Not a post about plagiarism the act, but about the word itself.

[tzikeh]

There have been many discussions about plagiarism in recent weeks.

Plagiarism.

Not plagerism, not playgeresm. Not plagierism, not plagarsim.

Plagiarism.

Thank you.

Comments

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

Thank you

[elke-tanzer.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* Other helpful spellings, from http://www.dictionary.com/

plagiarized
plagiarise
plagiarist
plagiaries
plagiarizes
plagiarize
plagiarism

[yahtzee63.livejournal.com]

Playgerism is not a word, but it SHOULD be.

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

Nah, you're thinking of playgirlism.

[boniblithe.livejournal.com]

Word.

[tanacawyr.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU, for CHRIST'S sake.

It's also "definite" and "lose" -- one does not "loose" one's keys down the back seat cushions of one's car. Not unless they are fidgeting to be turned out of one's pocket.

[destina.livejournal.com]

Plagiarism, schmagiarism. I prefer "low-down dirty thief."

*chuckle*

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

Is plagarsim when somebody pretends to plagierize?

(Says Jackie, practicing the spelling, realizing that she is one of the principle offenders.)

[zeldachilds.livejournal.com]

Hi! I was looking at my friendsfriends list and came across your entry, and I feel compelled to tell you this: I registered for a class this semester in which the teacher wrote, in very big letters at the top of the syllabus, that "PLAGERISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED." There was a moment where I doubted myself, especially since she used variations of the same spelling elsewhere in the syllabus ("plagerize" and "plagerists"), but then I came to my senses, realized I was right, and dropped the class.

So, word.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's... pathetic. Did you let the professor *know*?

[corinna-5.livejournal.com]

The best icon to come out of the "My fandom..." icon craze, and quite possibly the best icon ever, has got to be the one of Hermione, looking very pissed off and righteous, with the caption "It's spelled PLAGIARISM!"

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

hee - yeah, boni is using it up there! <g>