Reply from Kalmbach:
Hi Mark,
Thank you for writing to Model Railroader. I received your message but I am a little confused on what you are referring to. Can you specify it a little more or possibly send me the URL of the page that you are referring to?
Thank you
Eric Stelpflug
Editorial Associate
Model Railroader
I am confused as well…
David B
See Marks previously “locked” thread…
The word Dito doesn’t even appear in Wiki or Websters. I don’t know where someone got that “adult” themed definition from a while back?[%-)]
It’s on http://www.urbandictionary.com.
Mark, sorry the thread got wonky on you, but I hope you understand. That’s one.
Two, I am happy to see you got a quick reply.
Third, it is clear to me that the gentleman did not understand you. You will have to explain yourself another way so that he understands it is a problem with a smilie icon on the forum…In fact, Bergie is the one who should be fielding the question since the internet/online component of Kalmbach Publishing is his purview.
(I am assuming this new post is about the email you sent wondering why ditto is misspelled?)
-Crandell
Crandell, everything is (almost) copacetic. I’ll try again.
Mark
The smiley probably originates somewhere outside of Kalmbach’s purview, so I doubt there’s much they can do about it other than to pursue it with the web engine that runs the forum.
This probably isn’t real high on their “to do” list…[zzz]
Lee
Show-off! [:)]
and none of the five disparate definitions of “dito” shown there even remotely have the same meaning as “ditto.”
Mark
So your thread asking Kalmbach to correct their misspelling of the word “ditto” got locked by Kalmbach because the word (when spelled incorrectly by Kalmbach) had a sexual connotation to somebody somewhere that no one had ever heard of before??
Makes sense to me !! [D)]
[#oops], it still says [#ditto]–though the word in the brackets is spelled correctly!
David, where did you get the smilie with the word spelled correctly?
If by “no one” you mean you, then yes.
But many others have heard of it.
I’m afraid I belong to the group that never heard of it! I’m still trying to find out what the adjective “indie” means, as well.
add me to the list of people who never heard of it before . who makes up this stuff anyway ? don’t they own a dictionary ?
It’s not his. I made it this morning. I copied the incorrect one into MSPaint and made a correct one.
Iv’e never taken much notice, I just thought it was the American way of spelling Ditto where a letter gets dropped, ie; Modeling, Traveling etc, down under are Modelling, Travelling and still etc. dito! ditto!! dittto!!!
Teditor
Don Z.
Dean–
I think “Indie” started out as a film term–a contraction of the word “Independent”, meaning a film produced and financed out of the usual Hollywood studio realm. I know we use the term frequently on the Classic Film Forum that I belong to–for instance, the Coen Brothers, who won the Academy Award this year for “No Country for Old Men” originally started out as independent–or ‘Indie’ producers.
At least that’s the way I understand the term. But count me in with you on the sexual connotations of the ‘other’ word–that’s news to me, too!!
Tom [:)]