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REDVAN · 03-14-2005, 08:39 PM

Can someone please tell me what sic means. Thanks.

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Crazy Flamer · 03-14-2005, 08:40 PM

sic2 also sick Audio pronunciation of "sic" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sk)
tr.v. sicced, also sicked sic·cing, sick·ing sics, sicks

1. To set upon; attack.
2. To urge or incite to hostile action; set: sicced the dogs on the intruders.

KevanGuy · 03-14-2005, 08:42 PM

Its used to let a reader know that a word has been misused in a quote.

"Mary has gotten [sic] an egg from the store."

Daradon · 03-14-2005, 08:43 PM

I think he's talking about when it in brackets [sic]

I know it has something to do when an article or quote is copied. I think when the original has a typo in it, or poor grammer or some other mistake, and the new author wants the audience to know the piece was originally written like that or the mistake is supposed ot be there to take the writing in context.

I know I'm off a bit, but it's something like that I'm sure.

Superfraggle · 03-14-2005, 08:45 PM

ummmm.....context might be nice... :unsure:

REDVAN · 03-14-2005, 08:47 PM

Oh it's not some new and hip term that I didnt' know. I am no longer a teenager (20) so I have to keep up on these new terms haha.

Seems easy enough. I'll try and use it on the main Flames Forum !

REDVAN · 03-14-2005, 08:48 PM

Nice rank KevanGuy: "been there, banned that"

4X4 · 03-14-2005, 08:51 PM

I searched this term awhile back on the acronym database. The best I could come up with was 'spelling is correct' to be used in a pun-like situation.

I have also wondered what others use this term for tho, because it is clear that my definition isn't the same as the rest of the world.

Mike__ · 03-14-2005, 08:53 PM

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Originally posted by REDVAN@Mar 14 2005, 08:47 PM
Oh it's not some new and hip term that I didnt' know. I am no longer a teenager (20) so I have to keep up on these new terms haha.

Seems easy enough. I'll try and use it on the main Flames Forum !

I see it written all over the place, such as power boxes, lamp posts etc. I thought it was some sort of goth term/band or something...

kermitology · 03-14-2005, 09:00 PM

(sic) indicates "said in context"

REDVAN · 03-14-2005, 09:00 PM

Yeah just sic on it's own and not [sic]. I have seen it around at university and so on.

Daradon · 03-14-2005, 09:13 PM

Well if you've seen in it uni, I'm thinking it's the same thing, they just aren't using the brackets.

If not, then it probably means 'cool', but I thought it was spelled sick.

Or, take Crazy Flamer's definition.

We'd need some context to know exactly what you mean. Give us a sentance it was used in.

kermitology · 03-14-2005, 09:14 PM

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Originally posted by Mike__+Mar 14 2005, 09:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mike__ @ Mar 14 2005, 09:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-REDVAN@Mar 14 2005, 08:47 PM
Oh it's not some new and hip term that I didnt' know. I am no longer a teenager (20) so I have to keep up on these new terms haha.

Seems easy enough. I'll try and use it on the main Flames Forum !

I see it written all over the place, such as power boxes, lamp posts etc. I thought it was some sort of goth term/band or something... [/b][/quote]
That means standard industrial classification most likely..

REDVAN · 03-14-2005, 09:21 PM

Sorry daradon I can't remember a specific context right now, I just recall having seen the word a few times and wondering what it meant. I guess it means sick...or S.I.C. I'll have to check the context next time I see the word.

But you never know, some university students do some weird stuff.

Daradon · 03-14-2005, 09:44 PM

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Originally posted by REDVAN@Mar 14 2005, 10:21 PM
Sorry daradon I can't remember a specific context right now, I just recall having seen the word a few times and wondering what it meant. I guess it means sick...or S.I.C. I'll have to check the context next time I see the word.

But you never know, some university students do some weird stuff.

No worries, I just was responding to the title on your thread where you did have it in brackets.

FlamesAddiction · 03-14-2005, 09:57 PM

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sic

northernflame · 03-15-2005, 07:47 AM

It's the shorthand way of writing sicut, which roughly means 'just as.' In articles and papers it follows a quote in which the informatin lifted out of the source has a spelling/grammatical mistake in it.

If you want to get a group of Americans mad at you, try presenting a paper you have written at a conference and, when using an Amercian source, quote anything to do with labour as '...labor (sic)." :P

AC · 03-15-2005, 09:41 AM

Origin:
Square brackets are most commonly used around the word 'sic' (from the Latin 'sicut', meaning 'just as'), to explain the status of an apparent mistake. Generally, sic means the foregoing mistake (or apparent mistake) was made by the writer/speaker I am quoting; I am but the faithful messenger; in fact I never get anything wrong myself. Book reviewers in particular adore to use sic. It makes them feel terrific, because what it means is that they've spotted this apparent mistake, thank you, so there is no point in writing in. However, there are distinctions within sic: it can signify two different things:

1) This isn't a mistake, actually, it just looks like one to the casual eye.
2) Tee hee, what a dreadful error! But it would be dishonest of me to correct it.

Anders · 03-15-2005, 12:47 PM

Why should one use it really??? If you are using quotation marks it's pretty apparent that you are quoting someone... I agree with Anthony that it's just used to make people see that you've spotted an apparent mistake. And why cannot mistakes be left without that remark??

KevanGuy · 03-15-2005, 01:14 PM

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Originally posted by AnthonyCook@Mar 15 2005, 09:41 AM
Origin:
Square brackets are most commonly used around the word 'sic' (from the Latin 'sicut', meaning 'just as'), to explain the status of an apparent mistake. Generally, sic means the foregoing mistake (or apparent mistake) was made by the writer/speaker I am quoting; I am but the faithful messenger; in fact I never get anything wrong myself. Book reviewers in particular adore to use sic. It makes them feel terrific, because what it means is that they've spotted this apparent mistake, thank you, so there is no point in writing in. However, there are distinctions within sic: it can signify two different things:

1) This isn't a mistake, actually, it just looks like one to the casual eye.
2) Tee hee, what a dreadful error! But it would be dishonest of me to correct it.

Where did you find that?