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 ## Contributing
 When submitting PRs keep the following in mind please:
 
-- only submit SVGs. PNGs will be automatically generated by a maintiner after a merged PR.
+- only submit SVGs. PNGs will be automatically generated by a maintainer after a merged PR.
 - use the following naming scheme: verb/adjective+Frog+Object+Differential with camelCase. For example, `sleepyFrogFamilyTkg` for an emoji with a sleepy frog family, which is differentiated from a sleepy frog family, by including Tkg.
   - should you submit an emoji that has a clear emoji mapping to it, please prefix it with `U[unicodeChracter]-`. For example, `U1f35e-frogBread`.
   - should you be on Windows and case sensitivity seems to commit wrong, run the following command in the git repo: `git config core.ignorecase false`