Okay, we all know that the Org is home to some of the worst attrocities ever committed against the English language... and for pedantic geeks like myself, there's nothing more irritating that poor spelling.

So, which commonly mis-spelt word on the Org irritates you the most?

I'll get you started: The word is "beginning" and NOT "begining". Thank you.

Lord there are so many I dont even know where to start.

using "that" instead of "than" ??
edit: okay, or... "then" instead of "than"
[This message was edited Mon Apr 14 13:21:45 PDT 2003 by Zipper]

Any time anyone uses "princebonics." That is just bastard talk, and I'm tired of it.

You should give three strikes and auto-ban everyone who uses Princebonics, ian.

This thread is rediculous.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

I already do, unofficially. Sure I might pretend they are being banned for some minor flaming misdemeanour, but you and I will know that was for offences committed against the English language.

Anxiety said:

Your not a very good speller are ya?

Paisley said:

Yeah he can't even spell propar!

Paisley said:

I am to good too respond 2 this kind of shiite.

Much of the 90s Princebonics started with many of his friends (er, fans) from the L4OA days.. It's the way some of them wrote when chatting with him. He dug it, and made it his own.

...but don't quote me, boy, cuz i ain't saying... it.
[This message was edited Mon Apr 14 13:27:43 PDT 2003 by Zipper]

Zipper said:

I thought it had to do with Sly Stone's and George Clinton's "creative" takes on spelling song titles.

Oh! Just thought of some:

Your/you're... You're is the contraction for "you are" such as, if I were saying "you are a dumbass" I could say "you're a dumbass."

There/their/they're... There a place. "Over there." "Their" ownership. "It's theirs." "They're" the contraction for "they are" such as, instead of "they are dumbasses" I can say "they're dumbasses."

ian said:

"your" vs. "you're"
"there" vs. "they're" vs. "their"

Those are my least favorite.
[This message was edited Mon Apr 14 13:29:19 PDT 2003 by IceNine]

I have always been a very good speller, even when I was a little girl. I use to win all of the spelling bee's in school. I was always going home with a star and a candy bar.

Paisley said:

Your punctuation was lacking and so was your usage of various verb tenses and such though, right?

Paisley said:

Fuck me, are you serious? What happened?

people who spell one word perfectly, then misspell the next word or so!!!

i see this all the time on handmade garage sale or "apartment for rent" signs and i cannot stand it!!!

IceNine said:

You shut the phuck-up! :LOL:

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

Oh now your gonna phuck with me huh?

this place is like running through the old livin room

in my sox,

i dont need no stinkin shoes

we be family peeps

fams

lambs



ian

u

kilgin

me

today

I don't have a spelling complaint, I have a grammar complaint.

There is no such phrase as "would of," "should of," or "could of"...

I have a feeling people think those things are spelled the way they hear them phonetically in their heads when they think of the contractions "would've," "should've," and "could've"...of course the other word is "have" not "of," which literally makes no sense. And it's odd, because I've never seen this until I started reading posts on the net.

I don't usually correct people when they do it (unless they're on my back about something ).

'loosing' when it should be 'losing'

AAARRRGH!

wood of a diffint cooler

Marrk said:

OOOH. Good call. And far more common than one might think.

sphinxter

IceNine said:

You said it!

I also am irked by "definAtely" or "defanitely."

Tire is spelt tyre...and not tire!

Here's one I just remembered: "alterior" instead of "ulterior"...not that I don't understand why people spell it that way, that's the way it sounds.

Lleena said:

You Brits pronounce words right, but you don't spell them right.

Supernova said:

That's a good one. I notice that sometimes as well.