I actually looked it up before making this post, because any time someone uses either version of the word, this comes up in the comments. Apparently both “sike” and “psych” are considered correct, although it seems like “sike” is more commonly used, so I went with that one.
Oh c’mon, we had a whole show, a very good one, that should have taught everyone how to spell PSYCH! correctly. I sentence you to go watch it, all of it, including the movies.
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The show is clever and so is its name, which is indeed a pun playing on psych(ic)/psych (out). The bravado of calling your fake psychic agency “fooled you!” is perfectly in character for Sean.
It’s not reallya misspelling. It’s an alternate spelling for a different form of the word. A word that started colloquially. Either way, several words have multiple accepted spellings even outside of regional stuff like color/colour. Pallet and palette are two normal spellings of that word with different main meanings but nigh equivalent over-all meanings, for example. I know I’ve ran in to many more, but the brain’s still starting up…
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pal·let1
noun
a straw mattress.
a crude or makeshift bed.
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Similar-sounding words
pallet is sometimes confused with palette
I actually looked it up before making this post, because any time someone uses either version of the word, this comes up in the comments. Apparently both “sike” and “psych” are considered correct, although it seems like “sike” is more commonly used, so I went with that one.
Psych makes more sense from an etymology perspective, but more people seem to use sike.
Totally agree
Not surprised that most people are of average intelligence or lower
Oh c’mon, we had a whole show, a very good one, that should have taught everyone how to spell PSYCH! correctly. I sentence you to go watch it, all of it, including the movies. 🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍
The show name is a pun…
The show is clever and so is its name, which is indeed a pun playing on psych(ic)/psych (out). The bravado of calling your fake psychic agency “fooled you!” is perfectly in character for Sean.
I hate it when the misspelling has such a large uptake.
It’s not reallya misspelling. It’s an alternate spelling for a different form of the word. A word that started colloquially. Either way, several words have multiple accepted spellings even outside of regional stuff like color/colour. Pallet and palette are two normal spellings of that word with different main meanings but nigh equivalent over-all meanings, for example. I know I’ve ran in to many more, but the brain’s still starting up…
Pallet and palette are homophones, but the different words have distinctly different meanings.
The problem is the pervasive proliferation of improper phrasing
Wrong. Look up the definitions. They literally reference each other as same.
Nope.
Citing a reference is a nice palate cleanser.