[sic]

[shazzap]

[SIC] what does this mean/stand for. I have seen it in a lot of responses, whe people give their opinion, on news threads etc.

[Carole]

From the Free Dictionary:

Thus; so. Used to indicate that a quoted passage, especially one containing an error or unconventional spelling, has been retained in its original form or written intentionally.

[davem]

I'm pretty sure it is - "that was how it was written" or its supposed to be.... it is often used when you quote someone else .......

[shazzap]

Thank you both.

[Corrie 3]

I thought it was what you did when you had far too many on a Friday night....[sic] !!!!!

C3..............

[RecQuery]

I mainly use it when I'm quoting someone and they have spelt something wrong or when I purposely spell something incorrectly for whatever reason.

[shazzap]

I mainly use it when I'm quoting someone and they have spelt something wrong or when I purposely spell something incorrectly for whatever reason.

So are the letters abbreviations.

[RecQuery]

So are the letters abbreviations.

Yeah. It's short for 'sic erat scriptum' which is latin for 'thus was it written'.

[shazzap]

Yeah. It's short for 'sic erat scriptum' which is latin for 'thus was it written'.

Thank you. You learn something new, every day.

[2little2late]

I always use it when I want to puke. Then I add a 'k' on the end of it.

[John Little]

Stet!......

[Torvaig]

Stet!......

Leaving instructions for your stenographer John? It's a while since I saw that one....

[shazzap]

Leaving instructions for your stenographer John? It's a while since I saw that one....

Have not a clue, what it means. I could Google it, and pretend to be the fountain of knowledge, i suppose.

[John Little]

It's Latin for 'let it stand' according to most Google searches but I prefer

'Let it be
Let it be
Let it be
Let it beee--eee
There will be an answer,Let it beee-'

[shazzap]

It's Latin for 'let it stand' according to most Google searches but I prefer

'Let it be
Let it be
Let it be
Let it beee--eee
There will be an answer,Let it beee-'

I can sort of hear you, from here. My advice is. Don't, give up your day job.

[RecQuery]

Sadly I know all those copywriting and proof reading terms because I use LaTeX (pronounce lay-tech, no it's not what you're thinking) to typeset documents and I did some reading on the whole thing a while back.

[Corrie 3]

Don't, give up your day job.

Too late, he already has!!!!

C3.......

[shazzap]

Sadly I know all those copywriting and proof reading terms because I use LaTeX (pronounce lay-tech, no it's not what you're thinking) to typeset documents and I did some reading on the whole thing a while back.

Quick off the mark there. But you now have spoilt, all the fun.

[John Little]

Oh I don't know.op.citLoc.citIbidMakes a person feel sic....

[pmcd]

From "The Complete Molesworth", a mnemonic regarding the "learning"of Latin -

"Caesar adsum jam forte
Brutus aderat:
Caesar sic in omnibus
Brutus sic in at."