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Re:Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor by TallGuyShort on Thursday February 20, 2014 @11:09AM (#7271515)
>> Plus ducks are my favorite animal

The "I'm feeling ducky" feature never fails to illicit a smile from me.

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Re:Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor by chris_mahan on Thursday February 20, 2014 @12:09PM (#7271993)
elicit.

(Why correct him? Because I care.)

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Re:Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor by TallGuyShort on Thursday February 20, 2014 @12:23PM (#7272112)
Oh my, that is quite a difference in meaning. Thank you!
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Re:Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor by dredmorbius on Friday February 21, 2014 @08:55AM (#7276953)
Kinky is feathers. Illicit is using the whole duck ;-)
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Re:Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor by pepijndevos on Thursday February 20, 2014 @02:41PM (#7273047)
I know how it feels. I wrote an anti-abuse system that labeled stuff as elicit until a coworker came by.
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Re:Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor by desouzt on Thursday February 20, 2014 @12:24PM (#7272126)
Why correct him?
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Re:Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor by ithkuil on Thursday February 20, 2014 @12:37PM (#7272236)
OP's motivations might be different, but a non native english speaker might find that this kind of short, unoffensive and straight to the point corrections could be very useful indeed.
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Re:Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor by infectoid on Thursday February 20, 2014 @05:50PM (#7274237)
I'm a native. I like corrections. We learn best through failure. Something I would think the HN community would appreciate.
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Re:Inside DuckDuckGo, Google's Tiniest, Fiercest Competitor by chris_mahan on Thursday February 20, 2014 @06:26PM (#7274393)
(It does, I got 23 upvotes.)
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