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"catagolue"

Post by tommyaweosme » March 23rd, 2024, 6:28 pm

it says catagolue instead of catalogue. glad to be the first one to point out this typo.
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Re: "catagolue"

Post by confocaloid » March 23rd, 2024, 6:56 pm

tommyaweosme wrote: ↑
March 23rd, 2024, 6:28 pm
 it says catagolue instead of catalogue. glad to be the first one to point out this typo.
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Re: "catagolue"

Post by wirehead » March 23rd, 2024, 9:49 pm

tommyaweosme wrote: ↑
March 23rd, 2024, 6:28 pm
 it says catagolue instead of catalogue. glad to be the first one to point out this typo.
AFAICT it's an intentional misspelling - it's switched so it has the letters "GOL" in it -- for "Game of Life".
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Re: "Catagolue"

Post by b-engine » March 23rd, 2024, 10:12 pm

Catagolue is an intentional amalgam of "catalogue" and Goal (Game of Life), not a typo. See the wiki page for more info.
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Re: "catagolue"

Post by haaaaaands » March 24th, 2024, 12:32 am

catagolue, because catalogue for cgol
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Re: "catagolue"

Post by dvgrn » March 24th, 2024, 6:05 am

tommyaweosme wrote: ↑
March 23rd, 2024, 6:28 pm
 it says catagolue instead of catalogue. glad to be the first one to point out this typo.
... Heh, you're a long way from being the first. It's a rather subtle in-joke that often just escapes people's notice for a long time, just like a lot of people can read right past badly jumbled word centers as long as the first and last letters are correct.

The "catagolue" spelling has even been mistaken for a temporary April Fool's alteration.
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Re: "catagolue"

Post by tommyaweosme » March 24th, 2024, 10:39 am

ok thats good to know. i was using a text to speech engine and it said "catagolue" and it didnt sound quite right
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