SSaging> A USenet poSting oStentatiouSly correcting a previouS article' SSpelling, poSSibly aS a way of caSting Scorn on the point the article waS trying to make, inStead of actually reSponding to that point (compare {dictionary flame}). Of courSe, people who are more than uSually Slovenly SpellerS are prone to think *any* correction iS a Spelling flame. It' S an amuSing comment on human nature that Spelling flameS themSelveS often contain Spelling errorS. [Jargon File] (1994-11-22)
