Constantly misspelled and misused words

[marx2k]

hahah I love it when people get worked up over others expecting proper grammar and spelling. Why does that get to you so much? I agree that English may not be everyone's first language, but you can usually tell if it's a case of English not being their first language and when it comes from a lifetime of poor grammar.

I also am not talking about rushed typing, since that's just rushed typing.

I also am not talking about the posts on these forums as I am expecting half of you to be as baked as I am when posting/reading here. Though for some reason, I watch what I type more when I am baked.

I'm talking about seeing this kind of thing pop up on office memos, resumes, English papers, official documents, books, etc. Language is an art. I enjoy doing graffiti. But if I did it poorly, others would say "Damn, that is ugly. Dude got no skills." Same with using language properly. I mean, if you're trying to get your point across to someone, it's a lot more difficult when the person can't see you. You can't use inflection, you can't use hand gestures, so all you have is your words. So you have to be kind of exact. Otherwise, it's like listening to tech support help old people with their computers: "Okay, click the colory thing by the doohickey in the start button menu."

I guess the other reason is that I am a coder, so I think in code. And if you're writing a program without any coding skills, you will end up with a syntax error. So I guess I am always seeing things built up by their parts. It's the same with sentences. And it's like looking at ugly code when I see poor grammar or sentence structure.

Sorry, but it's a pet peeve...especially when you see it coming from adults acting in some sort of official capacity. (As in, not here on the forums) What's sort of funny is that in regular speech, as in day to day conversations, the only thing that bugs me is when people let their hillbilliy flag fly. Yall, yonder, do what, mawmaw. memaw... shit like that. Sorry if I offended any hicks

 

[motaco]

I will say yall all I want to. thank you very much

its like poppin said. its not that we don't know any better. its that we don't care.

as if we couldn't screw with yankees for the dumb regional stuff you say.
so pick the crust out your panties.

and very true stay put. what kinda lives do you lead that THIS is what gets under your skin?

 

[Haps]

Y'all ain't got nuff work to do if ya can sit here in this field and pick nits all day. However, in general, I agree with the theme of this thread, as long as we cut stoners a wee bit of slack, cause we're stoned.
H

 

[Guest]

its
it's
its'..........is another one that gets messed up.......also

to
two
too

But probably the most common one that I notice is......

their
there
they're



Bh

 

[PoppinFresh]

I reckon y'all must be leading a charmed life if you have the time to let things like that bother "Yuse guys".... Either that or just an over-edumacated jackarse.

it's not "yuse guys" it's "you'z guys"

 

[Guest]

it's not "yuse guys" it's "you'z guys"

but what letter(s) is the apostrophe taking the place of

 

[PoppinFresh]

its'????

"its" is already the possessive singular... "it's" is a contraction of "it is"

are you referring to the possessive plural of "it" cuz that would be "their"!

singular - plural
it - they
its - their
it's - they're (it is - they are)

where does its' come from?

or are you speaking gollum?

 

[PhenoMenal]

When I see the butchering of our common language, it drives me up a wall.

dont bother coming to Australia then :smile:

 

[Guest]

poppinfresh - if that post was aimed in my direction i meant the one in you'z guys and i was joking

 

[TwoOhSix!]

I find it amusing people care this much about grammar.

 

[newbgrow]

yaLL aint kno SiHt dis how i type dawg, bcuz im educated your WrOnG aBoUt me being lazy its jus slang knamean man, dis is intrnt shrthand, dis da languAgE of da Phuture, ya herd??? 1337 werd

u mean lik dis motaco?

 

[PoppinFresh]

poppinfresh - if that post was aimed in my direction i meant the one in you'z guys and i was joking

and you think im bein serious...

thas what u get

 

[Guest]

it was a very thorough post, i read no sarcasm....wait can you even read sarcasm??

 

[Guest]

its'????

"its" is already the possessive singular... "it's" is a contraction of "it is"

are you referring to the possessive plural of "it" cuz that would be "their"!

singular - plural
it - they
its - their
it's - they're (it is - they are)

where does its' come from?

Its’ can be used as the possessive of its..... the apostrophe is accepable but not necessary......their can be used as well.

Bh

 

[PhenoMenal]

HERBS.

Anybody notice how there's a H at the front !??!!?? ITS NOT A SILENT H

IT'S HERBS, IT'S NOT ******G 'ERBS !!!

And for example - when a man is named Herb do you call him Herb or 'Erb !?!? You call him HERB !!!!!!

 

[Guest]

actually i knew a guy by the name of Herb, who pronounced it Erb

 

[PhenoMenal]

Well tell him there's a bloody H in front of his name and it's THERE FOR A REASON !!!

 

[VictoryGardener]

What is more important, the message or the words?? Everyone makes grammar errors; there's no point in being thin-skinned about it.

 

[NiteTiger]

Main Entry:
herb Listen to the pronunciation of herb Listen to the pronunciation of herb
Pronunciation:
\ˈərb, US also & British usually ˈhərb\
Function:
noun
Usage:
often attributive
Etymology:
Middle English herbe, from Anglo-French, from Latin herba
Date:
14th century

1: a seed-producing annual, biennial, or perennial that does not develop persistent woody tissue but dies down at the end of a growing season2: a plant or plant part valued for its medicinal, savory, or aromatic qualities3slang : marijuana 2
— herb·like Listen to the pronunciation of herblike \ˈ(h)ərb-ˌlīk\ adjective
— herby Listen to the pronunciation of herby \ˈ(h)ər-bē\ adjective

The 'H' is optional

 

[illuminatus]

I don't take kindly to proper grammar. Honestly when someone starts talking all proper like it makes me want to skull**** them.