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A Pet Peeve - Spelling Errors

Susan

Susan

Go Ahead, Make My Day!
These aren't just the odd mistake or typo. I see these every day on this and other forums as well as by co-workers who are supposed to be professional. I'll probably be adding to this as I come across them and please feel free to post the ones you see!

Incorrect word - "witch" - seen quite frequently used in place of the proper word "which", as in "Which one of these snakes do you like best?"

Incorrect word - "mabey" - I can maybe see someone transposing the letters once or maybe even twice, but not every single time they use the word!

Incorrect word - "muzzel" - in a veterinarian's office, we sometimes have to muzzle dogs that are in pain. Same person also writes this: Incorrect word - "mussel" - dogs don't have sore shellfish, but they do get sore muscles!

Incorrect word - "lathargic" - I don't care how you mispronounce the word. If you spelled it correctly, just once, after the years of my correcting you, you might just get it that the word is lethargic, as in lethargy, not lathergy!
 
(If I make spelling errors, it's because I'm posting from my iPhone!!)

One of my favorites is "tomarrow."
 
Ode to a Spell Checker

Eye halve a spelling checker,
It came with my pea sea.
It plainly marks four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write -
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It knows bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite;
It's rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it,
I'm shore your pleased two no.
It's letter perfect awl the weigh -
My checker tolled me sew!

Lobe the Phatman
 
I'm right there with you, Susan. I HATE spelling errors! I can understand why some words are easily misspelled (<---- words like that seem to be on the list of ones people can't spell properly), but even then, a spell checker should weed out most of that kind of thing. It makes me cringe, and wonder about the efficacy of our education system!
 
For some reason I have taken to misspell some words that I have never spelled wrong in my life... I always catch those, and I try to catch the other spelling and grammatical errors.
 
I am a bit of a spelling and grammar nut as well. I had to give my friend a lesson on the different uses of the words there, their, and they're because it was seriously getting on my nerves that he always used the wrong one!

There - locational, as in "the book is over there"
Their - possessive, as in "that is their book"
They're - contraction of "they are", as in "they're picking up that book"
 
LOL. I have been told on MULTIPLE occasions that I should have been an editor. :) I'm right there with ya, Susan. Even when I text to other people, I have this NEED to spell everything out and correctly.

This is why I ABSOLUTELY HAVE to get my shiny back sometime soon. Those edit functions are necessity!!! LOL.
 
if i have to be professional i type perfectly. but if im here... i dont because im lazy lol

in the marines i type perfectly
 
I am so with everyone on this one. I thought I was just being OCD about it. I do think that it is lack of education. I can kind of understand, not understanding which spelling of the same word to use. There and their. But the biggest thing that bugs me is the slang. Our youth uses it so often that it one makes them look stupid but then I am sure that since they never spell right they forget how to spell all together.

wit
kewl
thanx

Oh those are the only ones that I can come up with right now.
 
LOL. I'm sure everyone on the forum knows that I use "Kewl" VERY often. Sorry if that bugs you. I just fixated on that once I saw it and I DO know how to spell "cool" correctly! :) LOL.
 
LOL That one doesn't bug me as much as the others only because I can see it the way that you would say it but those are the only ones I can think of at the moment. I know there are others that bug me more I just can't think of them at the moment.
 
I'm pretty nuts about proper spelling, grammar, caps & punctuation too. I'm dyslexic & have problems with all of those things but put a lot of effort into trying to do it correctly. So on the one hand I can understand having issues with spelling & try not to be very judgmental about other people's writing. However it does urk me when someone has obviously made no effort. I feel that if it wasn't worth their effort to try & get their thoughts across clearly, then it isn't worth my effort to try & figure out what they are saying.
 
Fatman608 said:
Eye halve a spelling checker,
It came with my pea sea.
It plainly marks four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write -
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It knows bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite;
It's rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it,
I'm shore your pleased two no.
It's letter perfect awl the weigh -
My checker tolled me sew!

Lobe the Phatman
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:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

Oh please....PLEASE may I reprint this elsewhere?
 
Tavia said:
I'm pretty nuts about proper spelling, grammar, caps & punctuation too. I'm dyslexic & have problems with all of those things but put a lot of effort into trying to do it correctly. So on the one hand I can understand having issues with spelling & try not to be very judgmental about other people's writing. However it does urk me when someone has obviously made no effort. I feel that if it wasn't worth their effort to try & get their thoughts across clearly, then it isn't worth my effort to try & figure out what they are saying.
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Hey, Me too! I also have brain damage and have very little activity on my left side of my brain but like you said I can still manage to do my best.
 
I do notice sometimes that I seem to write with less errors than some english speaking people :)
And my english lessons in school really weren't that good.

(oh please don't let there be any mistakes in this post :laugh:)
 
Kali said:
I do notice sometimes that I seem to write with less errors than some english speaking people :)
And my english lessons in school really weren't that good.

(oh please don't let there be any mistakes in this post :laugh:)
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You know, I have noticed that as well!
 
cmalchow said:
I am so with everyone on this one. I thought I was just being OCD about it. I do think that it is lack of education. I can kind of understand, not understanding which spelling of the same word to use. There and their. But the biggest thing that bugs me is the slang. Our youth uses it so often that it one makes them look stupid but then I am sure that since they never spell right they forget how to spell all together.

wit
kewl
thanx

Oh those are the only ones that I can come up with right now.
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I'm 19 so i can live with lol, jk, omfg, and the like... but when people spell kewl and it's a thousand times easier just to spell cool, i wanna start kicking people in the head, wat is another one i hate... it's ONE LETTER!!! just put it in there!!! If you want to make life easier by spelling 2 letters (like jk) instead of typing out 2 words (just kidding), that's cool but when you find a way to shorten a 4 letter word, that's just pathetic! the only exception that i can think of off the top of my head is Probably (a.k.a. Prolly or Probly) and the reason for that is because i actually say probly instead of the full word in real life... just my $0.02


And Fatman, that poem was awesome.
there is another one about 'tater chips' that my friend made but i can't think of it off the top of my head lol
 
My husband's pet spelling error peeve is improper use of the apostrophe. I've seen him go into businesses, ask for a pen, and go out their door to correct/cross out/remove/add the incorrect usage. So many times, people add the apostrophe when it shouldn't be there. Why? Just in case? Who knows. Here's the thing. Apostrophes at the end of words mean one of two things: 1) "Belonging to". Possessive, such as "This is Kate's purse", or 2) a shortening of 2 words into one, called a "contraction", such as "Kate's (Kate is) on her way to my house to get her purse". For plurals, you don't need that apostrophe, so please use it correctly in case my husband sees it and feels the need to correct it for you! :)
 
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