". You will see it when someone says something politically incorrect like "Mankind", using "him" instead of "him/her" and other feminist crap like that. It sort of means, "can you believe the guy actually said that, it's not how I would say it because I'm much too sensitve to that sort of thing."

Straight from the horses mouth.

now get me some nachos bitch[sic]
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