[TallGuyShort]

>> Plus ducks are my favorite animal

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

[chris_mahan]

elicit.

(Why correct him? Because I care.)

[TallGuyShort]

Oh my, that is quite a difference in meaning. Thank you!

[dredmorbius]

Kinky is feathers. Illicit is using the whole duck ;-)

[pepijndevos]

I know how it feels. I wrote an anti-abuse system that labeled stuff as elicit until a coworker came by.

[desouzt]

Why correct him?

[ithkuil]

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.

[infectoid]

I'm a native. I like corrections. We learn best through failure. Something I would think the HN community would appreciate.

[chris_mahan]

(It does, I got 23 upvotes.)