Take the 2-minute tour ×  I've seen different sets of people
from around the country mention a "custom party" on written
Halloween invitations. Does it simply mean costume (and just
intentionally mis-spelled)? Or some specific kind of costume?
share|improve this question  closed as too localized by J.R.,
Mark Beadles, FumbleFingers, JSBձոգչ, tchrist Oct 28 '12 at 1:54
27th rule of the Internet: People Can't Spell. –  Mark Beadles
Oct 27 '12 at 23:58 I'd like to see some examples of this
consistent spelling, otherwise this is Too Localized. –  Mark
Beadles Oct 28 '12 at 0:30 @test: Misspelling is about written
English; mispronunciation is about spoken English. Usually,
people pronounce it correctly and misspell it, but in this case,
they've done both. First rule of success in the flimflam
business of Business: "There's no underestimating the
intelligence of the American public", H. L. Mencken. When people
can't do better than spell "lose" as "loose" and the contraction
"would've" as "would of", how can you