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 # guestbook.php
 
-This is a guestbook system for personal websites! Its gimick is that it's simple enough to fit in one file (the SQLite database is technically another file, but `guestbook.php` will generate and handle it all on its own).
+This is a guestbook system for personal websites! Its gimmick is that it's simple enough to fit in one file (the SQLite database is technically another file, but `guestbook.php` will generate and handle it all on its own).
 
 ## Setup