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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 9:45:22 AM

Evanesce

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Does anyone here see other words that they constantly see misspelled here that are annoying?

Oh, don't even get me started!

1. Could OF, should OF, would OF - It's HAVE!!! Could have, should have, would have.

2. Substituting the word "tenant" when you mean "tenet."

3. Your for "you're"

4. People who put apostrophes in plurals! When did that become proper grammar? I'm even seeing it on billboards and signs! It's "rules," not "rule's."

5. There, when you mean "their."

6. One-letter words like "u" and "r."

There are many, many more, but I can't think of them at the moment. #1 and #4 are the two that really get to me.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 9:57:59 AM

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What annoys me most is not a spelling mistake, but people who say "I could care less" when what they really mean is "I couldn't care less". Just me, I guess ...

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 10:23:06 AM

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I can't let this thread pass by without adding My biggest language peeve. Too many people who live among us do not know that TOO is a word! I am certain these people must think I have a sticky O on My keyboard, yet they never question where My "extra" O comes from; they just keep writing "to" where "too" should be applied.

I suppose the 'to' people are the same ones who like to 'conversate'... ugh

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 10:28:18 AM

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ORIGINAL: MsIncognito

It always causes an eyeball roll for me when someone says "jest" when they mean "gist." Unless the poster is making a joke there is no jest in a post, but you can still get the gist

Joking aside, I tend to agree with true that as long as I can figure out what the person is saying without it taking much effort then typos don't bother me. I'm sure I make errors without realizing it and in spite of the fact that I know the proper usage for words such as your, you're, its, it's, there, their, they're, etc. I think faster than I type and rarely go back and double check my stream of consciousness-type postings and sometimes those kinds of errors slip through. I don't worry myself too much with it. The only thing that I find really distasteful is the whole B/bdsm I/is S/so I/important T/that I/i M/must B/butcher T/the E/english L/language T/to P/prove I/i'm A/a T/true L/lifestyler way of typing. Hell, it was painful just typing that.

Begins ritual of cleaning coffee spew off screen.. which is embarrassing sitting here in a truckstop resturant in Knoxville taking a lunch break from my drive... (love wireless and laptops sometimes.. lol) But now I got all these truckers wondering what was so funny..

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 10:44:21 AM

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when folks have nouthing better to do then worey about outher folks spelling thay should find some thing to keep ther mind bussey hell its not bad spelling its code for thous folks to figer out gives thhem some thing to and makes them feel importent so why stop is doing a service so park spell check

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 10:44:28 AM

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I'm not irked by spelling and grammar issues because my brother has cerebral palsy and is nonverbal, so types with a stick on a headband, painstakingly, one letter at a time. He often makes mistakes in spelling and grammar and doesn't bother to correct them. I don't blame him. He's a mean chess player. Not stupid, physically limited, that's all. However, when one comes in superior, proclaiming their many and varied degrees in their mastery of the English language they best be letter perfect with every i dotted and every t crossed because I will call them on it every time. Yes, I'm flawed and I'm deeply ashamed.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 10:57:55 AM

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ORIGINAL: Tikkiee

The only time it really bothers me is when they slip into slang

r
u
woz
coz

makes me want to slap someone

I completely agree with that.The spelling mistakes I can deal with and usually read.
The slang crap is definitely worse.If a submissive writes to Me using slang I will tell them no.
I feel if they are too(I hope thats the right 'too' lol) lazy to type a whole word,then what else are they lazy about.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 11:39:48 AM

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ORIGINAL: NakedOnMyChain
Too many teachers have no idea how to spell.

I hate to break it to you but spelling is not always something you can learn. The trouble with english is that words are not always spelled the way sound.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 11:53:33 AM

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ORIGINAL: Tine11
with english is that words are not always spelled the way sound.

Try Hooked on Fonics. It werks.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 11:56:43 AM

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Ummmmm Ok, I just realized I'm an offender. This is embarassing. BUT, that won't keep me from pointing out others errors.

My ALL time biggest spelling peeve is your for you're. Already mentioned several times. Another is loose for lose.

It also bothers me when someone uses a "big word" to impress, but misspells or uses it improperly. (not very impressive) For example twice within a two day period I saw the term unbeknownst spelled unbenounced.

And lastly, I cringe when I see extra "ed's" added to the end of words on print or in speech. As in "we conversated all night" or "I reconciliated my check book".

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 12:15:32 PM

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ORIGINAL: JazzDaddy

My favorite one I have seen has been a woman's ad that stated she really liked roll play. I guess she must have one wicked bread fetish!

hahahahahah

this is the funniest post I have read in a long long time, I think you should cross post it in the humour section :P

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 12:26:05 PM

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ORIGINAL: Level

I'm really not too fond of misspelled words though I am guilty of misspelling things too at times but one thing that can get my goat so to speak and do you ever wonder where that phrase comes from I mean did somebody steal his goat oh well but I really do not like those run-on sentences it's as if the devil himself stole all that person's punctuation and hey maybe it was the devil that stole that other guy's goat.

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On the opposite side of the coin are those that use a comma every other word... grrrrr

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 12:58:44 PM

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I don't worry about typos when chatting with someone but when I'm reading a profile it's very irksome
to see dominate in the place of dominant. ie "I'm looking for a dominate mistress."

Now I'm referring mainly to profiles which are like resumes. You only have one chance to make a good first impression.

Spelling errors and bad grammer in the profile is not the way to impress people

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 4:19:34 PM

Guilty1974

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Color instead of colour probably doesn't count, right?

I don't mind spelling mistakes in general. What I do mind is people not caring about their own posts to the extend (or is it extent - that's my eternal typo) that the meaning becomes obscure. The better the English, the easier it is for foreigners like me to understand the post...

< Message edited by Guilty1974 -- 4/7/2006 4:32:46 PM >

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 4:30:46 PM

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I HATE bad spelling, however since I pay very little attention to what my fingers are actually doing when I am replying, I am subject to more than my fair share of FFs, and generally don't bother complaining. However I agree with Tikiee, netspeak pisses me off and I too want to slap the user perpetrator.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 4:47:54 PM

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LOL practically everything I write is mispelled or has a typing error. hehehe I just discovered that unlike a lot of other sites this one offers a spell check...will be trying to remember to use it from now on....

but remember hukt on foniks werkt fer me at least till now *winks and smiles*

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 5:07:20 PM

IronBear

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ORIGINAL: DelightMachine

I bet the most annoying spelling peeve people have on these boards is when someone should be typing "dominant" but writes "dominate."

My other spelling peeve is the misspelling of "definitely" as "definately."

No, it isn't horribly annoying, just annoying in a minor way, and I don't expect everyone to spell perfectly. This is just one misspelled word I see over and over.

Does anyone here see other words that they constantly see misspelled here that are annoying?

Glad you started this thread mate, it's probably a tad overdue.......

The one phrase which always gets me irritated is when someone posts "I could care less" I never came across it until I started reading posts from the US, so I’m guessing it is a local thing..... No big deal I usually enjoy the differences of expressions from overseas places..

It may be worth remembering folks that not everyone uses the same version of English.. Example, I spell the woolly things I wear on my tootsies as SOCKS but ion the US it is often spelt SOX. Generally I write in Word and cut/paste into the forums… I have spell check running as well.. However you do need to remember that there is the option of setting spell-check to UK English, NZ English, Australian English and US English. In the past when I have people ripping to me regarding spelling on something I was written in Word and spell checked, I’ve gone back and rechecked and yes they were blasting me for not using US English…. I left one list because they were so anal and demanded I only use US English… Sheeeesh..

The Other thing which is worth remembering is that some with dyslexia simply can not see the errors.. I work in word because firstly I can increase the size of the font I write in for better edition and because it I write directly into the posting box I can not see typos or grammatical errors which is why I often edit. Spell check does not pick up errors if the incorrect word is used and spelt correctly….

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 6:18:21 PM

Evanesce

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I hate to break it to you but spelling is not always something you can learn.

It's not? I managed to learn it when I was in school.

quote:

The trouble with english is that words are not always spelled the way sound.

No, they're not. That's why schools need to be teaching to read and spell phonetically, like they did in the 60's when I was in elementary school.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 6:23:29 PM

Evanesce

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Spelling errors and bad grammer in the profile is not the way to impress people

Neither is bad grammar.

Sorry. I had to.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/7/2006 6:44:51 PM

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ORIGINAL: Evanesce

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Spelling errors and bad grammer in the profile is not the way to impress people

Unless you're like me--ex English teacher--and really have a teacher/student roleplay fetish! It bugs me, sure, but then I start thinking of ways to help that person improve their "paper"...lol.

Oh, so many ways to punish for spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors!

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