> Also, just wanted to credit you for being one of the five people on Earth who knows the correct spelling of "lede."
Not in the UK it isn’t.
Yes, it is, although it's primarily a US journalistic convention. "Lede" is a publishing industry word referring to the most important leading detail of a story. It's spelled intentionally "incorrectly" to disambiguate it from the metal lead, which was used in typesetting at the time.
No, it isn't. It's an American thing at most and possibly also a false etymology. Its prime usage appears to be for people in HN threads to pat each other on the back for knowing it's "real" spelling.
Also, just wanted to credit you for being one of the five people on Earth who knows the correct spelling of "lede."