Just throwing this in as another language use thing: I've seen the use of "sudo" for "pseudo" and i don't care if this is some new texting convention bullshit: this will not do.

I love those book covers. The lyrics to "How soon is now?" are some of my all time favorites.

As for the use of the word 'sudo', I have only seen that as a reference to sudoku. If I saw someone write 'sudo' when they meant 'pseudo', I may never talk to them again.

Blame xkcd (as you can for so many things). "Sudo" is a command found in "Unix-like" operating systems to allow a lower-level user to execute higher-level commands. Which I knew nothing about until I saw this:
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That said, I started to think of "Sudoku" as "I ORDER YOU TO KU!"

But seriously, I think the origin of Sudo is to make a regular user into a "pseudo-admin". I see what they did there. So blame Unix.

Nope, I'm pretty sure they meant "pseudo" from the usage and it's just another case of someone using a word they have heard and never seen. The last time I saw this was on an askme comment recently and there is no way the person knew anything about sudo.

I think the reason this bugs me more than when someone mispronounces a word they've read but never heard is that there is evidence that person actually reads.

I've seen worse misspellings of the same nature that stuck with me for a while, this one is just fresher. OKC yields some choice ones. I'll stick them here if they come to mind.

Sorry. Image fail. The cartoon in question is here

I think the origin of Sudo is to make a regular user into a "pseudo-admin".

Before there was sudo, there was a unix command "su" to elevate your session to super-user (administrator) status. sudo is a sort of one-off version of su, for "do"ing a single command. At least that's the way I've always thought of it.

su actually stands for switch user, so "switch user to this one and do this." sudo. You can su or sudo to a non-admin user.

Interesting! I've learned something new today, and hence will sleep better tonight for it.