PEAK/PEEK/PIQUE
D'ya ever have where you're reading fanfic & you come across a word that you're pretty sure isn't right, but you're not sure how?
I was reading Rorschach's Blot’s "Make A Wish"
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/686093/
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2318355/1/
and I came across the line “We have the . . . item that you requested, along with a few other things that may peak your interest.”
So I looked up the phrase "peak your interest" and found this:
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/peaked.html
It is tempting to think that your attention might be aroused to a high point by “peaking” your curiosity; but in fact, “pique” is a French word meaning “prick,” in the sense of “stimulate.” The expression has nothing to do with “peek,” either. Therefore the expression is “my curiosity was piqued.”
An amazing number of people write about “mountain peeks.” A peak is a summit; a peek is a glimpse.