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Etiquette for using a word someone eelse misspells

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JAPAB · 05/09/2018 13:39

I was involved in a business email exchange with someone who kept writing "cue" when they meant "queue".

If you wanted to use the word yourself, would you write "cue" to avoid potentially embarrassing the other person, or would you just write "queue" with a devil-may-care attitude?

Or would you just do what I did and avoid using the word altogether and avoiding this problem? :)

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thegreatbeyond · 06/09/2018 11:50

I would use the correct spelling, as many times as possible in the email ;)

ApolloandDaphne · 06/09/2018 11:51

I would spell it correctly and really not care what the other person thought.

drspouse · 06/09/2018 11:54

Spell it correctly if you have to use it; don't bother if you don't.

Though my friend spelled DH's name wrong on my FB wall, there was no real need for me to write it in my reply but I did (obviously I am not going to spell my own DH's name wrongly).

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titchy · 06/09/2018 11:57

There are people who will take umbrage if you correct their spelling.

But you wouldn't be correcting their spelling. Unless you were thinking of returning their email with the wrongly spelled word highlighted in red...

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