Typo in forum title

[victorche]

Intrepid Ibex Testing and Discusssion

Is there any reason to have 3 "SSS" in the sub forum title?
Or my English is too bad?

I always thought this word is with 2 "S".

PS: Maybe this is not the correct place for this topic. Sorry if I am wrong.

[Joeb454]

You're correct, it should have 2 'S' in it

[ronacc]

whoever wrote the title spells as baddly as I do.

[Game_boy]

You're absolutely right, although it is interesting that a non-native speaker would be the first to notice it...

[cpetercarter]

No - non-native speakers look at English with very critical eyes. I run a website for people who are learning English and I have lost count of the number of times a reader/listener has e-mailed me to point out an error of spelling or grammar which I had overlooked, or even been unaware of (eg did you know it was "minuscule" and not "miniscule"?)

There are lots of German words with three consecutive identical letters (eg "Schifffahrt"), and one or two place names in English ("Invernessshire").

[ronacc]

interesting yes supriseing no . A nonnative speaker looks more carefully at the words, a native speaker just reads them .

[qamelian]

(eg did you know it was "minuscule" and not "miniscule"?)

Actually, if you check the dictionary, both spellings are acceptable.

See here: http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/spell/mini.html

[cpetercarter]

The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary says of "miniscule" that it is a common spelling of "minuscule" which is not correct. (see http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...0795&dict=CALD). And unfortunately I have a link to this dictionary from my website, so my readers/listeners found it, damn them!

[rogerdean]

Peter, Inverness-shire is definitely hyphenated... Does this still count?

[qamelian]

The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary says of "miniscule" that it is a common spelling of "minuscule" which is not correct. (see http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...0795&dict=CALD). And unfortunately I have a link to this dictionary from my website, so my readers/listeners found it, damn them!

Well, several dictionaries disagree. The spelling "miniscule" has been an accepted spelling for over 100 years.