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Grojlach · 06-15-2003, 02:47 PM

While we're on the subject of nitpicking, is "consciencious" even a word? I thought it was spelled "conscientious", and I'm just wondering why someone would even bother using big words when they don't know how to spell them correctly. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

My dictionary denies the correctness or even the existence of "consciencious", but when I perform a google-search on the word, I actually still get 14,800 (!) results. Is it just spelled differently in the US then, or is it really that often mis-spelled, relatively speaking?

[ 06-15-2003, 02:49 PM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]

06-15-2003, 02:47 PM	#12
Grojlach Zartan Join Date: May 2, 2001 Location: Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum Age: 44 Posts: 5,281	While we're on the subject of nitpicking, is "consciencious" even a word? I thought it was spelled "conscientious", and I'm just wondering why someone would even bother using big words when they don't know how to spell them correctly. [img]tongue.gif[/img] My dictionary denies the correctness or even the existence of "consciencious", but when I perform a google-search on the word, I actually still get 14,800 (!) results. Is it just spelled differently in the US then, or is it really that often mis-spelled, relatively speaking? [ 06-15-2003, 02:49 PM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]