[sic]?

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What in the world does [sic] mean when it's placed after a word?
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An intentional mis-use/mis-spelling noted.




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So if you're critiquing Unrelated Incidents by Tom Leonard, for example:

thi reason
a talk wia
BBC accent
iz coz yi
widny wahnt
mi ti talk
aboot thi
trooth wia
voice lik
wanno yoo
scruff.


etc..

then you'd probably use it quite a lot :D
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