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by yawpitch 870 days ago
Offered not in the spirit of heartless pedantry but in honest hope that the English language isn’t so egregiously plastic as to allow brand propaganda to take over where etymology left off, I feel the need to point out that a Segway is a rather unusual mode of transport, while a segue is a smooth transition from one theme to another.
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The medical marihuana segway, and then this comment, caused some maniacal cackling... thanks
points for couching the correction in such flourid language so it comes across ever so gently
Following that vein — or perhaps that vane, in vain — I hope you don’t mind my also pointing out that it’s terribly “florid”.

Sorry. Truly.

TIL! Nothing to be sorry about, I'd rather know than go around the Internet misspelling it all over the place. :)