gthorneiii comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 24, chapter 95 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gthorneiii 19 July 2013 05:37:46PM 3 points [-]

I'm repeatedly seeing 'Monroe' spelled as 'Munroe'. Is this due to a disagreement about how the name should be spelled, a common spelling error that has perpetuated in these forums, or is it a shorthand reference to some prior discussions or concepts which I'm thus missing in my reading on these discussions?

Comment author: Vaniver 20 July 2013 03:52:31PM 8 points [-]

a common spelling error that has perpetuated in these forums

I suspect this. The author of xkcd is named Randall Munroe, which may explain its larger availability in the minds of typers.

Comment author: anotherblackhat 19 July 2013 06:17:22PM 1 point [-]

Well, it's probably supposed to be spelled "Momroe" as in "David Troll Momroe". :)

It's spelled "Monroe" in Chapter 86, and there's a "Most Ancient House of Monroe". Personally, I never get these names right either, but I keep a text file handy with all the names, and hard to spell spells like Legilimency Occlumency Occlumens, and Legilimens. Then it's just a simple matter of cut and paste.