"ALOT" is NOT a #$%& word!!!

[Coreene]

That made me feel much better. :yes:

[Tazzie]

I know Coreene, and yet I find myself using it alot!

:D:D:D

[RomeosGirl]

Neither is atleast!!!

[snbess]

Thank you, Coreene...I feel the same way. :)

[Foxtrot's]

Darn that spacebar!

[JoZ]

Nor can a point be "MUTE". It's not spelled that way (it's "moot") and for heaven's sake it's not pronounced that way either. It rhymes with hoot.

[Alagirl]

atleast Coreen is telling alot of people about it. :cool:

(firefox ftw, spell check right there! :))

[RomeosGirl]

Does the mis-spelling make Alagirls point moot?!?!

[tartan]

My fave is when people spell "congratulations" "congradulations" ... insert cringe.

[RugBug]

My fave is when people spell "congratulations" "congradulations" ... insert cringe.

I just saw someone write about political rediric. :eek:

The other that gets me: definately. Sorry, please try again.

[MHM]

Nor can a point be "MUTE". It's not spelled that way (it's "moot") and for heaven's sake it's not pronounced that way either. It rhymes with hoot.

Does anyone else remember the episode of Friends when Joey said something was a "moo" point?

When somebody called him on it, he explained- a moo point, you know, it's like a cow's opinion. It just doesn't matter.

Too funny! :lol:

[SmartAlex]

I can't spell definetly. And I want to use it alot.

[Thomas_1]

"ALOT" is NOT a #$%& word!!!

It is..... it's a place in India!

Or if you add an extra l so make it allot then for sure it is ;)

Coreen? How do you spell pedant?

[ASBnTX]

My favorite is "irregardless" :yes:

[kookicat]

I hate it when people mix up your and you're.

[redears]

My favorite is "irregardless" :yes:

In high school we had an entire song about that, it was sung to the tune of "we didn't start the fire" but it was "we didn't start irregardless" hilarious. Everybody loves mullets, party irregardless.

[Ted the Peep 'Ho]

No, silly, alot is a piece of land, usually not very big, not like apasture.

[Ghazzu]

"I just saw someone write about political rediric. :eek: "

Right up there with "rediculous"...

[InVA]

I hate it when people mix up your and you're.

Add to that "their," "there," and "they're"...! ugh!

[MHM]

My favorite is "irregardless" :yes:

That word used to bother me a_lot more, but there was a very cute (amateur?) horse years ago by that name. So now I think of him when I hear the word.

Speaking of which, if you're going to complain about the amateur rule, please spell "amateur" correctly. ;)

[Janeway]

how about "I could care less" ?

That one drives me nuts when people say that instead of "I couldn't care less".

[MistyBlue]

I just saw someone write about political rediric.

Wow, that's pretty bad. :lol: :lol: :lol:
However word mix ups llike your/you're and stuff don't bother me overly much. Used to, but in this age of more words being typed than spoken I've gotten over it.
But completely screwing up the language does grate on my nerves a bit. I agree with Janeway above on "I could care less." Of course you could care less, but written that way it completely changes the meaning of the expression. It's basically saying, "I have no opinion on this point" because you could care less...you could care more. Basically it's moot. :winkgrin:

Another newer one I see more often and bothers me is that many people don't seem to realize that could've and should've are contractions of two words. I see more "could of" and "should of" than the English language can tolerate. ;) Sure it sounds almost similar spoken...but written that way makes zero sense. I COULD HAVE done this...not I could OF done this. :confused:

[Guin]

That made me feel much better. :yes:

A voice of literacy crying in the wilderness....;)

[Gray Horse H/J]

Does anyone else remember the episode of Friends when Joey said something was a "moo" point?

When somebody called him on it, he explained- a moo point, you know, it's like a cow's opinion. It just doesn't matter.

Too funny! :lol:


"It's moo." :)

[Ajierene]

My favorite is "irregardless" :yes:

Unfortunately, irregardless is a word now.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irregardless

I still cringe when I hear or see it, but it serves as a reminder that language is fluid. One of these days 'alot' will be a word.

I found out, in my travels, that words, and definitions of those words, make the dictionary according to survey. This means that when more people use a particular spelling, word, or definition for a word, it makes its way into the dictionary. Once it is in the dictionary, it seems people think it is written in stone.

[Coreene]

It is..... it's a place in India!

Or if you add an extra l so make it allot then for sure it is ;)

Coreen? How do you spell pedant?

:lol: :lol: Same as you do, but I spell my name C-o-r-e-e-n-e. ;)

[Claudius]

" Confirmation" and "anyways"...... a couple of "fingernails across the blackboard" examples!!!

[Shine]

Ah, let's not forget guilding, gilding and jelding!:)

[propspony]

My pet peeve:

U

it's three freaking letters people. Y. O. U.

Just type them. How lazy can you POSSIBLY be?

Whew. I do feel better now.

[eventersmom]

I have huge issues with people using "isn't not". It really makes me nuts. Cutesy spellings of words are also annoying. Like nutz instead of nuts.

But I must hang my head in shame as I am one of those illiterates that uses "alot" a lot. I will cease to do so thanks to Coreene's PSA. :winkgrin:

[LisaO]

My pet peeve:

Nip it in the BUD;

- NOT -

Nip it in the BUTT!

[GilbertsCreeksideAcres]

"Aghasted."

No.

It's just "aghast."

[Renn/aissance]

HEAR HEAR, Coreene! One of the forums I visit has put in an automatic filter. When someone types in "alot," it is filtered to "a lot (two words, not one)". My heart dances with glee when I see it.

[birdsong]

lose and loose gets me every time...and so does "Xmas".

[Foxtrot's]

Nah, Gilberts.. Aghasted is a COTHism, of which there are aplenty. There is a lingo here, along with intentional misspellings or ethnic/regional jargon.

[blue&blond]

My favorite is "irregardless" :yes:

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. And thank you.

Ajierene wrote: Unfortunately, irregardless is a word now.

I will never accept it! Never! :D

[supershorty628]

It's cannot. Not can not.

[kateh]

For some reason, wander/wonder drives me up the wall more than it should. Which reminds me of another one...then/than!

And to whoever brought up should/would...my philosophy class is currently dissecting entire (professional) arguments based around this word choice.

[kristinq]

As a regular on Facebook, which promotes spelling ignorance, I often see: "suppose to" instead of "supposed to". It drives me absolutely crazy.

[Eventer13]

Horses have good/bad conFORmation, not confirmation.

Its diarrhea. Not diarea, dihorrea, diheria, diahrea, diahrrea ... learn to spell it.

[FalseImpression]

It is gait not gate!! unless you are speaking of the opening in your fence!

There are so many... "prolly"...
Someone please explain to me what "I resemble that remark" means... do you look like the remark? Should it not be "I resent that remark?"

[Coreene]

And for the horsey misspellers, it's POLL, GAIT and REIN and not pole, gate and reign. For those who biff names, it's ANKY not Anke, SJEF not Sjeff and LDR or ROLLKUR and not RollKur, roll kur or rolkur. Get with the program!

[Blugal]

Actually, diarrhoea is also a correct spelling (British).

(When I went to school in a former British colony, our spelling tests came from a book with a section of 500 commonly misspelled words.)

The one that I hate is 'potatos' in stead of potatoes.

[MHM]

And for the horsey misspellers, it's POLL, GAIT and REIN and not pole, gate and reign.

Well, it is pole and gate if you're talking about jump components. :lol:

I was appalled to see the word "reign" used incorrectly in the book Seabiscuit, especially since it was in a paperback version after the book had been out for a couple of years. Hadn't anyone caught it by then??

[Calvincrowe]

Oh, Coreene, a woman after my own heart! I teach 7th grade writing....which is growing more painful to do, each year.

I DESPISE texting language. Just type the whole damn word! And, don't you dare use it in an essay in my class. Or else! The Stink Eye of Grammar will get you:winkgrin:

My biggest pet peeve? The apparent disregard for proper use of the apostrophe. You never, ever make a word plural by adding an apostrophe.

"I got three horse's!" horse's what?? ARGH.

Essentially, people do not want to take the time to do a job right anymore. Learn to spell. Learn to type. Follow the rules.

[Liberty]

I'd like to add "noone" to the vent pot since no one has mentioned it yet. :cool:

[Coreene]

Ah yes, but I was referring to horsey misspellers and not fence misspellers. :lol:!!!

[RugBug]

" Confirmation" and "anyways"...... a couple of "fingernails across the blackboard" examples!!!

Well, confirmation IS a word. One I type close to 30 times a day in my job, if not more. The fingers occasionally betray me when I'm talking about horses, but that's just the way it is.

I agree about 'could care less.' If you could care less, you care at least a little even though you are trying to communicate that you don't care at all.

[mswillie]

Prolly annoys me no end. It just sounds childish and immature, especially from an adult. My current most hated word though is "conversate". WTF is up with that? One can converse or have a conversation but conversate is not a word. It just makes the user sound poorly educated.

I have to give a lot of credit to teachers. I'd be handing out a lot of failing grades. And I'd probably add a nice "fail boat" type picture, just to let them know that I have a nasty sense of humor.

[MEP]

Someone please explain to me what "I resemble that remark" means... do you look like the remark? Should it not be "I resent that remark?"

I'm pretty sure it was a Three Stooges line - can anyone else confirm? (So, in context, an insult is given and Moe, trying to say he 'resents that remark' says he 'resembles it.') Hmmm, humor doesn't explain very well, does it.

[MHM]

I'm pretty sure it was a Three Stooges line - can anyone else confirm? (So, in context, an insult is given and Moe, trying to say he 'resents that remark' says he 'resembles it.')

I feel like it was from the Marx Brothers, but I won't swear to it.

[mswillie]

Someone please explain to me what "I resemble that remark" means... do you look like the remark? Should it not be "I resent that remark?"

I always just took it as a joke or self deprecating comment to counter an intended insult. The first place I heard it was on "The Three Stooges" but it certainly could have originated elsewhere.

[TwoDreamRides]

Well, I learned the hard way today, that the sentence "We should have moved those ones before moving these ones" is grammatically incorrect. Got ribbed about that for quite some time .. considering I was a Writing minor =]. Oops!

[MEP]

I feel like it was from the Marx Brothers, but I won't swear to it.

Yeah, that's why I wasn't sure. But it does sound so "Moe" or "Curley" if you know what I mean (and I haven't watched any Three Stooges for at least 40+ years!)

But back to FalseImpression's question: it's a real expression from 1950s (or before) comedy.

[DancingQueen]

Am I the only one who wonder about how kids and teens reply to a "thank you"?

I was taught to say "you are welcome" or maybe "no problem".
I've found that most kids and even some adults will reply to a thank you with a uh-huh noice and nothing more. Am I outdated for reacting to it?

[mypaintwattie]

You're thread has gots alot of responses Coreene:D

[Coreene]

Well, I learned the hard way today, that the sentence "We should have moved those ones before moving these ones" is grammatically incorrect. Got ribbed about that for quite some time .. considering I was a Writing minor =]. Oops!
Methinks it is high time to ask the university for a refund. :lol:

[LarkspurCO]

Not abcess. No no no!


Abscess. Abscess. Abscess. Abscess. Abscess. Abscess. Abscess.

Thank you.

[Roxy SM]

Oh, Coreene, a woman after my own heart! I teach 7th grade writing....which is growing more painful to do, each year.

I DESPISE texting language. Just type the whole damn word! And, don't you dare use it in an essay in my class. Or else! The Stink Eye of Grammar will get you:winkgrin:

My biggest pet peeve? The apparent disregard for proper use of the apostrophe. You never, ever make a word plural by adding an apostrophe.

"I got three horse's!" horse's what?? ARGH.

Essentially, people do not want to take the time to do a job right anymore. Learn to spell. Learn to type. Follow the rules.

It is funny that you mentioned texting. When I was in Junior High we had a typing class for a few months, but there were two more students than there were computers in one classroom. Therefore, the two students at the end of the alphabet were sent into the next room. My friend and I were those two students, and since the teacher was not in there, we never did the exercises, and thus never really learned to type. It was not until I started chatting with my friends on AOL instant messenger and Windows Live Messenger that I learned how to type quickly and without looking at the keyboard. When we were on instant messenger, I used all the shortcuts and abbreviations you see in texting and more, yet I never had a problem going back to proper grammar and spelling on school papers and such and the faster typing carried over. I do wish spelling was taken more seriously. Some people are just naturally good at science or math, but my thing was spelling! That was what I was best at naturally. One of my best friends is great at math, but is a terrible speller, whereas math was challenging for me and spelling ws effortless. Even when I hear a new word I usually know how to spell it. When my friends and I do games night and play Cranium, I am always chosen to do the spelling and backwards spelling challenges and everyone else tries to avoid them.

[RugBug]

Even when I hear a new word I usually know how to spell it. When my friends and I do games night and play Cranium, I am always chosen to do the spelling and backwards spelling challenges and everyone else tries to avoid them.

I love spelling, too. Ginlleps is my favorite Cranium category. Doesn't mean I always spell words correctly...'cause I certainly don't...but I can often "see" the words in my head and the spelling is fairly easy.

[nightsong]

When a horse "isn't phased" by something, well, he CAN'T be phased unless he's turning from a solid to a liquid or some such. It's FAZE, people.

Although, if you're eventing and don't get to stadium jmping, i guess you could be "two-phased"...

[MEP]

I love spelling, too. Ginlleps is my favorite Cranium category. Doesn't mean I always spell words correctly...'cause I certainly don't...but I can often "see" the words in my head and the spelling is fairly easy.

I've never played Cranium (and have to say, I've never even heard of it), but wouldn't it be "gnilleps" rather than "ginlleps?"
(:D)

[MEP]

Oh, and I can read upside down and backwards (comes in handy if you're a nosy type), but I can't add up numbers in my head to save my life (and don't even mention subtraction, multiplication, or *gulp* division = The Horror! :eek:)

[RolyPolyPony]

Hah! Thanks to a stupid keyboard I accidentally spelled it that way on a Facebook update and then made like 5 more comments insisting that I knew I was wrong and asking people to not think of me as an idiot ;)

[Chall]

Prolly = probably but what does what does "props" mean. Applause?
'Splain the plural use of "ones" please in the sentence with "these ones and those ones", because all I found is this http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/one.htm.
Nightsong, can't a horse be phased? "He spooked at the log and we were eliminated, we never got to the SJ phase. Hence the horse was "phased" by the log.

[Mara]

Not abcess. No no no!


Abscess. Abscess. Abscess. Abscess. Abscess. Abscess. Abscess.

Thank you.

And abscesses are full of pus, not "puss".

I won the school spelling bee in 5th grade with this one! (Abscess, not pus). Must've been all those horse books I read over and over.:lol:
Spelling has always come easily for me, though.

[GilbertsCreeksideAcres]

Nah, Gilberts.. Aghasted is a COTHism, of which there are aplenty. There is a lingo here, along with intentional misspellings or ethnic/regional jargon.

I'm glad you explained that. I thought it was bizarre, how contagious its misuse was here. Now I get it.

[sisu27]

Am I the only one who wonder about how kids and teens reply to a "thank you"?

I was taught to say "you are welcome" or maybe "no problem".
I've found that most kids and even some adults will reply to a thank you with a uh-huh noice and nothing more. Am I outdated for reacting to it?

This one is a real problem for me. I think it is a bit of a cultural thing. You are not alone, I find it very rude. I know that isn't the intent but I am big on please and thank you and when I get a dismissive grunt instead of a "you're welcome" it drives me bananas. I don't think it is exclusive to kids at all....seems pretty common across the board.

I find how people actually speak and converse more irritating than poor spelling to be honest. But I can't spell so that might be why.;)

[harveyhorses]

Add to that "their," "there," and "they're"...! ugh!
With the text U R makes me cringe.
Did not go on a second date because he sent an email with I swear to you not one complete (sp?) word. An email, not a text, if I am not worth enough time to spell YOU forget it. :yes:
Ahh this thread makes me feel so much better about my snarkiness. (word or not a word?)

[SmartAlex]

I heard one on History channel today... "unthaw". This guy was supposed to be a professor of WHAT?

[Lisa Cook]

What you find in a grocery store is an AISLE. Not ISLE. As someone who works with consumer packaged goods, I am amazed at the e-mails from otherwise very literate people who use ISLE. Argh!

And those pesky little 's that are used on everything that ends with an s. "We need more book's." :rolleyes:

Ah, I feel better now.

[Coreene]

I'm glad you explained that. I thought it was bizarre, how contagious its misuse was here. Now I get it.

I will take 100% of the credit for immediately calling out "aghasted" as a COTHism. IIRC, it was done only a post or two after a longstanding COTHer first used it. As COTHisms go, I do believe it is my favorite. Well, this and "this it be right."

[Vitriolic]

Prolly annoys me no end. It just sounds childish and immature, especially from an adult. My current most hated word though is "conversate". WTF is up with that? One can converse or have a conversation but conversate is not a word. It just makes the user sound poorly educated.


I admit I have never heard that one, but an English professor once told me he would fail anyone for "verbifying" any noun. :D

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

Prolly = probably but what does what does "props" mean. Applause?

It's short for "propers", as according someone the proper respect. It's what Miss Aretha expects when he gets home.:winkgrin:

My bete noire? The use of "decimate" to mean "eradicate." To decimate means to eliminate one-tenth of a population. Or at least that was its original meaning. I know language is fluid, but I hate when it slops all over everything.:)

Can someone tell me - is "asshat" a COTH-ism or not? I've only read it here - until yesterday, when it cropped up in a book by a new favorite author. It made me wonder if the author is a COTH-er or people really use this expression IRL. Can anyone enlighten me?

[PNWjumper]

Prolly annoys me no end. It just sounds childish and immature, especially from an adult. .

This is the one that drives me crazy! I HATE the "abbreviated" forms of probably...prolly, prolle, etc. I'm always left feeling like the poster must be a 12 year old who doesn't know that the word really is PROBABLY.

[Coreene]

Has been used for quite some time now. Neither is "douchenozzle," but it is still a good word. ;)

[thatmoody]

Oh, I have a good one - from an actual cover letter that I reviewed:

Dear perspective employer:

[Grataan]

NOR ARE:

'probaly', 'supposably', or 'lemme'

wow this really is therapeutic, thanks coreene!


but, um, somehow it is ok for a DVM or MD to use the words "Surgicate" and "Surgify" :blush:

[Grataan]

Not abcess. No no no!


Abscess. Abscess. Abscess. Abscess. Abscess. Abscess. Abscess.

Thank you. OH! And PUS, P U S, PUS:yes:, not "puss":no:

and purulent:yes:, not pussy. :no:

[Alice]

Or worse, orientated.

For pete's sake, use "orient" and "oriented"! No reason to make the word any longer than it is.

[Come Shine]

Or worse, orientated.

For pete's sake, use "orient" and "oriented"! No reason to make the word any longer than it is.

I hate that, too. Unfortunately, orientated is really a legitimate word.

[RugBug]

I've never played Cranium (and have to say, I've never even heard of it), but wouldn't it be "gnilleps" rather than "ginlleps?"
(:D)
It would be. While I can spell backwards, typing sdrawkcab with a cat on your lap is a little harder than I thought. :lol:

[sk_pacer]

I hate that, too. Unfortunately, orientated is really a legitimate word.

So is D'oh, that delightful Homer Simpsonism, and where does that leave us??LOL

having said that, I found this delightful page: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors

[RoyalTRider]

I "love" it when people use "quotation marks" for no reason.

"If you know what I mean."

[RoyalTRider]

And, a Thanksgiving LOL!:

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/search/label/Mithspellings

[MHM]

I've seen that cakewrecks site. Hilarious- as long as it's not your cake! :lol:

[Grover]

Maclay

[supershorty628]

Maclay

That is the correct spelling and capitalization for the equitation class - what is it that bothers you?

[glfprncs]

I'm an 8th grade teacher, and my sweethearts just had a quiz over commonly misused words prior to the Thanksgiving break. Those that were on my "do not do misuse these anymore" list:

a lot
further/farther
your/you're
its/it's
there/their/they're
cause (in place of BEcause)--this one is driving me INSANE when I grade essays.
except/accept
affect/effect


Some of the 'refrain from using because they're just bad grammar':

Due to the fact that...
This here OR That there
Using the word 'because' in a sentence after the words 'the reason'
Sort of OR Kind of
and using the word 'at' after the word 'is'--I.E. Where is it at? Please just ask "Where is it?"

[shakeytails]

"Where is it at?" seriously annoys me, and "U R" makes me crazy, but the word I hate the most is "disrespected". It may be in the dictionary, but nothing sounds more ignorant to me than "He disrespected me". Is is really so difficult to speak like a literate adult and say "He was disrespectful to me"?

I also can't stand to see the words lesson and clinic used as verbs.

I admit to occasionally using 'cause instead of because. I hope I didn't use quotation marks improperly.....

[tikidoc]

My biggest pet peeve? The apparent disregard for proper use of the apostrophe. You never, ever make a word plural by adding an apostrophe.

"I got three horse's!" horse's what?? ARGH.

I "love" it when people use "quotation marks" for no reason.

"If you know what I mean."

The two above are major pet peeves of mine. "I could care less" is another one.

I live in the south and spend much of my day speaking to rural southerners. Some of the pronunciations amaze me. "Vomick" for "vomit". "Twahst" for "twice".

[Grover]

That is the correct spelling and capitalization for the equitation class - what is it that bothers you?

There are too many misspellings to list. My "favorite" is McClay.

[RoyalTRider]

Could of. Could of?

[RedHorses]

When a horse "isn't phased" by something, well he CAN'T be phased unless he's turning from a solid to a liquid or some such. It's FAZE, people.

Blessings upon your head nightsong! That one drives me nuts too. :winkgrin:

As do many of the others mentioned.

Has anyone mentioned the bridal/bridle yet?

Or how about the text spelling of words that end up with the same number of characters (or worse MORE!) as there are in the original word?!!! :rolleyes: I can't think of any just now - the horror and disbelief upon seeing them must have wiped them from my memory. :p

[indygirl2560]

Thanks for posting this thread! haha
For some reason, it bugs me to no end when people write/type "alot".

[Somantu]

I should of went to the sale: there where alot of great deals!
I could of boughten something for Coreene!

:lol:

[mswillie]

So is D'oh, that delightful Homer Simpsonism, and where does that leave us??LOL

having said that, I found this delightful page: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors

Great page. I added it to my bookmarks.

[Coreene]

I should of went to the sale: there where alot of great deals!
I could of boughten something for Coreene!

:lol:

Alot of the time your so funny! :lol:

[Mtn trails]

Where their alot of nice horse's at the sale? I need to lesson with my bnt and wants a good horse. My BFF could care less ifn i get a good one cause she's a beeyoch. Anyways dose someone no were i can find a good horsie to clinic and lesson on? Advices needed! thnx. :lol:

[TikiSoo]

>I hate it when people mix up your and you're.

And what about "yore"? As in "songs of yore".

>lose and loose gets me every time

I recently decided to drop my subscription to a horse magazine because they ran an article written by a well known cowboy trainer that quoted him as mixing up the meaning & spelling of these two words. Where's the editor? And did she ever "gratuate" high school?

>and so does "Xmas"

I actually knew a gal named "Christine" who signed things "Xtine". I thought it was pretty droll.

>For pete's sake, use "orient" and "oriented"!

Have you ever heard someone say "orient-ated"? Oy!

>but what does what does "props" mean? It's short for "propers", as according someone the proper respect.

I still hate it. When anyone uses a word like this, I'll ask, "what's a props?" and wait for the invariable shrug. I also despise "give it up". I'll ask, "Give WHAT up?"

My MOST HATED phrase is "I don't do lunch/chicken/SUVs." I always ask "Do what to lunch?"

I used to hate the phrase by wait staff, "You still working on that?" My response was, "I'm not working, but I'm still eating." Thankfully, this phrase is disappearing.

And when a customer service representative ends every sentence with "ok?", I respond, "No, it's NOT ok. Why do you assume it would be ok?"

What about kids these days not really knowing the spelling of "doughnuts" or "light" because of crazy lazy packaging?

And thanks for the "phase" vs "faze" clarification. I hope I haven't done that myself.

I just spent Thanksgiving cringing at MrTikis relatives saying: anywayS, suppos-ebly and the dreaded double negatives- I don't want no...

[equineartworks]

I try to save my language transgressions for times when they fit in some snarky way or another. :lol:

There is a spellcheck here on COTH. Red squiggly lines under a word = oops.

[Liberty]

"My bad"...argh! I hate that expression. I see it EVERYWHERE these days, and it really grates on my nerves.

I'm always tempted to ask "Your bad what?"

[Chief2]

A friend of mine spent years working as a stringer for the AP. When we started emailing, I thought, 'Great! I'll be getting mail that's properly written!' I got email that had no capitalization, no punctuation, no paragraphing of any kind, no bold, no italics, etc. Just streams and streams of non-stop type. When I questioned it, she replied that she did that all the time for the papers, and never did it in her emails. Great. :(

[nightsong]

"My bad"...argh! I hate that expression. I see it EVERYWHERE these days, and it really grates on my nerves.

I'm always tempted to ask "Your bad what?"

Your bad MANNERS.

[tidy rabbit]

My favorite is "irregardless" :yes:

This one makes me cringe.

Another one that gets me is when apparently well educated, intelligent people say "I have an ideal." instead of "I have an idea." How the hell do you get through a masters program and still say that? That's like a 4th grade mistake.

UGGHHHH.

"#$%&" isn't word, but it's used alot. :lol:

[tidy rabbit]

A friend of mine spent years working as a stringer for the AP. When we started emailing, I thought, 'Great! I'll be getting mail that's properly written!' I got email that had no capitalization, no punctuation, no paragraphing of any kind, no bold, no italics, etc. Just streams and streams of non-stop type. When I questioned it, she replied that she did that all the time for the papers, and never did it in her emails. Great. :(

Chief2,

Doesn't your friend think you are worth the extra keystrokes? Sounds like alot of other disfunctional relationships discussed on this off topic day.

If you don't think you're worth periods and capitalization how are you ever going to attract it into your life? You need to demand better! :lol:

[Coreene]

Tidy, please tell me that the "alot" in your post was done with tongue in cheek. Oh pleasepleaseplease tell me that. Otherwise please do read the title of this thread and know it's not even 8:30 on Black Friday morning and you've already given me my laugh of the day. :lol:

[fooler]

I hate it when people mix up your and you're.

And there vs their

[SonnysMom]

I saw a rant the other day about the evil Democrates not letting the Rebublicans have any of their Rebublican ideas added to the health care and the Dems were being sooo mean to the Rebublicans. They spelled it wrong like 5 times in one paragraph while defending them. If it was a Democrate writing it I would have thought it was intentional.

I saw a sign for punkin pie for sale the other day. It was a Holloween special.

One common horse misspelling I see on craigslist all the time is Quater Horse. I would think it was a typo except when it is spelled that way multiple times in the same ad.

[Alagirl]

Through and threw.... <barf icon>

I am not a grammar nazi, but when I come across that I have to BITE my tongue, HARD!!!

I mean, being asked to run somebody threw a place makes me want to throw up. :no:

[tidy rabbit]

Tidy, please tell me that the "alot" in your post was done with tongue in cheek. Oh pleasepleaseplease tell me that. Otherwise please do read the title of this thread and know it's not even 8:30 on Black Friday morning and you've already given me my laugh of the day. :lol:

Of course it was intentional. I do that alot.

I did read the title of the thread and all the posts. Alot of the responses were tongue and cheek so I was playing too. You hurt me with your words. :( <sniff>

(And yes, the last sentence was tongue & cheek as well.)

[Coreene]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[MHM]

I've heard tell of a spell check feature on COTH, but I've never figured out how to use it.

Could someone please enlighten me?