Earlier today, after receiving a much-anticipated package, I posted a little post with a photo with the caption: Adam: 1, Snowicane: 0. I put little effort into the post and, for “snowicane,” just combined the word snow with hurricane. Easy. But just a bit ago, while reading Gothamist, I noticed a different spelling: Snowacane (emphasis added). Concerned I somehow muffed the spelling I turned to Google to see which was more correct. Snowicane:
Snowacane:
Obviously, this is a pressing matter. Judging by Google results alone, I’d guess I’m correct, and being the nerd that I am, this matters. And when have Google search results ever been wrong? (Ed. not: Seriously, there are more than 2 million links for that search!) But here’s my question: How the frig did someone decide to use the letter “a” rather than “i”? “Snowicane” is a combination of “snow” and “hurricane,” not “hurracane,” right? How did a newspaper editor let that spelling slip by? Have I been spelling hurricane wrong my entire life? Is Firefox’s spell check lying to me now? Do I have too much time free time on my hands? You know what? Don’t answer that last one.
February 25 2010, 7:16pm | Original Link »
