"Randy Kramer" <rhkramer / gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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> Sorry, couldn't remember how to spell basically.  Looks like it is 
> basically,
> but, interestingly, Google found 63,000 plus instances of basicly.  ;-)

That might just show that people are apt to make this spelling error. :-)

It's funny how Google introduced a new way of spell check - kind of fuzzy 
logic check: the version with most Google hits is viewed as the one with the 
greates likelyhood of correctness.

One could also say that it's a way of making spelling more democratic: 
correct spelling is not defined by some abstract instance (Duden for German) 
but by all people using that language.  But then again, this might be how it 
was for ages - just Google makes spellings spread more rapidly.

Languages - natural and artificial - are really fascinating...

Kind regards

    robert