148491-why-do-people-call-it-creed

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			It's annoyed me since forever. :P	
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I see it a lot.
 
I used to put it down to typos, but I see it so often that it just can't be. It's CREDD. Or C.R.E.D.D.
 
https://www.wildstar-online.com/uk/game/service/credd/
 
I'm sure no one would want to call me a pedant, but I am one, so it's ok.	
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I've seen it called CREED so much that I've double checked more than once that I wasn't wrong.
 
I wasn't.
 
Of course.	
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			It started as a typo or someone who used it incorrectly and never learned better, and then other people started using it like a meme. Kind of like Tex saying Crabine a lot.	
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It started as a typo or someone who used it incorrectly and never learned better, and then other people started using it like a meme. Kind of like Tex saying Crabine a lot.
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Maybe it's like rouge using duel pistols.
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Because "creed" passes the browser's built-in spell-checker, while the "credd" gets a "please correct this" red line under it?
 
IMHO, it would probably have been better with "cred" or "credit" instead (both time-honored science fiction currency terms), but I guess someone at Carbine was a Judge Dredd fan or something and thought this spelling was edgy...  :)
			
				
	Edited December 26, 2015 by Tuft Meadowgrass	
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			People know it contains two double letters and think it's double Es. Do we actually need that second d anyway.	
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Because "creed" passes the browser's built-in spell-checker, while the "credd" gets a "please correct this" red line under it?
 
IMHO, it would probably have been better with "cred" or "credit" instead (both time-honored science fiction currency terms), but I guess someone at Carbine was a Judge Dredd fan or something and thought this spelling was edgy...  :)
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Its actually an acronym.
 
Certificate of Research, Exploration, Destruction and Development
 
http://www.warcry.com/news/view/126956-WildStars-New-Business-Model-C-R-E-D-D-Allows-Fanatics-to-Play-for-Free
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I'd imagine it's the same phenomenon that prompts people to say "herf"  instead of "hARth"  for hearth, and spell Rogue (a stabbity, stealthy, crafty fighter) as Rouge (a cosmetic powder or cream, usually red/pink/orange in color designed to enhance the appearance of the cheek bones). 
 
I've decided that a small percentage of the population simply enjoy being the 'annoying court jester' with their terrible command of the English language, judging by the rather uncouth and often anatomically inaccurate, and physically impossible descriptions and commands I get when trying to re-educate such poor misguided souls...	
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			I hope I don't loose my arena matches on saturday.	
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Um, sounds more more of a backronym than an acronym.
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