"thred"? really?

[randomness]

Is "thred" a generally accepted alternative spelling for "thread" nowadays? Some wacky sneaker bling website is consistently using "thred" where I think they mean "thread".

But maybe I'm just very behind the times or something.

(I wasn't interested in the product, so I wasn't going to buy from them even if they could spell. I'm not giving them any link love here, either.)

In general, misspellings in online advertising are a useful way to identify vendors which may not be detail-oriented, or are from countries where I might not have any recourse if things go wrong.

Comments

[donnad.livejournal.com]

Not that I know of. And I buy a lot of thread.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they're using it as a verb. As in "to thred a needle".

I'm skeptical.

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

Nope.

cringe cringe cringe

[sylphon.livejournal.com]

No, just no.