When people have to end a sentence with like.
Yeah I went out to the pub like.
Its one of those like.
However. If i was to put this in a list of the worlds problems. It would probably feature somewhere around 192,158 place. Tho the problem of "I get crumbs in my butter" is threatening to knock it off its spot.
Noone shud bee to bovered bout spellin if yo can nderstnd it.
Actually - that's bullshit, all of the above really get my goat.
Edit - I think I'm bothered about spelling because I have worked so hard to get mine right. I occasionally slip up but at least I try, unlike some people who are just do it to wind me up
Noone shud bee to bovered bout spellin if yo can nderstnd it.
Actually - that's bullshit, all of the above really get my goat.
Edit - I think I'm bothered about spelling because I have worked so hard to get mine right. I occasionally slip up but at least I try, unlike some people who are just do it to wind me up
Aye its lazyness sometimes. I got a friend, and she always types in really terrible txt speak, and I have to ask her to reword it. But she can actually type perfectly well when she wants to.
Also, another one which seems to have appeared recently - the word 'were' being spelt 'where'. That stops me in my tracks, as I have to tell my brain that the author doesn't mean 'where' but 'were'. This is why it matters - it takes longer to read a word which is incorrectly written, particularly when the incorrect version is a proper word with a different meaning.
Both the examples I have given are instances where the incorrect word is longer than the correct one, so it is not a case of the poster thinking it is OK to abbreviate, as is sometimes suggested.
Also, another one which seems to have appeared recently - the word 'were' being spelt 'where'. That stops me in my tracks, as I have to tell my brain that the author doesn't mean 'where' but 'were'. This is why it matters - it takes longer to read a word which is incorrectly written, particularly when the incorrect version is a proper word with a different meaning.
Both the examples I have given are instances where the incorrect word is longer than the correct one, so it is not a case of the poster thinking it is OK to abbreviate, as is sometimes suggested.
I HATE that one! The thing is, why is it so difficult?
I am going to Morrisons. Waitrose is too expensive.
Rediculous. Very few bother me, but that one does. Probably because an ex-friend frequently used it to slag off other people or as a put-down, and that was how she pronounced it.
One of my Facebook friends writes the word 'no' when she means know, this sometimes makes her post hard to decipher. She also uses yer instead of you quite frequently, it has the same number of letters so why not spell it correctly.
Overall bad spelling does not bother me as I am not that great myself but text speak is annoying when written in posts or emails or whole paragraphs with no capital letters or punctuation.
It's not just people online. A few years ago, when I renewed my passport, one of the questions on the form was: "Where you born abroad?"
You would think that such a form would have to go through half a dozen pairs of hands between the person doing the initial draft and the printers. I suppose they just run a spellcheck on it, and if all the words really exist, then they think that's good enough.
I'm not fussed by people making spelling mistakes. So long as the message is clear and you're understood, so what.
I'm more bothered by people pointing out mistakes made by others. As if it makes them somehow superior. Funny when they make mistakes themselves when pointing out these mistakes:rolleyes:
I'll bite. What you're saying, in effect, is that we should be tolerant of errors. Fair enough, but the unintended consequence will be that errors will accumulate, such that we will eventually not be able to understand each other.
So I make no apologies at all for pointing out mistakes, because indulging personal idiosyncrasies leads to mutual confusion.
That said, of course I don't approve of nit-picking, but stressing one's dislike of petty behaviour is a misplaced priority.
On saying the wrong words, but somehow they're so right
On Facebook, a friend of mine was posting about what a busy she'd had and all the things she'd done. She said, "I get more of a restbite at work than I do at home."
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Yeah I went out to the pub like.
Its one of those like.
However. If i was to put this in a list of the worlds problems. It would probably feature somewhere around 192,158 place. Tho the problem of "I get crumbs in my butter" is threatening to knock it off its spot.
Yawn next thread please.
Actually - that's bullshit, all of the above really get my goat.
Edit - I think I'm bothered about spelling because I have worked so hard to get mine right. I occasionally slip up but at least I try, unlike some people who are just do it to wind me up
Aye its lazyness sometimes. I got a friend, and she always types in really terrible txt speak, and I have to ask her to reword it. But she can actually type perfectly well when she wants to.
Also, another one which seems to have appeared recently - the word 'were' being spelt 'where'. That stops me in my tracks, as I have to tell my brain that the author doesn't mean 'where' but 'were'. This is why it matters - it takes longer to read a word which is incorrectly written, particularly when the incorrect version is a proper word with a different meaning.
Both the examples I have given are instances where the incorrect word is longer than the correct one, so it is not a case of the poster thinking it is OK to abbreviate, as is sometimes suggested.
I used to be an English teacher and that was one that came up again and again. And "should of". And there / their / they're.
I could go on, but it'll just get me annoyed
Oooh. Well, it's useful to know what to call them when they feel like being formal
I HATE that one! The thing is, why is it so difficult?
I am going to Morrisons. Waitrose is too expensive.
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
But it's definitely...
The other one that winds me up is when people tell me to put something in my 'draw'. It's a drawer, not a draw!
I can see why you're not anymore!!
I f**king loathe that phrase. Sometimes people say it as a joke, knowing that it's wrong, but more often than not, they're being completely serious.
Any more. Excepting American English. Mostly.
Overall bad spelling does not bother me as I am not that great myself but text speak is annoying when written in posts or emails or whole paragraphs with no capital letters or punctuation.
Mixing up you're/your, they're/there/their etc.
Also lose and loose.
It's not that hard!
I got it, Shobeedowah!
Ah, I was hoping for a bite!!
You would think that such a form would have to go through half a dozen pairs of hands between the person doing the initial draft and the printers. I suppose they just run a spellcheck on it, and if all the words really exist, then they think that's good enough.
I'll bite. What you're saying, in effect, is that we should be tolerant of errors. Fair enough, but the unintended consequence will be that errors will accumulate, such that we will eventually not be able to understand each other.
So I make no apologies at all for pointing out mistakes, because indulging personal idiosyncrasies leads to mutual confusion.
That said, of course I don't approve of nit-picking, but stressing one's dislike of petty behaviour is a misplaced priority.
On Facebook, a friend of mine was posting about what a busy she'd had and all the things she'd done. She said, "I get more of a restbite at work than I do at home."