- published: 01 Feb 2016
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A dele or deleatur ( /ˈdiːliː/, /ˌdiːliːˈeɪtər/) is a proofreading symbol used to mark something for deletion.
Dele, the more common term in modern American English (sometimes used as a verb, e.g. "Dele that graph"), coincides with the imperative form of the Latin delere ("to delete"). However, the Oxford English Dictionary notes an earlier use in English of deleatur (Latin "let it be deleted"), and suggests that dele in English may have been an abbreviation for the longer word.
The origin of the symbol appears to be an archaic letter d in the Sütterlin script, as an abbreviation for dele or deleatur. It is markedly similar (if not identical in some cases) to the symbol for the German penny () which is also an archaic d, for denarius. As with most hand-written letters and symbols, its appearance is variable.
The dele is used in proofreading and copy editing, where it may be written over the selected text itself (such that it often resembles a stretched cursive e), or in the margin alongside the selected text, which is usually struck through with a line.
Why'd you do babe
Why'd you do
Well your proof babe is untrue
Why'd you do babe
Why'd you do
Tell me once, tell me twice
I will hear you
We used to be long life
... for you
I can't stand by, live a lie with you
Cause there'll never be another one
Hear my song, hear my voice screamin' help me
I will be on the floor beggin' save me
I'm told remember this man looking for my hand...
But there'll never be another one, so
Why'd you do babe
Why'd you do
Well your proof babe is untrue
Why'd you do babe
Why'd you do
And there won't be another one
I might be,... tell me you want me
Ask you once, used to say do you love me
I could... for you, write for you, die for you
And there'll never be another one, so
Why'd you do babe
Why'd you do
Well your proof babe is untrue
Why'd you do babe
Why'd you do
And there won't be another one
Boy, I can feel your heart bursting through my chest
I can feel your lips running over my neck
Still I hear your lies, these words should not be said
One question I can't get out of my head
Why'd you do babe
Why'd you do
Well your proof babe is untrue
Why'd you do babe
Why'd you do
Well your proof babe is untrue
Why'd you do babe
Why'd you do
Well your proof babe is untrue
Why'd you do babe
Why'd you do