User:Chris the speller

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I started out correcting spelling mistakes, and for a while found myself fixing and cleaning a ton of disambiguation pages. I also add to articles when I notice that information is missing, and sometimes this mushrooms into major copyediting.

Misspellings can be fun and helpful

Sometimes careless fingers can provide new, useful words. Here are some actual misspellings I have found and fixed, along with my proposed definitions:

Pyramoid
(adjective): shaped more or less like a pyramid
Fundametal
(noun): a metallic element from the bottom row of the periodic table
Succumbled
(verb, past tense): lost its determination and broke into small pieces at the same time


Startling facts I have learned while working in Wikipedia
  • "Hamilton's miniatures are generally of small size ..."


Places in the US with names that don't make it easy to guess which US state they are in
Jersey Shore  
Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania
Kalifornsky  
Kalifornsky, Alaska
Pacific (not Pacific, California [more than 120 miles from the ocean!], or Pacific, Washington [more than 90 miles!])  
Pacific, Missouri and Pacific, Wisconsin
Sweet Home  
Sweet Home, Arkansas (also Kentucky, Oregon and Texas). You were thinking Alabama, perhaps?
North  
North, South Carolina



Countries that wanted Chris to leave so bad they issued him a passport
USA

Places Chris has stayed in or flashed through:

  Countries States and Provinces
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Spent hours: All other US states except AK, AL, LA, MS
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