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

zoobizoo · 13-08-2015 11:16AM

draiochtanois wrote: »

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It takes me longer to work out what the person is saying. So it is working less efficiently than before.

jimgoose · 13-08-2015 11:17AM

It's on account of The Thick. I blame them funny Braaaane rays from smartphones.

Boring username · 13-08-2015 11:20AM

Isreal. If you're going to lecture me on the complexities of geo-political Middle Eastern politics, at least try and get the name right. Hippy.

biko · 13-08-2015 11:24AM

Some people haven't read many books/newspapers and I assume they spell like they pronounce words.

Your/you're and their/there are extremely common.
My favourite example is people miswriting "thought" as "taught", very much an Irish thing as you can hear the accent in your head as you read it

The thing is that we are not allowed to correct people's mistakes and therefore new users will think Your is the correct way to spell You're, but that's another discussion.
If I make an obvious mistake over and over again, please correct me. I want to improve.

draiochtanois · 13-08-2015 11:25AM

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P. Breathnach · 13-08-2015 11:27AM

donegaLroad wrote: »

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

I think that is reasonable communication. It distinguishes it from rebated diesel which is sold for use in agricultural vehicles that are not used on the road.

Malari · 13-08-2015 11:29AM

biko wrote: »

Some people haven't read many books/newspapers and I assume they spell like they pronounce words.

Your/you're and their/there are extremely common.
My favourite example is people miswriting "thought" as "taught", very much an Irish thing.

The thing is that we are not allowed to correct people's mistakes and therefore new users will think Your is the correct way to spell You're, but that's another discussion.
If I make an obvious mistake over and over again, please correct me. I want to improve.

I see the miswriting of "taught" as "thought" much more often!

The "he's" thing is definitely an accent one. In social media it's annoying, but inconsequential. On professional documents, it's appalling!

Alun · 13-08-2015 11:29AM

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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 number of people actively correcting spelling and grammar mistakes, but the opposite seems to be true.

FYP

Captain Flaps · 13-08-2015 11:29AM

draiochtanois wrote: »

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Ah piss off, anyone who uses text speak in a CV needs their head examined, as does anyone defending them. It's just annoying on FB or in texts but I cn stil understnd wen sum1 tlks lyk dis

jimgoose · 13-08-2015 11:31AM

draiochtanois wrote: »

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Allowing oneself to be pulled around by the nose by thick people is the cause of most of the trouble in today's world. I'll pass, thank you. :pac:

whisky_galore · 13-08-2015 11:33AM

draiochtanois wrote: »

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Degeneration rather than evolution.

If I had a car with no doors, windows, bonnet or boot lid, it still functions as a car but it looks like a piece of sh*t.

Tony EH · 13-08-2015 11:43AM

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've only noticed it with Irish people on "social media" and it's largely a "cluchie" accent in written form.

BTW, this has nothing to do with language evolving as another poster said. It's simply bad English. "His" and "he's" are completely different items.

An example of evolving language would be "He is" and "He's". "He's" in common usage is a relatively new construct. 150 years ago, the majority of speakers and writers would not have used such abbreviation and simply have said/written "he is", "they are", or "I am" and opposed to "he's", "they're" or "I'm".

But "his" and "he's" is just wrong.

paulbok · 13-08-2015 11:44AM

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...'

It should be motor tax, but that is a whole other discussion.
Cyclists, am I right?:D

/runs

Ursus Horribilis · 13-08-2015 11:45AM

Conall Cernach wrote: »

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.

I think Social Media is having the opposite effect to be honest. When I was growing up there was no such thing as the internet, let alone social media. I read books which would have been edited by someone who had a grasp of the English language. I'm sure even my comics had been given the once-over by someone. When I got older I read newspapers and magazines. In school we sat through grammar classes and were taught the difference between there and their, your and you're.

Nowadays people do a lot of their reading from online sources such as Boards and Facebook. Because there is nobody to edit these online posts, people are picking up these grammar errors by osmosis and running with them. "Should of" is one that I started noticing a few years ago and it seems to have spread like wildfire. "He's" is a newer one and it's going to go the same way.

In the education system there does not seem to be any price to pay for poor grammar any more. There's no incentive for people to bother spelling words properly or to do their best to write sentences that make sense. I'm pretty sure I heard that DCU had had to start up a grammar class for its students because what they were writing was so poor. That to me is pretty shocking.

speedboatchase · 13-08-2015 11:46AM

People writing 'worse' when they mean 'worst' is really annoying. And not an example of a language 'evolving' whatsoever because I don't initially know what the person means.

draiochtanois · 13-08-2015 11:46AM

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setanta1984 · 13-08-2015 11:47AM

The one that really gets me is "should of", "would of" etc.

Makes my stomach turn every time.

Permabear · 13-08-2015 11:49AM

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b318isp · 13-08-2015 11:53AM

setanta1984 wrote: »

The one that really gets me is "should of", "would of" etc.

Makes my stomach turn every time.

This, multiplied by a million.

Where most digressions are errors in spelling or assembly of a word or words, this is not even the right word.

have/of - while there may be some phonetic similarity, it's primary school level education.

jimgoose · 13-08-2015 11:53AM

draiochtanois wrote: »

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An open-wheel racing machine with one seat, the weight of a whippet and a power-to-weight ratio of over a thousand horsepower per ton from an engine that revs to 20,000 RPM and is tuned to a state of tenseness just shy of rupture has about as much to do with a roadgoing "car" as a fish has to do with a privet hedge.

hardCopy · 13-08-2015 11:56AM

speedboatchase wrote: »

People writing 'worse' when they mean 'worst' is really annoying. And not an example of a language 'evolving' whatsoever because I don't initially know what the person means.

People who write 'worser' are the worst.

Permabear · 13-08-2015 11:57AM

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jimgoose · 13-08-2015 11:58AM

hardCopy wrote: »

People who write 'worser' are the worst.

The worst is not, so long as we can say, "This is the worst"! :pac:

ohnonotgmail · 13-08-2015 12:03PM

They made an excellent documentary that predicts where this decline in society will lead us to. I suggest you check it out if you can.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/?ref_=nv_sr_1

whisky_galore · 13-08-2015 12:03PM

draiochtanois wrote: »

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Point well and truly missed.

The Backwards Man · 13-08-2015 12:04PM

Tony EH wrote: »

I've only noticed it with Irish people on "social media" and it's largely a "cluchie" accent in written form.

BTW, this has nothing to do with language evolving as another poster said. It's simply bad English. "His" and "he's" are completely different items.

An example of evolving language would be "He is" and "He's". "He's" in common usage is a relatively new construct. 150 years ago, the majority of speakers and writers would not have used such abbreviation and simply have said/written "he is", "they are", or "I am" and opposed to "he's", "they're" or "I'm".

But "his" and "he's" is just wrong.

Culchie me hole. I didn't learn much at school, and many of my peers likewise, but we learned how to fcuking spell.

Laziness and ignorance, that's your causes of grammar going down the Suwannee.

And yeah, that's spelled correctly.

draiochtanois · 13-08-2015 12:04PM

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K.Flyer · 13-08-2015 12:05PM

draiochtanois wrote: »

It's more an indication that you lack a valuable skill required in todays world.
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More of an indication that, for whatever reason, some people lack valuable grammer and spelling skills.

jimgoose · 13-08-2015 12:05PM

Tony EH wrote: »

I've only noticed it with Irish people on "social media" and it's largely a "cluchie" accent in written form...

I have a "culchie" accent. In fact I sound exactly like Pat Shortt doing his "Maurice Hickey" character. It probably comes across in the way I spell right enough. :pac:

whisky_galore · 13-08-2015 12:06PM

draiochtanois wrote: »

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Who is the pedant now?

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

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