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Chris -- 2018-04-11
You’d have to think that “no” was “know” to write it like that, wouldn’t you? Sub-literacy would be more likely to produce “I don’t no”
And yet a binging of “know wonder that” reveals a load of people doing just that. I can see that it might mean “Be very surprised”: “Know wonder our team has won”. What’s odd is that “No wonder our team has won” means “It isn’t surprising our team has won” The opposite.On the plain in Spain where it mainly rains.
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I’d say know way, JuanTwoThree. I have a friend who substitutes know for no regularly in written messages, and I’ve noted that I’ve started to make this sort of mistake myself as I plunge headlong into my dotage. Pat calls them WTF typos.
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Yeah, I call this one a WTF typo, too. Most of the time I speak hypothetically when I talk about WTFTs—I say something like, “I could imagine committing this one.” But I don’t have to imagine here—I’ve written “know” for “no” when taking quick notes many times.
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I’m sure you’re both write.
On the plain in Spain where it mainly rains.
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