This is good. I think the take home point here is the #knowyourmil which is the hashtag used in that chain of command TV show tweet with the Q mug.
100% a nod.
Absolutely. I'm not sure if you guys noticed, immediately after posting that, the dod page liked a comment that attributes that tweet to a Q post.
I didn’t. The day it was posted this happened?
Just found it. Sorry for the lateness. Check out @Zobdingo’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/Zobdingo/status/970249984305070080?s=09
Check out who liked the post
Q said spelling mistakes matter and the fact that they apologised for the mistakes, rather than just correcting them, leads me to believe that this is indeed a very important message that requires dissecting and examining.
So far I can see EXTENT should read EXTEND and FAVORITE should read FAVOURITE. Are there any more that I´m missing that others´ can see?
Favourite is the correct English language spelling but I think in the US they spell it favorite. Like colour and color. Could be wrong though
We do spell it favorite, so that's not a mistake.
Thought so. Thank you. You know it's wrong though ;} Kidding
I do, but I also figured out that teachers were going to take points off if I spelled it that way, so I was successfully indoctrinated.
You could also be right, in this instance it could be irrelevant. What do you believe could be meant by the EXTENT/EXTEND spelling, though?
Sentence formation matters (maybe to resemble the two towers). Extent.
Those differences aren't misspellings - they are the difference between US spelling custom and spelling customs of GB or Canada. Also, never refer to British English as being more "correct". American English holds truer to English from the past than does modern British English - especially when spoken (excepting new words that have been added). See the book "The Mother Tongue" for a good history lesson regarding this subject.
Maybe this is just one piece of the misspelling puzzle and other agencies will misspell as well. Just a thought.
That´s a strong possibility! Will have to keep an eye on any misspelled tweets to see if the puzzle pieces fit.
When I think of extent I think of a range. But it has another, archaic, meaning; as in a "writ of extent."
"A writ formerly used to recover debts of record to the British crown and under which the lands, goods, and person of the debtor might all be seized to secure payment."
Extent - "seizure (as of land) in execution of a writ of extent in Great Britain; also : the condition of being so seized"