Losing =/= Loosing, and other spelling errors

3ndahalfof6 · 09-10-2011 07:47PM

lookit here my good man

hardCopy · 09-10-2011 07:51PM

Are instead of our.

I get that they can sound alike, but how could anyone think it looks right?

09-10-2011 07:52PM

two wheels good wrote: »

"anal" when people actually mean "obsessive"
("Anal retentive" is a condition specific to toilet training - afaik)

That's not a spelling error, that's slang.

On that note though, it does bug me when people say "is totally OCD" when they mean "likes to be tidy".

stovelid · 09-10-2011 07:53PM

Soapy tit ****.

Chuck Stone · 09-10-2011 07:54PM

You must'of lost you're mind if you think thier is any way there going to change they're ways.

3ndahalfof6 · 09-10-2011 07:55PM

younoamean= you know what I mean

Oranage2 · 09-10-2011 08:00PM

H8 grammer Natzis and how realy gives a dam about spelling

4leto · 09-10-2011 08:05PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

H8 grammer Natzis and how realy gives a dam about spelling

I like that forum rule that they are not wellcome.

My usual mistakes

Are there/their/they're were/where, Lie/lay,

sam34 · 09-10-2011 08:10PM

been and being - it really annoys me when people mix them up

CorsetIsTight · 09-10-2011 08:15PM

JustAddWater wrote: »

People who write E20 or 20e

It's €20 FFS!! ctrl-alt-F4 is where the €€€ is! We've only been using the euro for 10 years

Super F4...? Eh, no. Totally no.

ALT GR plus 4. Different thing altogether.

Or you can use ALT plus 0128

Oldschool FTW.

09-10-2011 08:15PM

Tayla wrote: »

Lose/Loose

That's the only one that bothers me, It's written everywhere, in books, magazines, on websites etc. Drives me mad

If someone spells it like that in a thread or wherever then I don't care, my own spelling and grammar isn't exactly perfect but how the hell does it manage to slip past the proof readers for magazines and books

I don't use this phrase very much but... Epic Fail. Saw this in Clondalkin Village.

Dionysus · 09-10-2011 08:22PM

People who say/write 'whilst' and think they are being more educated than people who say/write 'while'. They just sound silly, and undereducated. Likewise for people who say/write "an historic" (etc) instead of 'a historic' (etc) and think similarly.

Luap · 09-10-2011 08:25PM

their and there.

Killer Pigeon · 09-10-2011 08:25PM

"choice", "chose" and "choose".

St.Spodo · 09-10-2011 08:27PM

''Arguement''. Not on my watch, son.

BrokenArrows · 09-10-2011 08:28PM

true-or-false wrote: »

Definately.

It's definitely annoying. It's not that big a deal on it's own, but people do it SO much.

I do that all the time. I always notice when i do it but im never sure which is correct. lol.

Spunge · 09-10-2011 08:34PM

Mindkiller wrote: »

'Rediculous'

I saw this so often i started to think i was the one misspelling it.

earlyevening · 09-10-2011 08:52PM

I seen, I done. (I know about 20% of you don't realise what the problem is!)

I've also seen "debt" spelt as "dept" a few times recently.

Happyzebra · 09-10-2011 09:02PM

Tru instead of through

I also realised recently that I have been spelling 'length' as lenght.

earlyevening · 09-10-2011 09:08PM

I just remembered. Thought is often used (wrongly) instead of taught.
I think most of the population don't understand the t/th thing.

Firetrap · 09-10-2011 09:08PM

My main bugbear is the substitution of the world 'have' with 'of' in sentences :mad:

If I had a euro for each time I've seen people not being able to tell the difference between their/they're/and there, I'd be packing my suitcases for a nice month-long holiday in a far flung destination (e.g. Siberia

)

earlyevening · 09-10-2011 09:16PM

Happyzebra wrote: »

Tru instead of through

I also realised recently that I have been spelling 'length' as lenght.

That reminds me. Tons of people say and write "heighth" instead of "height".

(+strenght for strength)

Happyzebra · 09-10-2011 09:21PM

earlyevening wrote: »

That reminds me. Tons of people say and write "heighth" instead of "height".

(+strenght for strength)

That's another one I've been misspelling for years!

JustAddWater · 09-10-2011 09:33PM

CorsetIsTight wrote: »

Super F4...? Eh, no. Totally no.

ALT GR plus 4. Different thing altogether.

Or you can use ALT plus 0128

Oldschool FTW.

Copy and paste from google is WAAAY cooler

09-10-2011 09:42PM

CorsetIsTight wrote: »

Super F4...? Eh, no. Totally no.

ALT GR plus 4. Different thing altogether.

Or you can use ALT plus 0128

Oldschool FTW.

The company I work for still don't use the Euro symbol, for fear that it won't show up correctly... eh maybe if you're on Windows 95 but not anything modern! I use it myself regardless of the others.

09-10-2011 09:48PM

Cant instead of can't, that's annoying.

09-10-2011 09:51PM

The missus says chimley instead of chimney, not usually a problem, except the other week when it was in our daughters spelling test.

My wife helped her learn them, it was the only word she got wrong. :mad:

09-10-2011 09:51PM

Duke Leonal Felmet wrote: »

what other ones grind your gears?

all of them
yes I know I don't use punctuation thank you

chasm · 09-10-2011 10:43PM

Tread and thread, as in "i wrote a tread on boards" and "for sale, motorised threadmill"

Sam Vimes · 09-10-2011 11:18PM

I'm surprised that this thread has gone four pages without someone pointing out the errors in the OP's signature. I thought that pointing out any errors made while pointing out the errors of others was mandatory. Highlighted here:

We have threads here every week about the hundreds of millions of euros worth of oil off the west coast, and lots of stats about how little tax we charge on it, yet we have not produced one single barrel of oil. Here is an interesting graph depicting our crued oil production for the past thirty years. Some people think we are sitting on a fortune but Ray Bourkes dirty deal is losing us billions every year yet nobody, Irish state or private company, has made a penny from Irish oil! Our proven gas resources are also very modest, see here

Losing =/= Loosing, and other spelling errors

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