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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 6:58:47 AM

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...ok, my pet peeve is the simplification of english. spelling centre as center just cuts the word off from its history.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 7:16:01 AM

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Typos are one thing, complete disregard for the language and grammar is another nut altogether. Even if one isn't certain about the spelling of a word, or the correct form of a word to be used, spell check is a wonderful tool.

My list is much the same as everyone else's:

"Dominate" instead of "Dominant"
"You're" instead of "Your"
"Then" instead of "Than"
"It's" instead of "Its"
"Their" instead of "They're"
"To" instead of "Too" and vice versa
u, ur, y, coz, cos, wos (don't understand that one at all), etc.

Run-on, fragmented sentences which induce blindness

The list is truly endless.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 8:05:20 AM

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OK, I've got another one: Not knowing when to say, "you and me," as opposed to "you and I." If you can take out the "you and" part and it still makes sense, then it's right.

You and I went to the store, but Bill went to the movie with you and me.

Take out "You and," and it still makes sense. "I went to the store, but Bill went to the movie with me."

Can't say, "Me went to the store," or "Bill went to the movie with I."

Don't bet on it, how often have you heard: Me and Bill went to the movie. Sally and me are going shopping later.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 8:16:34 AM

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My 5 cents worth (the Australian Mint doesn't make 2 cents anymore).

Well I could mention the misspelling of the English word - GAOL which is printed as JAIL by Americans.
BUTT YA KNOES IT WOOD OPEN A CAN OF WORMZZ. LOL

winky winks at IRON BEAR

Actually both forms have been around in 'English English' for many hundreds of years, and both are correct.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 8:22:30 AM

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From the Online Etymology Dictionary:

jail

c.1275, gayhol, from O.N.Fr. gaiole and O.Fr. jaole, both meaning "a cage, prison," from M.L. gabiola, from L.L. caveola, dim. of L. cavea "cage." Both forms carried into M.E.; now pronounced "jail" however it is spelled. Norman-derived gaol (preferred in Britain) is "chiefly due to statutory and official tradition" [OED]. The verb "to put in jail" is from 1604. Jailbird is 1603, an allusion to a caged bird. Jail-break "prison escape" is from 1910. Jail bait "girl under the legal age of consent" is attested from 1934.
gaol

see jail, you tea-sodden football hooligan.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 8:26:59 AM

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And decipher, not decifer.

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g r a m m A r: grammar, not grammer. Texas Maam

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'like' you had to decifer every 'like' bit of her 'like' post. Talk about feeling frustrated with 'like' grammer!!!!!!!!!!

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 8:29:35 AM

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Me! Me! Me! I'm one of the worst comma abusers ever

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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 - 4/9/2006 8:53:34 AM

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Don't bet on it, how often have you heard: Me and Bill went to the movie. Sally and me are going shopping later.

I hear it all the time, and it's still poor grammar.

Oh, here's another one: Walla! (intending to mean, I'm sure, voila!)

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 8:55:01 AM

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Don't bet on it, how often have you heard: Me and Bill went to the movie. Sally and me are going shopping later.

I hear it all the time, and it's still poor grammar.

Here's another one: Wallah! (intending, I'm sure, to mean, "voila!")

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 3:34:34 PM

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wos is prolly slang for was, or wuz. both look stupid though.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 3:36:30 PM

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Yep, can say it, just shouldn't

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 3:38:08 PM

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ORIGINAL: MsIncognito

Me! Me! Me! I'm one of the worst comma abusers ever

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

Oh, no you aren't MI....lmao... there is one on the boards here.. at least he used to be on the boards here that has a monopoly on comma usage. As in, every, other, word he, types. I can't, even read, his, posts. It is, so bad..... lmao

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 4:28:56 PM

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Oh, no you aren't MI....lmao... there is one on the boards here.. at least he used to be on the boards here that has a monopoly on comma usage. As in, every, other, word he, types. I can't, even read, his, posts. It is, so bad..... lmao

That, makes, one, sound, like, William, Shatner...LOL.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 4:54:20 PM

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From the Online Etymology Dictionary:

jail
c.1275, gayhol, from O.N.Fr. gaiole and O.Fr. jaole, both meaning "a cage, prison," from M.L. gabiola, from L.L. caveola, dim. of L. cavea "cage." Both forms carried into M.E.; now pronounced "jail" however it is spelled. Norman-derived gaol (preferred in Britain) is "chiefly due to statutory and official tradition" [OED]. The verb "to put in jail" is from 1604. Jailbird is 1603, an allusion to a caged bird. Jail-break "prison escape" is from 1910. Jail bait "girl under the legal age of consent" is attested from 1934.
gaol
see jail, you tea-sodden football hooligan.

"Preferred in Britain"? I wonder who by these days? When I was in primary school in the 1950s we were taught both spellings, but even back then 'jail' was by far the more commonly used of the two. A quick search of The Guardian Online shows 201 occurrences of 'gaol' to 14,182 for 'jail', but then of course it's a disrespectful left-wing rag so that might reflect anti-establishment bias. My blood-pressure won't stand exposure to the Times or the Telegraph, so I'll leave researching them to someone else if they feel like it.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 6:49:15 PM

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One which makes my skin crawl and me grind my teeth is: Going to Go.. It is either Going or Will Go

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/9/2006 8:24:03 PM

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Yep, can say it, just shouldn't

LOL! Smarty!

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/10/2006 12:24:02 PM

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Some of these are downright funny.....especially the ones the simply show that someone is using a word when they either don't know its origin ("walla") or really have no idea what it means.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/10/2006 1:32:55 PM

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Most of the errors I find irksome (how's that for a word? *S*) have been mentioned...
irregardless, should of - would of - could of, lose for loose, chose for choose, except for accept, the infamous "I could care less". And I really dislike the chatspeak method of text communication.
But no one has mentioned masterbate, sometimes also spelled masterbait.
If you're doing it, I suppose you should be able to spell it.
Masturbate
Unless it has something to do with baiting masters? No, on second thought that would only apply with the "masterbait" spelling...I can't figure out the "masterbate" spelling.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/10/2006 3:59:44 PM

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What's funny to me, is that the smartest person I know, that makes more in a month than most of us will make in a year, sends me text messages that look like they were written by someone in the second grade ... but give him something important to write, and he displays a vocabulary that has you running for Merriam-Webster's online, with flawless spelling.

I suppose some people have different priorities.

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RE: Spelling Peeves - 4/10/2006 4:20:27 PM

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What's funny to me, is that the smartest person I know, that makes more in a month than most of us will make in a year, sends me text messages that look like they were written by someone in the second grade ... but give him something important to write, and he displays a vocabulary that has you running for Merriam-Webster's online, with flawless spelling.

I suppose some people have different priorities.