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Typo of the day for librarians
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Transexual* (for Transsexual)
With 29 occurences in OhioLINK, today's word has a bit of an identity crisis, since not everyone considers it to be a typo at all. According to Wikipedia: "Some individuals may prefer to spell transsexual with only one s, thus writing transexual. They will typically assert that they are attempting to divorce the word from the realm of psychiatry and medicine and place it in the realm of identity."
Carol Reid"
I've asked (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,14969.0.html) about that before.
Quote from: y2gender on January 09, 2008, 11:39:39 AM
"Some individuals may prefer to spell transsexual with only one s, thus writing transexual. They will typically assert that they are attempting to divorce the word from the realm of psychiatry and medicine and place it in the realm of identity."
Carol Reid"
and one 's' does all that? Blimey.
Just looking at the prevalence of subject headings in WorldCat
| transsexual | 172 |
| transsexualism | 2722 |
| transsexuality | 31 |
| transsexuals | 1908 |
| - |
| transexual | 11 |
| transexualism | 12 |
| transexuality | 3 |
| transexuals | 27 |
As far as I'm concerned, single 'S' is a typo.
Maybe we should spell sex "sexx" and give it a different meaning too.
Renate
Quote from: Renate on January 09, 2008, 10:22:39 PM
Maybe we should spell sex "sexx" and give it a different meaning too.
LOL ;D good one, Renate
English is a living language, it can change as we change our use of it.
Quote from: Pica Pica on January 09, 2008, 09:21:28 PM
Quote from: y2gender on January 09, 2008, 11:39:39 AM
"Some individuals may prefer to spell transsexual with only one s, thus writing transexual. They will typically assert that they are attempting to divorce the word from the realm of psychiatry and medicine and place it in the realm of identity."
Carol Reid"
and one 's' does all that? Blimey.
Yes, but you have to make sure you omit the first "s" and use the second "s". If you omit the second "s" and use the first one, it has an entirely different meaning that has something to do with that one sock that gets lost in the dryer every time you do laundry.
Dennis
Two N's is extra special
And "Tranzsesxl" for the hip-hop crowd.
Transsexshizzle
word
I don't know but maybe we need to use "transnonsexual" since transitioning is the easiest way I've found to become celibate. ::)
Julie
Odd, I thought that is what the institution of marriage was for.
Quote from: Dennis on January 10, 2008, 09:00:30 AM
Yes, but you have to make sure you omit the first "s" and use the second "s". If you omit the second "s" and use the first one, it has an entirely different meaning that has something to do with that one sock that gets lost in the dryer every time you do laundry.
Dennis
Sorry, Dennis, I think you are confusing that with transoxual...
-Sandy(I couldn't resist...)
Me, I'm a transaxle.
Renate
Me, I'm just a human... or maybe I'm from another galaxy ;) ;D
y2g
I'm Trons-sexual. Bad computer graphics and even worse acting make me horny.
Do you come with a Wendy Carlos soundtrack?