Topyo Creater or Creator? Words are hard

Hey yall, little help! When I got back into throwing I had a list of different throws to try, this one was on there. It’s a Topyo Creator, or at least that’s how it’s advertised on the web. Is creater a word? Spellcheck says, “Nahhhhh dawgggg”. Regardless, it’s a killer throw, came with a half speck in it.

I think it’s awesome it’s spelled wrong. For reasons that aren’t even really clear to me. I wonder if there was a story behind it, or if it was an accident? Any info folks!

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“Cree-ah-ter” lol
I dig the misspelling too, gives it character haha. I’ve only had one topyo that I won in a give away, that I ended up gifting to someone else, a Colossus VII, it played great imo especially considering it retails for peanuts.

The official name seems to have always been “Creater”.

It does appear this way on non-English based sites. I wonder if “Creator” is an unintended spell-check.

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Right? I think originally these retailed for fourteen bucks or something? Things a beast. Super quick, super tight. It kinda reminds me of older yomega’s. Like their dash? Or maverick. A lot of fun.

Hard to believe it’s a typo though. It’s weird, I watched a couple unboxing videos? Others are misspelled as well. I wonder if the maker did it just so people would ponder, wonder, and talk to strangers on the web bout it? :grin:

Turns out it’s not misspelled at all, I suppose it has to be a word in order to have correct spelling :joy:

Thanks for the info. You’re right for sure. It seems to be deliberate. I can only find a couple instances where it’s referred to as “creator”

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Creator is the proper spelling…

The correct spelling is “creator” because the word was adopted from Latin, which uses the “-tor” suffix to denote “one who does” something, rather than English which often uses “-er”. The Latin root is “creātor,” which comes from “creāre” (to create). A hypothetical English derivation would have led to “*creater,” but because it was a borrowed word, it retained the Latin spelling.

The word “creator” entered English from Latin, where it was spelled creātor. In Latin, the “-tor” ending signifies the agent, or the person who performs an action.

The Latin creātor is formed from the verb creāre (“to create”) and the agent suffix -tor.

The English suffix “-er” is often used to create nouns for people who perform an action, as in “writer” (from “write”). However, since “creator” came from Latin, it kept its original form instead of being changed to a purely English-based derivation like “*creater”.

Interesting. Food for thought, I’ve never meant anyone trying to be a “Content Creater”