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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>spelling flame</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="spell.html" title="spell"/><link rel="next" href="spider.html" title="spider"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">spelling flame</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="spell.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="spider.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="spelling-flame"/><dt xmlns="" id="spelling-flame"><b>spelling flame</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet] A posting ostentatiously correcting a previous article's
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spelling as a way of casting scorn on the point the article was trying to
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make, instead of actually responding to that point (compare
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<a href="../D/dictionary-flame.html"><i class="glossterm">dictionary flame</i></a>). Of course, people who are more
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than usually slovenly spellers are prone to think <span class="emphasis"><em>any</em></span>
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correction is a spelling flame. It's an amusing comment on human nature
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that spelling flames themselves often contain spelling errors.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="spell.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="spider.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">spell </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> spider</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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