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Worst spelling you have seen

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    #92
    exador
    Registered Users Posts: 661 ✭✭✭exador


    PJ'S ..Instead of jimjams

    The CATS PJS - Irony...

    "de cax were PJ's"


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    #93
    Red Pepper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭Red Pepper


    "loose" and "lose"

    big difference.


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    #94
    southcentralts
    Registered Users Posts: 833 ✭✭✭southcentralts


    We are not exactly wired to go through it letter by letter so, if spell check dose not catch it, neither will we.

    (I got terrible grief in school for years for that one, the english teacher thought I was taking the piss, because I always got it wrong).

    I thankfully never learned txtspk though, as it looks ridiculous. Does anybody know of anyone who still uses it with a smartphone? and will you give them a kick up the arse, please.


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    #95
    Eeden
    Registered Users Posts: 17,912 ✭✭✭✭Eeden


    Red Pepper wrote: »
    "loose" and "lose"

    big difference.

    Much as I try to be tolerant and a non-pedant, this one does annoy me a bit.


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    #96
    kraggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    "I should of..."

    Shudder.


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    #97
    rainbowdrop
    Registered Users Posts: 1,294 ✭✭✭rainbowdrop


    People who mix up board and bored wreck my head.........

    "I'm so board, think I'll go on boreds.ie and entertain myself for a while"


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    #98
    Eeden
    Registered Users Posts: 17,912 ✭✭✭✭Eeden


    I find it interesting how people speak of language and spelling mistakes in terms of disgust and (often) how "ugly" it is; how it makes them sick, angry, outraged, appalled, etc. What's going on here?


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    #99
    Creasy_bear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,609 ✭✭✭Creasy_bear


    Red Pepper wrote: »
    "loose" and "lose"

    big difference.

    Yeah, "looser" is one you see on here everyday day.


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    #100
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,715 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Red Pepper wrote: »
    "loose" and "lose"

    big difference.

    It's the people who invented the pronunciation of lose that are at fault. Why does it have to rhyme with choose but not goose? Could it not rhyme with hose, nose, pose and rose or even dose to avoid confusion?


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    #101
    southcentralts
    Registered Users Posts: 833 ✭✭✭southcentralts


    Such a shame to be this tracted by spelling mistakes and miss the point of the post. :D


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    #102
    Chareth Cutestory
    Registered Users Posts: 6,608 ✭✭✭Chareth Cutestory


    Oh everybody calm down and get yourselves a hang sangwich.


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    #103
    CatLou
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭CatLou


    "I'm feeling *allfull*" Saw this one today...


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    #104
    Hooked
    Registered Users Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Hooked


    I had a TY student type up a wedding mass book and she typed 'all of their worried lives' as part of the vows. In place of 'all of their married lives'.

    She was either thick and struggling to read the handwriting OR (I suspect) trying to land me in the shït..


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    #105
    m0ynihan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 103 ✭✭m0ynihan


    rilijin. RILIJIN. REALLY!?


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    #106
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    Theirs nothing worse then been bombarded by bad spellings - they should of payed attention in skewl.


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    #107
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,066 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Too Tough To Die wrote: »
    Retalivity

    i'll have none of that baaaaaaaaiii!


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    #108
    dee_mc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,175 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    Hooked wrote: »
    I had a TY student type up a wedding mass book and she typed 'all of their worried lives' as part of the vows. In place of 'all of their married lives'.

    She was either thick and struggling to read the handwriting OR (I suspect) trying to land me in the shït..
    Ha!
    Not a spelling thing but on a related note, I know someone who typed up a wedding mass booklet for friends and decided to speed matters up by auto-replacing the names of the couple from another mass booklet she had on file; unfortunately Groom number 1's name was 'Joseph', Groom number 2's name was 'Thomas', and the readings lost a bit of meaning when 'Jesus, Mary and Thomas' came into one of the prayers!


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    #109
    EoghanIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭EoghanIRL


    Cathal Cloch wrote: »
    Theirs nothing worse then been bombarded by bad spellings - they should of payed attention in skewl.
    What's shcol for anyways ?


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    #110
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    EoghanIRL wrote: »
    What's shcol for anyways ?

    Lerning two do sums.


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    #111
    Hooked
    Registered Users Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Hooked


    Cathal Cloch wrote: »
    Theirs nothing worse then been bombarded by bad spellings - they should of payed attention in skewl.

    I see what you did THERE!!!!

    As a designer, people often misspell words with actual other words so a smell check won't prick it up. We've had a few over the ears. No amount of explaining ever gets thorough to then client.

    If it's technically spelt right but in the wrong palace or context - they thing we are at fault?

    If you follow me...


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    #112
    andymann
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭andymann


    Tough instead of though, like wtf?


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    #113
    du Maurier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭du Maurier


    How did this thread get so far? Put it out of its misery. More rehashed grammatical observations that cause ire - ad nauseum. Grammar nazi threads are probably neck and neck with dole threads at this stage. Fuuuuck...why did I even bother enough to post that. I'll move along!


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    #114
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,715 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    andymann wrote: »
    Tough instead of though, like wtf?

    It must be a bit rough and tough though for people to learn English. What with bough, cough, dough and lough to contend with as well.


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    #115
    we'llallhavetea
    Registered Users Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭we'llallhavetea


    "my little womens"

    - my little woman

    fcuk me it drives me insane, always posts it on fb :mad:


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    #116
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    It must be a bit rough and tough though for people to learn English. What with bough, cough, dough and lough to contend with as well.

    Thorough is my favourite.


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    #117
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,715 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    stefan idiot jones wrote: »
    Thorough is my favourite.

    You probably know this little poem.

    http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/english2.html


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    #118
    Nodster
    Registered Users Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Nodster


    For Sale.....in grate condition :(


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    #119
    jacksie66
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,988 ✭✭✭jacksie66


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    #120
    WilhelmFink
    Registered Users Posts: 141 ✭✭WilhelmFink


    You's


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    #121
    Jaxxy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,297 ✭✭✭Jaxxy


    "He's a really good raper."

    :eek:


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