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What commonly misspelled words annoy you the most?

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    #62
    tinkerbell
    Registered Users Posts: 6,423 ✭✭✭tinkerbell


    It does my feckin head in when people use "of" instead of "have" :mad: How did such a huge chunk of the population miss that lesson in school?

    Eg people saying I would of, I could of. Aaarrrrggghhhhh.

    No, it's I would've or I could've where 've is short for have not of. I mean seriously - do these people not even think of what they are saying? How does I would of even make sense?!


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    #63
    Chocolate Lions
    Closed Accounts Posts: 98 ✭✭Chocolate Lions


    Drakares wrote: »
    You know that when you post here, people respond to you in such a way because, judging from any posts you make, because you are a despicable person. I'm sure your future posts will result in such responses.

    Here's just a piece of utter smugness from your "blog":



    I mean, do you ever just think about how pathetic your outlook on life is? Judging other people and thinking you're superior when you're clearly not. You're full of shít mate.

    And idgaf, I will take the ban.. Just saying what everyone else is thinking.

    I'm thinking that's a spoof account, so I wouldn't bother getting wound up!


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    #64
    gingernut79
    Registered Users Posts: 961 ✭✭✭gingernut79


    being / been
    could of / could've


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    #65
    Chocolate Lions
    Closed Accounts Posts: 98 ✭✭Chocolate Lions


    Not exactly on topic but "irregardless". The word is just "regardless".
    It's irritating and irrestupid.


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    #66
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,096 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    When ad is written as add.


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    #67
    Tarzana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭Tarzana


    Mountainsandh wrote: »
    Seperate

    VERY common. I presume you intentionally misspelled it there?

    On the lose/loose thing. I know the difference between these but frequently, if in a hurry, I'll mix them up. I'm not sure why. I'm not going to say it's slight dyslexia, as I think that would be being over-dramatic but it's *something* that cause me to at times have difficulty with these two words.


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    #68
    Tarzana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭Tarzana


    tinkerbell wrote: »
    Eg people saying I would of, I could of. Aaarrrrggghhhhh.

    How do you know if people are saying "could've" or "could of" though? They sound kinda the same, as could've is a contraction so you're running 'could' and 'have' together. Same with 'should'. Now, writing down "could of" or "should of" is pretty bad. I'm just not convinced they'd sound all that different in speech.


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    #69
    Applause
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭Applause


    So many people struggle with the spelling of "definitely", it's a crime, most browsers have spell check and phones have auto-correct, there's no excuse for it. :(


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    #70
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    omg wah da fk dis tred bn trnd in2!???!?!


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    #71
    DoYouEvenLift
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,188 ✭✭✭DoYouEvenLift


    Any txt speak online or actual texts with old txt speak from people you know have smart phones with fully functional keyboards. It actually takes MORE effort to type lyk dis nowadays if you use a smart phone since autocorrect can finish words after just a few letters, so there are idiots that put effort into trying to appear like they put no effort into writing messages. I guess it's acceptable if you're still a teenager going through school but any fully educated adult that talks to me like that gets no respect.

    Confusing woman and women - how is this possible? Especially women themselves actually doing it.

    Anyone who did English at school and does not know the correct usage of you're & your, there & their & they're etc. Your English teachers more than likely drummed this into you. Couldn't believe how common these mistakes were in emails from professionals in an office.

    Irregardless - I shouldn't have to explain this one really


    Can think of lots more but they've probably already been posted. Honestly, a lot of us only speak and write in one language so we should be aiming to master it instead of butchering it out of laziness, myself included at times.


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    #72
    haro124
    Closed Accounts Posts: 684 ✭✭✭haro124


    Angle/Angel


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    #73
    Miss Lizzie Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 347 ✭✭Miss Lizzie Jones


    their/they're/there

    ask/axe

    weight/wait

    what/wut


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    #74
    nightster1
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭nightster1


    This irritates me:-

    My car had good brakes.

    not

    My car has good breaks.


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    #75
    Gamer Bhoy 89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,616 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    "Then" instead of "Than" drives me off my nut.

    Not only that, but not only did my course lecturer write it that way from time to time, she also said it that way! So I heard her literally say "equal to or less then".

    What in the holy....... ??


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    #76
    jandm
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭jandm


    There, their, they're...
    Of instead of have or 've...
    Spurious apostrophes and text speak in emails.


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    #77
    Sinister Kid
    Registered Users Posts: 7,503 ✭✭✭Sinister Kid


    There is at least four people that appear on my FB timeline that always spell COLLEGE wrong.... It's not COLLAGE!!!! It takes everything in me not to correct them...


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    #78
    Egginacup
    Site Banned Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭Egginacup


    The past tense of the verb to lead is becoming more commonly fcuked up as well.

    lead (pronounced "leed") is the present or infinitive of the verb
    led is the past tense

    lead (pronounced "led") is a fcuking metal

    But you see crap like "he was lead to believe.." in newspaper articles.

    That old MS Spellchecker again. Does more harm than good.

    Don't get me started on "should OF..", "would OF.."


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    #79
    Reoil
    Registered Users Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭Reoil


    definately.


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    #80
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    proberbly/probably
    lose/loose

    I notice that teh is now not a thing very much.


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    #81
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,752 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Egginacup wrote: »
    The past tense of the verb to lead is becoming more commonly fcuked up as well.

    lead (pronounced "leed") is the present or infinitive of the verb
    led is the past tense

    lead (pronounced "led") is a fcuking metal

    But you see crap like "he was lead to believe.." in newspaper articles.

    That old MS Spellchecker again. Does more harm than good.

    Don't get me started on "should OF..", "would OF.."

    You would think whoever invented this language would have had the good sense to apply that to Read pronounced Reed and Read pronounced Red. Absolute madness.


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    #82
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Egginacup wrote: »
    The past tense of the verb to lead is becoming more commonly fcuked up as well.

    lead (pronounced "leed") is the present or infinitive of the verb
    led is the past tense

    lead (pronounced "led") is a fcuking metal

    But you see crap like "he was lead to believe.." in newspaper articles.

    That old MS Spellchecker again. Does more harm than good.

    Don't get me started on "should OF..", "would OF.."

    Well, you can lead a horse to water,
    but a pencil has to be lead.


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    #83
    hiFidelity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭hiFidelity


    I have seen this often.

    Special deal on purchasing a new car: 'One year's free road tax'

    Should it not be 'Free road tax for one year'.

    Its more incorrect sentence structure than spelling but it is still annoying.


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    #84
    DLMA23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 296 ✭✭DLMA23


    Queue


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    #85
    Jaxxy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,297 ✭✭✭Jaxxy


    Anyone who says/writes/posts that they're "weary" of something or someone, when they really mean wary.


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    #86
    Dermighty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭Dermighty


    One guy in my lecture spells torque as tourqe, bear in mind he has a mechanical engineering degree!


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    #87
    earlyevening
    Registered Users Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭earlyevening


    Flouride for fluoride.

    (Look at the thread that's open on it- every second poster repeats the mistake)


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    #88
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,738 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Wreckless instead of RECKLESS


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    #89
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Applause wrote: »
    So many people struggle with the spelling of "definitely", it's a crime, most browsers have spell check and phones have auto-correct, there's no excuse for it. :(

    I think sometimes it's an auto-correct problem that goes unnoticed by the writer. I hope, anyway.

    I once read '...a girl who is defiantly in my collage...' on this forum. I'm still reeling from the horror.

    I marked work recently where the words weary/wary were misused by the brightest of people.
    'I'm weary of drawing conclusions, in spite of the evidence....'

    The ever-present and incredibly lazy 'alot' irritates me as it's obviously not a word, which means that for some people the insertion of a space is too much effort.

    I make plenty of mistakes myself, especially when I'm tired. I can overdo the commas and have been an apostrophe offender, but you can usually tell a poster who's made a typo from the ones who can't be bothered.

    Lack of capitalisation also irks me.


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    #90
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    It's like that song:

    ♫ Oh I, I just died in you're arm's tonight
    It must of being something you wrote said,
    I should of walked away. ♫


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    #91
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,224 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Sinister Kid wrote: »
    There is at least four people that appear on my FB timeline that always spell COLLEGE wrong.... It's not COLLAGE!!!! It takes everything in me not to correct them...

    There ARE


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