Spelling "his" as "he's" - what's going on?

zoobizoo · 13-08-2015 10:27AM #1

Anyone else notice an increase in the number of people spelling the word 'his' as "he's" on social media?

Since then I've noticed people on radio pronouncing 'his' as 'he's'.

It's the new "Your, You're" -

Harry Palmr · 13-08-2015 10:29AM

The web is raisin a generation who cannot spell.

Captain Flaps · 13-08-2015 10:32AM

Your right, its just another dilution of our language, their getting worse and worse!

Thats one of the worse examples I've seen to be fare though

donegaLroad · 13-08-2015 10:32AM

zoobizoo wrote: »

Anyone else notice an increase in the number of people spelling the word 'his' as "he's" on social media?

Since then I've noticed people on radio pronouncing 'his' as 'he's'.

It's the new "Your, You're" -

I haven't noticed this yet, but there is something which was pointed out to me that I now notice all the time:

Local car dealerships offer every new car with '1 years free road tax'.. should in fact be '1 year free road tax'.

Im not sure which is right or which is wrong, but Im used to '1 years...'

BattleCorp · 13-08-2015 10:36AM

You should see some of the job application forms that I have to sort through. I seriously question the standard of education at times.

Believe it or not but I've seen a cv written in text speak.

seamus · 13-08-2015 10:36AM

It's to do with accents.

Listen to some people pronounce "his" and it sounds more like "he's". Then when they go to write it, they write what they hear in their head.

murpho999 · 13-08-2015 10:37AM

What I don't get is that along with the "your" and "you're" mix up is that people can reverse it and say- "Here's you're jacket". Mind boggles.

Harry Palmr · 13-08-2015 10:37AM

donegaLroad wrote: »

I haven't noticed this yet, but there is something which was pointed out to me that I now notice all the time:

Local car dealerships offer every new car with '1 years free road tax'.. should in fact be '1 year free road tax'.

Im not sure which is right or which is wrong, but Im used to '1 years...'

I'd go with One Years Road Tax for Free.

Paulownia · 13-08-2015 10:38AM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

The web is raisin a generation who cannot spell.

It is now respectable not to be able to spell, I have been admonished at work for pulling people up for poor spelling, ''he may have spelling difficulties'' you know, that sort of thing. It drives me mad!
we even get CV's in text speak in my work!
Poor illegible handwriting is also deemed to be above criticism.

murpho999 · 13-08-2015 10:39AM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I'd go with One Years Road Tax for Free.

I would go with Motor Tax as there is no such thing as Road Tax in Ireland anymore.

Lemsiper · 13-08-2015 10:39AM

This has been going on for years. I think its especially prevalent in sporting commentary on Irish networks.

Harry Palmr · 13-08-2015 10:45AM

murpho999 wrote: »

I would go with Motor Tax as there is no such thing as Road Tax in Ireland anymore.

But but but...! :mad: I think most people still think road tax. Old habits die hard there.

donegaLroad · 13-08-2015 10:48AM

murpho999 wrote: »

I would go with Motor Tax as there is no such thing as Road Tax in Ireland anymore.

'1 years free motor tax' ?

*I saw a sign up yesterday saying 'Road Diesel: €1.28'

Badly Drunk Boy · 13-08-2015 10:48AM

I've always been really good at spelling and grammar but lately, I've had to take an extra second to confirm in my head that I'm right about certain things.

YOU INTERNET THICKOS ARE TRYING TO CONTAMINATE MY MIND!!

Permabear · 13-08-2015 10:50AM

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whiskeyman · 13-08-2015 10:51AM

Wierd...

whisky_galore · 13-08-2015 10:51AM

Heard a news report on radio describing conditions as 'Dickinson' as opposed to 'Dickensian'.

zeffabelli · 13-08-2015 10:51AM

It's touch screen.

Badly Drunk Boy · 13-08-2015 10:52AM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

But but but...! :mad: I think most people still think road tax. Old habits die hard there.

Well let these people die with the road tax! They probably only got their driving licences in the amnesty in the 1979 so can't drive properly.

:pac:

whisky_galore · 13-08-2015 10:53AM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

But but but...! :mad: I think most people still think road tax. Old habits die hard there.

There was no 'road tax' before 'motors'.

...unless you count turnpikes...

El Weirdo · 13-08-2015 10:57AM

People who mix up "been" and "being" really fucking annoy me.

Captain Flaps · 13-08-2015 10:57AM

'They don't pay road tax' is still something I hear from drivers regarding cyclists a fair bit, and was said to me because I had the audacity to operate a non motorised vehicle on a main road.

Oh actually, one that really grinds my gears is 'could of' and 'should of' instead of 'could have' and 'should have'.

Trent Houseboat · 13-08-2015 10:58AM

"Year's" is correct as it's possessive. Today's attendance. This week's weather.

whisky_galore · 13-08-2015 10:58AM

There, their and they're...it's not rocket science.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 13-08-2015 10:59AM

Somtimes it's a case of the spellchecker ****ing about and automatically changing it. Its done it to me a few times and its getting to the point where I can't be arsed going back to changing it.

anonanymore · 13-08-2015 10:59AM

Loosing it !!!!!!!!!!

Conall Cernach · 13-08-2015 11:02AM

What annoys me is that social media is almost entirely text driven so users have to be able to read to start with. You'd think that with the more reading they're doing that users would eventually develop better language skills, especially with the amount of people actively correcting spelling and grammar mistakes, but the opposite seems to be true.

draiochtanois · 13-08-2015 11:02AM

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donegaLroad · 13-08-2015 11:04AM

Permabear wrote: »

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It was Canadian visitors that thought it was grammatically incorrect, and that it should have been '1 year..'

but now that I think of it, we say '1 day's notice..' which is grammatically correct.... (as pointed out in #23)

murpho999 · 13-08-2015 11:10AM

draiochtanois wrote: »

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That is not evolution it's just bad grammar.

As someone said it's the difference between knowing your sh1t and knowing you're sh1t!

Permabear · 13-08-2015 11:14AM

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Spelling "his" as "he's" - what's going on?

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