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by devb0x 4196 days ago
Why does God in your footer not have the 'o'?
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It is out of respect.

I'm not Jewish myself, however among Jewish people, it is considered disrespectful to every destroy a document that has "G-d" spelled correctly. So they write "G-d" unless they intend to keep the document around forever, such as old copies of Torah.