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A really mean prank you can play on someone who's picky about words is to add a 'definitely->definitively' autocorrect rule to their keyboard.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I got all the way to the bottom before realizing they were spelled differently

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Differently or differantely?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

"If you put an A in 'definitely,' then you're definitely an A-hole." https://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago