Here's a word that I believe belongs to the vocabulary of upstarts: publically. To start with, I shouldn't call it a word, for it is not one. It is a figment of imagination — usually, those of upstarts. The (correct) word, as we all know, is publicly. Meaning, by/of the public (e.g. publicly owned company), or in front of the public or in full glare of the public (He publicly apologised for his misdemeanour). I found this on NDTV (Suspended Pak CJ addresses rally; March 28, 2007):
Pakistan's suspended chief justice Iftikar Chaudhury has spoken publically for the first time since President Musharraf suspended him about three weeks ago.
A search on Google News yielded only two instances of this non-existent word in the last one month. The Times of India (Buddhadeb faces politburo test; March 16, 2007) had one:
Publically, party leaders might be saying that no land acquisition is being done in Nandigram and the violence is the handiwork of Trinamul and Maoists but a section within the party is asking why industrialisation in West Bengal has become more violent than other states.
Lucknow Newsline (Selection panel meet at KGMU; March 21, 2007) had the other:
However, talking to Express Newsline, one of the senior officers of the Election Commission said that if the Selection Committee sits during the period of code of conduct, then it is a violation, but we do not consider it if the results are not announced publically and the post is not publicised during this time period.
