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  • #272
    c_man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭c_man


    Permabear wrote: »
    This post had been deleted.

    Ah here now, are you not a strapping Irish buck?!


  • #273
    Permabear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39,019 ✭✭✭✭Permabear


    This post has been deleted.


  • #274
    That_Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    The amount of people who are applying for 'collage' through the CAO this year is mind blowing.


  • #275
    peckerhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,388 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    ya dere in my class rooms reading whats wrote on the bord


  • #276
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    Jamaican Me Crazy wrote: »
    Crazy talk. Men don't drop hints.

    Not to mention 'I loved been your BF' would still be incorrect! :confused:


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  • #277
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,402 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Two which I have seen around these parts recently.

    Auger (a drill) instead of augur, as in It doesn't augur well.

    Gaff (a device for landing fish, or slang for a house) instead of gaffe, a social faux pas.


  • #278
    misstearheus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭misstearheus


    I came across someone earlier with their job listed as a Wherehouse Manager.


  • #279
    Canadel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭Canadel


    misstearheus wrote: »
    I came across someone earlier with their job listed as a Wherehouse Manager.
    Sorry, I meant Whorehouse Manager.


  • #280
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    Two which I have seen around these parts recently.

    Auger (a drill) instead of augur, as in It doesn't augur well.

    Gaff (a device for landing fish, or slang for a house) instead of gaffe, a social faux pas.



    gaff
    "gaff" is an irish slang word for "house", its also used across Scotland and parts of England and Wales
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gaff


  • #281
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,301 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    People who say "more then" instead of "more than". Usually intentionally too :(
    That one drives me potty TBH. Dunno why as I'd not be a pedant about such things, but yep Than/Then drives me up the wall. Worse, it seems to be a mistake made by otherwise intelligent types.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



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  • #282
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,301 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Permabear wrote: »
    This post had been deleted.
    Oh god you didn't…. *facepalm*

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #283
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,522 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    That_Guy wrote: »
    The amount of people who are applying for 'collage' through the CAO this year is mind blowing.
    Oh dear ...


  • #284
    PandaX9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭PandaX9


    Any time I see "loose" in the place of "lose" I tend to proceed reading whatever follows with a bit of caution.

    Should of/could of/would of - I was taught that the proper form is "should have" etc back in third class when I was 9! How is it that people are still making this mistake?

    "Thought" as a substitute for taught is another one.

    "I've been threw so much" also.

    Clearly, misplaced homonyms really irk me. How other people are able to ignore them is beyond me :o


  • #285
    JIdontknow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 939 ✭✭✭JIdontknow


    Spelling mistakes like lenght and strenght


  • #286
    Figbiscuithead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 307 ✭✭Figbiscuithead


    Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
    "There's" instead of "there are" when stating plurals. Most Irish people use this incorrect usage with plurals.


    You can use "there's" when the things are grouped together with commas and the conjunction "and".

    "There's a dog and cat in the room" is correct.


  • #287
    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,594 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    People who deliberately spell words incorrectly annoy the hell out of me.

    Lyk dis if u agree.

    GET IN THE SEA.


  • #288
    Permabear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39,019 ✭✭✭✭Permabear


    This post has been deleted.


  • #289
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,262 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Figbiscuithead wrote: »
    You can use "there's" when the things are grouped together with commas and the conjunction "and".

    "There's a dog and cat in the room" is correct.

    But dog and cat are both singular in this example. There's a dog and a cat. You still can't say "There's 3 dogs and 4 cats in the room".

    I don't get what you mean about grouped together with commas.


  • #290
    Figbiscuithead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 307 ✭✭Figbiscuithead


    Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
    But dog and cat are both singular in this example. There's a dog and a cat. You still can't say "There's 3 dogs and 4 cats in the room".

    I don't get what you mean about grouped together with commas.

    Not arguing your original point but there's this exception.

    "There's a dog, 3 cats and a parrot in the room" is correct going on the grammar book I have. The commas group them together as a list, so you can change the verb according to the first item; even though you're referring to more than one (plural), you can use "there's" if the first item is singular.

    But yes, to say, "There's 20 men in the room" is incorrect, though people say it in spoken English.


  • #291
    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,262 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    Figbiscuithead wrote: »
    Not arguing your original point but there's this exception.

    "There's a dog, 3 cats and a parrot in the room" is correct going on the grammar book I have. The commas group them together as a list, so you can change the verb according to the first item; even though you're referring to more than one (plural), you can use "there's" if the first item is singular.

    But yes, to say, "There's 20 men in the room" is incorrect, though people say it in spoken English.

    Ah yes, now I get what you meant. Yes, the "there..." is dependent on the first item (s).


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  • #292
    mackerski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,295 ✭✭✭mackerski


    Wibbs wrote: »
    Oh god you didn't…. *facepalm*

    I do actually complain about spelling mistakes in German.


  • #293
    RupertsHabit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭RupertsHabit


    'Would of' is pretty annoying.


  • #294
    mynameis905
    Closed Accounts Posts: 754 ✭✭✭mynameis905


    biko wrote: »
    A co-worker of mine keeps mixing up "ensure" and "insure". It's merely a minor annoyance.

    Shockingly commonplace though. I see similar mix-ups every day with emigration/immigration and effected/affected


  • #295
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,402 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Another one I have noticed round these parts. Peddle instead of pedal.

    Someone claiming that a politician is back peddling, meaning they have changed their minds.


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