Typos taht drive you CRAZEY!
 

Man, there are some spelling errors that really grind my shit up a fucking wall. The big one for me is genious.

PEOPLE. There is no "o" in the word GENIUS. It seems to be an epidemic with all of my friends since I know very few of them who can spell it correctly, even amongst the smart ones.

Another one I don't particularly enjoy is definately. This is a tricky one since it LOOKS correct, but anyone with good spelling would see otherwise.

I admit, I used to think definitely was spelled with an a just until a few months ago, and I kind of feel ashamed for not knowing all these years, being somewhat obsessive with my spelling. But then again, I'm a swede, so I'll just blame it on not being my native language :tpg:

One of my pet peeves is when people mix up "your" and "you're". IT'S SO AGGRAVATING.

It really gets confusing because both 'genius' and 'genious' are real words. They can't be intermixed, since one is a noun and the other is an adjective, but people use them both for the same anyway. GRAAAH.

Its/it's, also used incorrectly without remorse. Sometimes even I stop to think about which one to use.

Also: THERE/THEIR/THEY'RE. The most horrible trio ever. Discerning the difference between them is very hard to native english speakers only, for some strange reason. And both hilarious and very sad at the same time.

I can relate to your story, I was spelling definitely with an "a" up until a week or two ago, the only difference being my native language is english. :eagletear:

The only typos that really infuriate me are ones made by my fellow Aussies. I hate when they spell words like, colour, honour, humour etc. without the "u". I hate the American-isms mostly. The particular one that really grinds my gears though and it's almost universal among Australian population, is spelling the word gaol as "jail".

I remember a spelling test I had in primary school, where we were asked to spell goal. I spelt the word correctly, the proper way, but it was marked wrong, the correct spelling was listed as "jail". As a child both my parents were teachers (at my school, we lived in the country) and they used to drill their proper grammar and spelling into my head everyday, so after school I went home an complained. My Dad who was the principal and he literally went fucking ape-shit at my teacher. We ended up having a couple of full classes of how to spell words the Australian way.

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Probably because people who learn English as a second language nowadays largely do it by reading (on the Internet), whereas native speakers naturally first learn by listening. Inevitable result: non-native speakers end up being better at spelling homophones.

My main thing that hasn't been mentioned yet is "yea" without the H at the end, and conversely, writing yea or nay as "yay or nay". I just can't see yea without thinking "sounds like yay", so anyone using yea to agree with someone instantly sounds really silly in my head.

I've sort of learned to let it go and not complain about it when other people do it, mostly because it really is a typo a lot of time, and not willful ignorance. But when I do it, I can't just let it go--I have to go and "edit" it (or do that yeah* thing or +h or whatever).

But when people write yea or nay as "yay" or nay, there really is no excuse. It's not yay, you're not at a birthday party, write it properly, or use another expression that you know how to spell. Like, "yes or no".

Definitely was one that I really struggled with for a long time, until a friend pointed out that it contains "finite".

These two are my big ones. When Chinese immigrants and Japanese business people coming abroad can make usage of these differences in a business email better than the Americans can, I start scratching my head.

Oh, discerning usage of "then" as opposed to "than" is a common one I find as well. I almost made the mistake myself. :p

I had a friend who would say "wholly shit" instead of "holy shit." Thankfully, when I finally sat him down and corrected his mistake, he owned up to it, citing that he thought it was meant to exclaim something was comprised entirely of shit. Pretty funny but still annoyed me :gonk:

These seem more like cases of people not knowing the English language...I only consider it a typo if the person knows the correct spelling but makes a mistake out of haste or neglect. Stuff like "teh" and "adn." "Teh" annoys me the most, especially if they do it *every time*.

"Rediculous" is a pretty ridiculous mistake to make.

what about "your" instead of "you're" and stuff like that?

Not a typo since it's not an accidental mistake, but when people type "would of, "could of," or "should of." None of those phrases make sense. It's "would have," "could have," or "should have." I understand why the mistake is made because the contractions for the phrases make it sound like the mistake, but it doesn't change the fact that it's incredibly annoying.

I hate the greengrocers' apostrophe. You all know what I mean, right?

Onion's Cabbage's Carrot's

I also hate using the possessive form of a word that ends in "s" because even though I know that you should put the apostrophe after the "s", it just looks so wrong. Sometimes I twist a sentance around in knots to avoid using the posessive apostrophe.

I don't like it when people incorrectly spell the word sentence.

What drives me nuts is that 'would've' sounds just like 'would of', so a lot of reporters who are crappy / subtly pointing out that the person they're transcribing are idiots will make this mistake. It's totally transparent bullshit.

Now, I know that trained professionals who learn a language specifically to steal our American dollars and our American jobs writing in a business context will have better grammar than assholes on the internet talking about Yugioh cards. Therefore, I'm calling bullshit on this one.

Oh, and Shorty, I heard you're japanese. Is this true?

Biggest typo pet peeve is when people write that their favourite game is Final Fantasy VIII, which is clearly impossible since they're capable of writing, and as such, some form of rational thought. One can only assume they have sticky "I" keys.

Irregardless is the one that gets to me, just makes me so frownyface when people say it. Or people who say things like "self-inserts himself." Oh, and rediculous.

Oh, not to mention the genius that is people who look at you and tell you "I could care less." Just... stop speaking my language. You suck at it.

Genious is a real word? Every dictionary I've checked says otherwise.


Pretty much everyone here has said what I was going to say. Though I just hate it when I can't spell restaurant properly. I sometimes spell it 'resturant'. Bah!

I hate people that spell tomorrow as "tomarrow". And I hate it when my cousin says "tlk to me". It's really not that hard to add an a. I thought it was just an error one time, but she does it constantly. =[

Ah, my bad. I had the idea that it was 'genious', not 'ingenious'. I don't know where that came from.

Actually the ones I hate are the deliberately misspelled words. Like some people will say "welp" or "whelp" instead of "well". Those aren't words. There are thousands of examples like that.

Oh. Or faggy fucking newage/emo kids who say shit like "Oh my goth." You know what's not clever? You if you say that. Just... pathetic.

You encountered someone who says that? Did you somehow manage to restrain yourself from curbstomping them? It's more than I probably could have done. I suppose if you encountered them over the internet the opportunity was never there. I'd be horrified if I met someone who thought that was clever. That's a perfect example of the kind of deliberate use of misspellings and mispronunciations that get on my nerves.

Oh... to preserve my grammar credentials I suppose I should acknowledge that "whelp" is actually a word. It just doesn't mean the same thing as "well", and may not be used in that context. I don't want to seem ignorant.

There's a couple kids I know that use it. I see it on the internet a lot. The kids I know who use it are first year kids who dress like a Nomura character. We were out for a pint once and they tagged along, one of them said, and I quote, "Oh my goth, this pecan pie is great." I slapped them upside the head and glared. They asked me if I was religious, and I had to explain it wasn't my faith that was offended, as I don't have any, it was my enjoyment of the English language that took affront.

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I don't realy care about typos other people make, but sometimes i have trouble with words that I learned when I was first learning english and for some reason or other, heard wrong.

The biggest one was "Fulfill." for some reason, I had heard it as "furfill" ages ago, and I spelled it as such until last year. I also use the wrong verbs alot, like asking my boyfriend to "grind some cheese" :gonk:

Ohh geez >=(

Your vs You're -- Did you FAIL grade school? Come the fuck on.
Lose vs Loose -- I've seen this typo'd so many times. SO. MANY. TIMES. It gets under my skin considerably. God dammit, people.
Genious -- This bugs me as well >=(
Various misspellings of "Definitely" -- Gwaaaagh >=( Definately, Defanitely, Definitly, etc. COME ON.

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Definatly, rediculous, and the "yea" thing were all mentioned in this thread, which makes me happy, because those are the things I hate most. When I saw the "yea" thing, I realized how much I hate it XD but the two spelling errors really make me mad.

But... but it doesn't :gonk:

Specific American accents (like a southern or a new england accent) I can't attest to, but definitely the generic midwest accent renders them the same.

It's not really a typo, but as seen even in this very thread, it's dumb as hell when people use "literally" as an exaggerator. Whoever it was, "literally blew his stack" doesn't mean he was really really angry it means he fucking exploded.

This isn't a typo either but it's just as bad, so deal: people saying "for all intensive purposes" as opposed to the correct "intents and purposes" gets to me a little.

I'm going to second/third/fourth the use of your/you're. It amazes me that people still get that mixed up.

I think it's actually gotten to the point where "I could care less" just means the same thing as "I couldn't care less." Kinda like the "flammable"/"inflammable" thing.

Attention morons:

"ORIENTATE" IS NOT A WORD!

You can "orient" yourself in a particular direction. You can possess a specific "orientation."

You cannot "orientate" yourself toward anything. It's not a word! It's not possible! Stop using it this way!

AAAAGH!

Family Guy and American Dad have ruined this for me. They take numerous stabs at it, if memory serves. Nowadays I like it when people use "irregardless", just to piss Seth McFarlane off.

Also "definately" or other heinous variations is definitely my main irk. A few times I've seen intelligent people who have otherwise perfect grammar misspell definitely. My response to that? A passionately forceful:

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Also I'm ashamed to type in this thread 'cause I constantly stuff up the distinction between its and it's. :(

It actually is a word, in the same capacity as "irregardless" is a word, at least. Check your dictionary.

Not that I approve of its use or anything. :p

^^ Yes but it's silly and GFF does not approve of silly. :milk:

:)

Spelling definitely wrong, than/then, your/you're/etc, among many others. One that annoys me a lot though, is when people spell tomorrow wrong. I understand some of the others, but you learn to spell tomorrow in like 3rd grade. How the hell can people in college still spell it tommorow or tommorrow?

Cmon people, don't put your educational systems to shame.

I don't know what they're teaching you in the Philadelphia Public School System, but "cmon" is not a word. It's a contraction, colloquially, for "come on". It's spelled c'mon.

You could at least do your best to avoid misspellings in a thread revolving around the damn things.

I know how it is spelled, I'm just too lazy to use the apostrophe. Just like sometimes I don't feel like using them in other words.

Sometimes I use them, sometimes I don't. I do the same with the hyphen. Sometimes I do it properly, and sometimes I am just too lazy.

Then you're in no place to critique the grammar and spelling of others. Don't put your educational system to shame, now.

I sure as hell can criticize. I chose to withdraw punctuation. Other people don't know how to spell those words. There is a big difference. Just because I have typos that I find annoying, does not mean that I proclaim to be an all-world grammar champion. It is what it is.

No one here has ever spelled every single word correctly in their life anyway, so in a sense we are all hypocritical. But this is a thread to just have fun, so no need to get your panties in a bunch, Capo.

Hope you had a happy easter. :cool:

^^ I chose not to capitalize easter on purpose. ;)

Since when is being a retard or just acting like one any different from an outside perspective?

You realise that intellectual laziness is specifically the thing most intelligent people find maddening. No one gives a shit that you know how to spell the word, when you don't do it properly you look like a git. But when dealing with you, I just can't even pretend to be surprised. You're routinely one of the most blatantly idiotic members on this board, and the sheer audacity it took just for you to show your name here is stunning. But really, keep flailing about. You're definitely coming out on top here.

Ok, Denicalis.

You are certainly entitled to be annoyed by it, as this was the purpose of the topic. I didn't realize you cared about punctuation so much. You took a fun and facetious topic to a personal level. Great display of maturity there for someone who calls me the idiot. I love the use of the word "audacity" too in regard to posting a reply in a simple topic. Cute.

But thanks for trying to turn this topic into another one of your bitter and hostile rants. Hope to hear from you again soon.

I'm guilty of a lot of this stuff. Sorry. :(

I hadn't even noticed until forums started adding this spell check feature. Live and learn...

vBulletin doesn't have spell check built in. It's just your Firefox browser.

Wow... *face palm*

I think I'll just walk out of here and hide in my cave now...

It's been said before, but the your/you're barrier is definitely my biggest peeve, with the their/there/they're barrier a close second. I used to teach college composition; I gave the kids an actual, factual cheat sheet and they still screwed it up. Seeing someone misuse those automatically takes my first impression down a notch.

I'm not blameless, though. I frequently misspell words by getting the vowels wrong--spelling "sentence" as "sentance" or "believe" as "beleive." Whoever mentioned native speakers learning phonetically was, I think, right on the money--the words I screwspell would sound the same with the wrong vowels.

(I hope portmanteaus like "screwspell" aren't anyone's pet peeves :D)

"I know the key is literally at the tip of my finger but I'm just too fucking lazy to reach for it."

No, no. Thank you, DragoonKain, for once again turning a simple topic into something utterly devoid of any sort of substance with one quick stroke of your utter lack of intellect. Kudos.

"I like to make myself appear intelligent, however I haven't yet learned to use conjunctions."

Anyhow,

When I was younger, and just starting to learn grammar, I was pretty anal about being grammatically correct. As the years progressed however, I have gotten somewhat careless at times.

Usually my mistakes range from using the wrong You're/your, or their,there,they're, or even the wrong to/too/two. This is usually a result of me being distracted while typing something up. And unless someone comments about it in the tread, I don't usually go back and read my own post afterwards. I suppose I should, but I don't.

Sometimes I'll even type 'teh' or 'taht' as well. That's a result of typing 80-100wpm, and not taking the time to go back and double check. I realize that it takes my credibility down, so I've been working harder on taking the time to proofread lately.

As for the things that annoy me: I hate pointless abbreviations. In cellphone text messages I can understand the point. The point of cellphones is to contact people quickly. It's also difficult to type text messages on a phone sometimes. So abbreviations are handy and quick. On the internet though, or in chat, there is no reason to say something like. 'um, were r u'. You have a full keyboard of letters at your disposal. And even at 20wpm, you should be able to type a whole word. It mks me ir8 wen ppl us abbrvs fr no reson. et jst mks it sem lk u cnt spll. c how annoyng dat iz?

Then put a "s" after the apostrophe, as you're supposed to.

Depends where in the world you are, slick.

All my dogs have colds. My friend asked "How are your dogs's colds?"

Bad example I know, but doesn't that look awkward to you?

"How are your dogs' colds?"

Looks much better in my opinion. Alot of the different grammar rules were created to make the language sound better. So if you start breaking the rules, you sound like shit. Or at least your writing will look like shit anyhow.

I didn't turn the topic into anything. You were the one that chose to pick a fight with me.

All I did was post what I found mildly annoying in a topic, and simply left out the apostrophe in "c'mon" which apparently to you is an extremely big deal. After all you did refer to it as "maddening."

You clearly have an issue with me though, that much is obvious at this point. I have no beefs with anyone on this site, so if you'd like to express your issues with me via PM, I'd be more than happy to oblige.

How pissed off were your grandparents when their son and daughter concieved you? C'mon man, stop trying to get the last word, you're not going to win.

I'm talking about words that aren't plural. "Claus's bird flew away."

My bad, kinda jumped the gun on that one.

No, what you did was come into a topic about BAD GRAMMAR AND/OR TYPING, and complain about it while using BAD GRAMMAR AND/OR TYPING. Can you see the difference? It's cute how you try and play down your idiocy, though. Please, keep trying. You're doing great.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this one yet. When I was a regular World of Warcraft player it drove me crazy when people spelled the class 'rogue' as 'rouge'. So whenever I saw something like 'Group LF rouge' in one of the chat channels, I felt obligated to say "Rogue. ROGUE, DAMN IT!!"

Another one I've seen more recently in a certain online game, I have absolutely no idea how it could have possibly come about. It's nice when people spell out 'please'. Spelling it as 'plz' or 'pls' is one thing. But 'plox'???

A few that irk me:

environment (and) government
antarctic
judgment (no e after g)
disappoint
programme
desperate


Deni, just leave it. You can't change everyone, especially on the internet. The argument was fine after the first few posts - extending it is pointless.

Lack of correct spelling IMO shows carelessness or poor education. If you keep doing it, it becomes habit. It's alright if you constantly strive to improve. However, I've seen job applications go straight to the bin because of one spelling mistake. Write seriously if you want to be taken seriously.

It is spelled conceived, actually. The i before e rule. ;)

Ok, so because I added what I found annoying to the topic, and had a typo of my own(which we all have now and then) that makes me some sort of bumbling idiot. Got it.

I'll try not to ever leave out certain things in the future for your benefit. A horrible crime, I must say.

Except that you stated you did it on purpose, because you're lazy. That makes you a bumbling idiot. Got it?

And it still works the same either way.

Hey wait, you idiot. I did spell it I before E. I feel a little dumb for almost admitting I was wrong. Fucking douchebag.

i before e... except after c.

I would say that just makes me lazy, but whatever. I don't even care at this point. I gotta hand it to you, you did make me realize something in this topic.

I really am not annoyed by punctuation other than seldom, on a whim. Other than formal or graded documents, I got no real problem with the way people type online. Honestly, it is no big deal. There are far more important things to be worried about in life.

oh shit, sorry man. I'm on some pretty powerful painkillers right now. subject dropped.

Oh, we're sorry. That's right, you're not dumb, just lazy. That's okay I guess. You're such a good person for being lazy. I'm sorry I ever said anything against you.

Did your parents feed you drain-o when you were a child? Lazyness is not an excuse for poor grammar and typos. Or at least it shouldn't be. There is no such thing as lazy. "Lazy" people are just too stupid to know that doing things properly is the actual cool thing.

I mean, I can understand bad spelling and grammar coming from certain people. I went to highschool with a guy who was really slow. He struggled with spelling and grammar and just speech in general. In most everything else he was a genius, but he just couldn't seem to spell or write properly. However, instead of just going 'oh I can't spell but that's okay', he invested in some higher end spelling and grammar checking software for his computer so that even if he couldn't spell good, at least he had a method of producing error free documents and other things.

Speaking of grammar and spelling etc, whatever happened to the GFF Grammar/Spelling Police from back in the day?

I don't care about my grammar much on forums, etc. I usually try to avoid doing things like "u" and "2" to keep bad habits out of my head, but sometimes I neglect to use periods, commas, etc.

To each his/her own. If you want perfect grammar, then by all means. I just think it is a stupid thing to argue over. That's all.

So, back on the topic of Internet errors that annoy me.

People who make the errors that annoy me, and don't care. Then they get all pissed off when other people do care. Seriously, what is up with those people?

Which is why you came into a thread about grammar/spelling and complained initially.

"Program" is correct in the US, just like "center," "color," and "maneuver."

Dunno if you're being ironic here, but it's "spell well." "Good" is an adjective.

:( No irony, it's been awhile since I've had to write a professional essay or anything like that. So the little nuances of grammar have sorta slipped away. Also, my parents probably say that alot, so I probably grew up hearing it, and thus, until I went back and actually read it, it looked fine to me.

In all reality though, that's a minor thing. Things like that don't tend to annoy me. Talking on an internet forum, you read alot of things written by people where english isn't their first language. So naturally, there might be mistakes. Unless they've been learning english for quite a few years, they won't know every little think. As long as they know how to get their point across, then small grammar mistakes are forgiveable.

One I still screw up to this day is the proper usage of it's. I would constantly use it as a posessive, which my dad eventually hammered into me by saying "it can't have anything." I've since been quite good about it, and I'll always double check for it.

Actually, it can have something. The dog licked it's nose. =P However I might be wrong :(

Also, isn't it's also a contraction for 'it has'? At least that's how I used it in my last post there.

As far as I know, the possessive form of it is just "its" without the apostrophe, because "it's" is a contraction of "it is". It's the one exception to the rule, and naturally it will trip people up.

You'd say "The dog licked its nose."

The rule I have problems with is the placement of punctuation around a quotation. Inside or out? Surely not both.

I'm surprised Sprout hasnt brought up one of his pet peeves with my spelling errors... we'll be talking about game consoles, and I'll say 'game consuls'. They're both real words, so I'm never warned by spellcheck. I usually catch it a moment afterward though.

Terminating commas and periods are always inside. Question marks follow common sense: if you're quoting a question, it goes inside. If you're asking a question, it goes outside.

Depending on what part of the world you live in. These rules do shift, people.

I'm actually interested in hearing these differences, if you don't mind.

Your version is the American version. The British system teaches the logical placement of commas and periods, rather than the conventional placement. It's the same rules as you Yanks use to place question and exclamation marks. Does it beyond to what you're quoting? No? Outside quotation marks.

In grade school, I was taught phonics instead of hard and fast spelling for the first few years, and in my classes after they didn't make a big deal about misspelling words unless it was part of the vocabulary list we were learning. I expect this is true for a lot of people in this generation, so I really don't make a big deal about misspelling words - I do it, I try very hard to unlearn the words I fuck up, and I appreciate it when someone tells me I'm misspelling something.

But there's something so gloriously satisfying about a douchebag like Dragoonkain affecting a superior demeanor because he knows how to spell tomorrow. Fuck your excuses, you dug this hole yourself you delightfully little smug retard.

Ughhhh, nothing about you pisses me off more :)

Also, Soluzar nailed it on the it's discussion. I would always say "the dog licked it's nose." It seems like it should be right considering the posessive rule, but eh, guess not.

Fratboyism.

Type-O's don't bug me too much, it's lil' fuckers that type only in acronyms. If any of my teen cousins message me on MSN, all you get is shit like "lulz" "LMFAO" and other stuff I have no clue as to what they mean, they must be making their own acronyms in their emails, because the entire messages looks like it written in code.

Ahhh yes, you're right... Though admittedly, she doesn't do the gay frat shit like 99% of them, so I guess that's why I overlook it most of the time. Except for when she says "you don't call a country a cunt so don't call a fraternity a frat."


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Wait, wouldn't it be you don't call a country a count? Or even a Coun? It's a frat. And apparently it makes you unable to spell.

Oh I know... Believe me, she lost ALL credibility after dropping that one.

I just noticed myself spelling 'Unfortuneatly' instead of Unfortunately. I mean, how have I gotten away with spelling it that way without anyone yelling at me, or me going 'hey wtf, that doesn't look right?'. Someone slap me please. There was another word I spelled weird for awhile as well. I can't remember what it is right now though.

When it comes to my own type-os, the most common one I make is 'teh'

Something that really pisses me, it's when I forget to capitalize I.

Problem is, I rarelly type words that start with an I on lower case because I just have an urge to capitalize anything with an I, so I end up creating typos out of fear of creating typos.

And there is too many me's on that sentence. :D

Manoeuvre
Centre
Colour

In Aus, the correct usage is taken from the English system but this does not stop Americanisms from creeping in. Modern English usage compromises a little, so both 'progamme' and 'program' is acceptable. In business/professional writing 'program' is the standard spelling.

Also Deni, as far as I'm aware in Australia, the correct punctuation as taught at university level is the same as mentioned by Dhsu. Punctuation inside the quotation marks refer to the quote. Outside punctuation is used to conjoin quoted sentences with non-quoted sentences. I'd be interested to hear what the differences are, if any.

I've got some books on modern Australian punctuation. If there's anything specific you or anyone would like me to look up, I'd be happy to do so.

Actually, that's the system Denicalis described. In American grammar, periods and commas go inside quotation marks regardless of whether they were originally part of the sentence. I imagine this is to prevent double punctuation, but it still looks dumb.

It isn't a typo, but I think it falls under the same category. It seems like everyone in the UK likes to IM with pictures or animated text that replaces 70% of what they type. It's so fucking annoying I've started blocking people who won't turn off their flashy pink animated text when they talk to me.

One thing that really pisses me off isn't really a typo per se, but more of a grammatical thing that TONS of people do. And I don't understand why.

The use of quotation marks are meant for... well, quoting. You "do not" need to put random quotes on parts of the sentences to accent it. If you want to do that, use an underline. Or bold. You know. Putting extra quotations marks just doesn't work that way.

Another, briefly mentioned above, is per se. It's not 'per say', even if that's how it sounds. Argh. And it's also curious, but there is no second U in curiosity.

And FINALLY, more of a spoken thing than a typed one... My grandmother is NOTORIOUS for this: adding or removing syllables from words. ELM and FILM are one-syllable words... They are not pronounced 'ellum' or 'fillum'. Similarly, it's pronounced BAT-TER-EE. Not BAT-TREE.

Umberella

ella

ella

Not particularly, since it's a possessive pronoun in the same vein as "his" or "her". This is also a good way to determine whether to use "its"; if you can replace the word with "his", then use "its".

Definately. A few years back, I used to think that I was the sole person on the internet that could spell it right. And English isn't my first language, but I'm told that I am a pretty good speller (I was the best in my class!) and usually asked to proofread stuff.

Close second would be how people tend to mix up between advice and advise.

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I've tried to keep quiet, but I just can't hold it in any longer. I have to tell everyone that the world today seems to be going crazy. Let me preface my discussion by quickly reasserting a familiar theme: Mr. Shanks makes it his job to palm off our present situation as the compelling ground for worldwide adversarialism. That should serve as the final, ultimate, irrefutable proof that we need to oppose evil wherever it rears its unreasonable head. Why? Because of what's at stake: literally everything.

Your guess is as good as mine as to why Shanks wants to implement an unregenerate parody of justice called "Shanks-ism". Maybe it's because he plans to misdirect our efforts into fighting each other rather than into understanding the nature and endurance of immature demagogism. He is a brainless grifter. I use that label only when it's true. If you don't believe it is, then consider that Shanks keeps telling everyone within earshot that truth is merely a social construct. I'm guessing that Shanks read that on some Web site of dubious validity. More reliable sources generally indicate that it is not uncommon for him to victimize the innocent, penalize the victim for making any effort to defend himself, and then paint the whole obstinate affair as some great benefit to humanity. To sum it all up, Mr. Shanks's flimflams are devoid of logic and filled to the brim with hate and misinformation.

A good point and well made, sir.

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Yes, many of us have taken social science courses alongside an English degree, too. Very impressive. Except that it is, in fact, idiotic to attribute a frustration with spelling to a psychological condition. That's akin to saying that people who don't like plaid probably suffer from autism. Also, truth is as much a social construct as spelling is. Truth changes as culture changes, and the collective psychology of a nation has nothing to do with culture, because you can't properly define culture. Culture is the lovely throw-around word of the would-be intellectual attempting, rather in vain in this case, to make a deep point and impress someone. Unfortunately, mate, you're coming up a little short. Plenty of us here can read, and you can throw around a vocabulary all you like, but you're still basically attempting to argue an amalgam of anthropology, psychology, philosophy and linguistics. You've spread yourself too thin and make no actual point beyond "there is no spoon." So congratulations, Mr. Wachowski. Bang up job.

Seriously, that's what it spit out. I swear.

I get annoyed by people that try to flaunt their "intelligence" over other people. But seriously, dog is always going to be spelled 'd-o-g' no matter how society changes. That is, unless wiggers have their way and it starts to be spelled 'dawg'.

Oh I saw another typo today that annoyed me. People who use excessive punctuation in this. HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! does not get my attention anymore than HI!. Really, save some finger stamina, type less characters. *sigh*

Two things I always have a hard time writing and spelling, Piece and Receive. I always have to remember it's, "I before E, except after C".

Most thing short form drive me a bit crazy.

Ok dude, I don't care how fucking smart / intelligent you are, you send me an email at work saying "Your welcome" in a formal, business setting with your boss and my boss on cc to the email, I'm still going to look at my screen and think how retarded you are.

... Outlook and Outlook Express really should have Grammar check included.

Alot. "Alot" is not a word, it's two words. 'A' and 'lot'. And this isn't really a typo, more just stupidity: I can't stand when people replace th with d. Like "yeah, I''d hit dat".

RAGE.

As mentioned by everyone, I think YOUR/YOU'RE are the most common typo I encountered, and I also uncionsciounsly often words with similiar sound such as RISE/RAISE, etc. The typo even get worse when I'm getting sleepy.