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Reply Sat 11 Sep, 2004 11:08 pm
http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2004/09/10-ivan-fla.jpg

Have you noticed the spelling "CHARley" in the image?

I wonder if it is a misspelling? Or it is done deliberately?
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brimstone
 
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Reply Sun 12 Sep, 2004 12:59 am
It is probably done deliberately or it is a person's name, and is spelt that way. Charlie has many different variations of spelling, ie Charlie, Charley, Charli, Charliey, etc...
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oristarA
 
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Reply Sun 12 Sep, 2004 01:44 am
Sorry. I wonder if you've learned that Charley is the name of a hurricane that hit Florida badly?
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sun 12 Sep, 2004 01:56 am
Looks like the lettering, at least, is by someone who knows no better!
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panzade
 
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Reply Sun 12 Sep, 2004 01:57 am
The hurricane names alternate between male and female. Charley was the spelling for that particular hurricane.
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Mister Micawber
 
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Reply Sun 12 Sep, 2004 02:42 am
If you are asking about the mixture of upper case and lower case letters,Oristar, it is not uncommon in very informal writing like this. In fact, some native English writers have the habit of doing so whenever they print rather than using script-- it's a matter of idiosyncrasy. I do also, when I am scrawling memos, for instance. I did not have a strict penmanship course in school-- we do not use ideograms, of course, so there is seldom much importance attached to how beautifully one handwrites, as long as it is legible.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Sun 12 Sep, 2004 08:58 am
Hmm, a matter of idiosyncrasy!

Thank you all!
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