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Spelling...It Matters
- Mar 6, 2010 at 11:57 PM
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Don't let this be you!
And if you don't understand the above...oh dear me!
Just some help:
Angle = as in "right triangle" as in "forty-five degree" as in rhymes with "dangle"
Angel = as in mythical humanoid with wings that plays a harp; as in cherub
The word is VERY. I am VERY proud of you for using spell check. The word is not VARY. Even if you say it like that because of your accent. It is still spelled with an "E"!
The word is RIDICULOUS. The iculous is not red. So do not type "rediculous"
The word is spelled C-O-M-E. For the love of decency, do not drop the "e" and don't substitute "u" for "o" okay? Totally different meaning that you probably intended.
The word is "could've" Contraction of "could have" it is not "could of"
The word is "dilation". You don't dial-ate you dial the phone.
MOOT. MOOT point. The point isn't silent so thus isn't mute!
W-h-o-r-e okay? If you want to call someone the slang term then spell it 'ho if you insist, but NOT hoe. A hoe is a garden tool.
If not for you. Do it for me. I am starting to spell words wrong because I see them spelled wrong all the time!
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And, I have to agree with Jeff on that one. I wish the educationally-oblivious would stop breeding like rabbits. What, can they not read the instructions on the birth control packaging?
I can think of so many more pet peeves.
I seen it. Wrong---You saw it. It was seen.
Grammer saves lives, it's true.
Lets eat grandma. Wrong again. Let's eat, Grandma.
My baby daddy??? Your baby is a daddy, is that physically possible? I don't think so.
It's your or you're, there or their . My favorite is She and me, or Him and me. Please, people this is your native tongue.
Oh YES!.. Made my night. You cant make that stuff up AHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*thumbs up*
Wow. The visual aid is.... just... wow..
And, the funny thing is there's a freakin' spell check button. Even if you don't know how to spell, for the most part, the computer will do it for you!
A lot of it has to do with kids not giving a damn and growing up into adults that don't give a damn. They don't care. And it shows. I have sometimes spelled things wrong by accident. I go back and fix it later on when I catch it. Also I think a lot of this has to do with texting, and many people think the internet is like texting, so they chop all the words up and try to invent new English, or something, lol. And a small majority, maybe their first language isn't English, so they might not have the best handle on it.
What gets me is when they use the wrong words completely. Like their and there. Or yours and your's. I see businesses all over the place with mis-spelled words on their signs, permanent or otherwise...it just seems so unprofessional when a company cannot spell something correctly...do they not have a dictionary, or google, for that matter?
Another huge irk of mine is incorrect grammar. I admit my grammar is not perfect. But at least people can understand what I am trying to say.
And how about enunciation? Correct pronunciation of a word is one thing....correct enunciation is something else entirely. I run into quite a few people who just cannot speak. They mumble and all their words kinda garble together....it's like talking with marbles in your mouth.
At my old job, where we were on the phones all day, I had plenty of co-workers who couldn't understand why they couldn't get a sale or even get the people to stay on the line with them. It was because they couldn't understand a damn thing that was being said.
Now, I don't mind shortening words, as long as what you're trying to say is legible. Like saying cuz instead of because. Or k for okay. Nothing wrong with that. HOWEVER, let's save it for texting, k? LOL!
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I love you so much right now. Yes, yes, YES!!!
It astounds me that every day on this site I see people not just butcher the very words they communicate with, but also vehemently defend their right to be stupid because it is "just the internet."
GAH!
- roachiesmom
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