One of my pet hates are words that are not spelt properly for instance can no-one spell the four letter word "lose"? why does everyone put an extra o in it to make it loose? i.e baggy, ill fitting, sorry but it seems this disease is catching lol:cussing:
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[quote=t5frankie;415160]One of my pet hates are words that are not spelt properly for instance can no-one spell the four letter word "lose"? why does everyone put an extra o in it to make it loose? i.e baggy, ill fitting, sorry but it seems this disease is catching lol:cussing:[/quote] Don't get me started.....
[quote=Tomcat;415174]Don't get me started.....[/quote] why not, its about time you did something on here ;) lol
i hate friends that text me ,that dont know that there are two/ to/toos ! and don't know the difference between them!! it gets my goat!!
[quote=Tomcat;415174]Don't get me started.....[/quote] you're one of them mate lol
[quote=Tomcat;415174]Don't get me started.....[/quote] Oh cum on yer no ya want two :)
People moaning on facebook about the new facebook been 5h1t. If you dont like it dont use it.
[quote=Mark V70 T5;415182]i hate friends that text me ,that dont know that there are two/ to/toos ! and don't know the difference between them!! it gets my goat!![/quote] i often use the wrong one, should of paid more attention at school i guess (sorry :()
[quote=t4 chump;415189]People moaning on facebook about the new facebook been 5h1t. If you dont like it dont use it.[/quote] mine is people who write cryptic comments on Facebook (ie "oh no, not again!"), purely because they want the attention & know someone's going to ask "what's up love?". If you've got a problem either write about it & hope someone cares or shut up, don't just give clues
[quote=t5frankie;415160]One of my pet hates are words that are not spelt properly for instance can no-one spell the four letter word "lose"? why does everyone put an extra o in it to make it loose? i.e baggy, ill fitting, sorry but it seems this disease is catching lol:cussing:[/quote] sounds like you need to .... Losen up :)
i h8 it wen ppl start sentences without a capital letter and dont use punctuation ;)
[quote=t5frankie;415183]you're one of them mate lol[/quote] Fanks..none taken...lmao..
[quote=stephenevans99;415200]i h8 it wen ppl start sentences without a capital letter and dont use punctuation ;)[/quote] lol
[quote=t5_monkey;415196]sounds like you need to .... Losen up :)[/quote] lol dunno it justs winds me up that us brits can't even spell a four letter word, i'm always correcting my missus much to her annoyance lol
[quote=t5frankie;415215]lol dunno it justs winds me up that us brits can't even spell a four letter word, i'm always correcting my missus much to her annoyance lol[/quote] Bet that goes down like a fart in a lift lol
Mrs MRP used to be a Tech. and C.A.D. teacher and her spelling is awful. When I moan at her about it and remind her of her previous vocation, she says that they didn't mark the kids on spelling, they just had to have the subject and answers right. And they wonder why we have some of the lowest literacy figures in Europe!
This is always a forum can of worms! I too (to, two?) hate poor English (it's our first language after all!) but I can't add up so the maths brigade would have a field day watching me scoring darts! Oh - the other really, really basic primary school English that is frequently misused is there and their. Sorry - the rant's starting. That and putting apostrophes into plurals. I was out last night and clocked numerous food stalls selling 'curry's'. Etc. Must stop.
Depends really, if its on something official or a business sign, etc then yes the spelling really should be correct. But on a forum or something, then who cares if the spellings not correct. As long as its readable, does it matter?
A real peeve for me is when people (usually over 50) feel the overwhelming urge to ad an "s" to the end of the names of companies. e.g. Lidle(s) tesco(s) etc. READ THE BLOODY SIGN STUPID! grrr!
I hate when people use shortened text message words on forums and facebook, etc. Words used in text messages were shortened to save the amount of characters used in a message as there is a limit per text message. But there is no need to do this on forums as there is no limit to what you can put on there, it just looks messy.
[quote=t5frankie;415215]lol dunno it justs winds me up that us brits can't even spell a four letter word, i'm always correcting my missus much to her annoyance lol[/quote] I see it a lot at work and emails coming from managers. I often tend to correct them much to their displeasure. Feck it, spell it correctly, its not rocket science.