Why can no-one spell liscensce?

[laissez-faire]

Seriously guys - it's liscensce. There is two S's in licence yet people stick them in all over the place... so often I see the American 'license' written here or some muppets even write 'liscense' or some horrible version.

who the hell has been playing with my posts? meh?

 

[Reeve]

All of the ways which you have listed above still read like licence when you read them so i dont see what the big deal is, it only becomes a problem when you cant figure out what the person means. Theres much bigger grammar/spelling mistakes going on here anyway and aslong as its readable i cant really say i care.

I would be guilty of spelling it the american way but i have never used that word on these forums

 

[Mat]

lais·sez faire

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eɪ ˈfɛər; Fr. lɛ

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2.the practice or doctrine of noninterference in the affairs of others, esp. with reference to individual conduct or freedom of action.


Thats not really very you, is it.

 

[Bakedgoods]

Why don't you go slate people for struggling with their spelling in the real world? It's awfully mature of you.

 

[Andelusion]

lol You spend loads on shopping lol

 

[platypus]

Spelling on these here forums isn't particularly great.

 

[Mulder]

Just do what I do - feel a quiet sense of satisfaction and superiority every time you see spelling mistakes.

 

[Joebob]

Licence and License are both used in the English language and have ever so slightly different meanings.

licence
noun
1 [C] an official document which gives you permission to own, do or use something, usually after you have paid money and/or taken a test:
a dog licence
a UK driving licence/US driver's license
a TV licence

2 [S or U] FORMAL permission or freedom to do what you want:
As parents, they allowed their children very little licence.
[+ to infinitive] He was given licence to reform the organization.

3 artistic/poetic licence the freedom of artists, writers etc. to change the facts of the real world when producing art

license
verb [T]
to give someone official permission to do or have something:
[+ to infinitive] Several companies have been licensed to sell these products.

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[Heofz]

Ownt

Plus if you're gonna start a thread about spelling nazism, you're just opening a can of worms there tbh...

imo, "your" instead of "you're" is far more common, and far more annoying.

I blame the excessive use of "u.r" in chat.

 

[Lysander]

As Joebob said, license and licence are two different things. Like practice and practise, or principle and principal.

 

[Nullvoid]

I can picture him searching frantically for a delete thread button

 

[div0]

Seriously guys - it's licence. There is no S in licence yet people stick them in all over the place... so often I see the American 'license' written here or some muppets even write 'liscense' or some horrible version.

Funnily enough I was just reading this thread earlier today...

If you go above 80mph you get an automatic court summons! You usually get 6 points on your license and if you are going above 90mph they can send you to JAIL.

/irony?

(edit: admittedly you were talking about speeding in America, but it doesn't reduce the comedy)

 

[Bakedgoods]

Hahahaha

 

[Luke]

 

[Mat]

Saved for posterity

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1.succeeding or future generations collectively

 

[PardonTheWait]

hahaha joey

 

[Heofz]

Gutted

 

[JohnnyG]

Ooops.

 

[Haircut]

I love the detectives in this place, you really can't get away with anything

 

[laissez-faire]

Funnily enough I was just reading this thread earlier today...



/irony?

(edit: admittedly you were talking about speeding in America, but it doesn't reduce the comedy)

That is an American 'drivers license' which is spelt license. I am perfectly aware that in Britain license is a verb and licence is a noun. People mix them up all the time and that is what annoys me. That doesn't detract from my post at all.