Lingua Franca

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5.15.2009

Preview of coming annoyances

I believe I've stumbled across a trend: it's the misspelling of "sneak peek." Everywhere I look people are spelling it "sneak peak." I would love to find a legitimate explanation for it but there just isn't one. People can't spell, or don't understand how rhyming works, or how homophones work, or some combination of the three.

Or, least likely, they think it's an idiomatic expression about stealthy mountains. I think I'd prefer to believe that.
Posted by Amanda

3 comments:

  1. AlekseiMay 15, 2009 at 1:33 PM

    homophones are tricky. you have to make sure to wind them.

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  2. BarryMay 16, 2009 at 10:13 AM

    Plane crashed into sneak peak. There were no survivors.

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  3. AlexisMay 27, 2009 at 11:09 PM

    I really think this is being perpetrated by the same people who think "hear, hear!" is actually "here, here!" As in, "Here, here! I've found the sneak peak!"

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