Why would a dictionary not have the word orka, rarefied in it?
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April 24th, 2017
It’s one of those major (in the top 5) dictionaries, (paper not online) from a decade or so ago. So, why wouldn’t it have those words?
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Are you talking about ORCA Killer whales.
I find rarefied every where I look in dictionaries!
It is spelled Orca – - @flo.
OK, but what is a rarefied orca?
@flo
That video was posted by a Dutch. They, correctly, spell it Orka.
Rarified, in this case, might mean a old, rare spelling of “orca.”
Flip side of the coin. Years ago I noticed I had spelled a few words incorrectly in a document but my dictionary did not flag it.
Upon investigation I discovered my then 7 year old was adding words the spell checker had flagged because he “knew” his spelling was correct and they were wrong! Oy!
Reminds me of that Microsoft? chat AI that they trained using the internet.
The web raised it to be a vile Neonazi.
Yup @flo sounds like @LuckyGuy ‘s son was correcting the spellcheck.
@ragingloli You’re right, I see that a lot of the other images I clicked are not from English speaking countries.
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