Please tell me both mistakes were deliberate.

Which one?

I’ve seen ridged instead of rigid here… But a lot of these things are autocorrect/predictive text rather than misspellings.

Cougar – Moderator
Ah, is that on the Other Side?

ITV?

Lense instead of lens.

Bastards.

It’s ‘lose’ & ‘loose’ with me, does (dose) my head in! It’s worse than people who stop at roundabouts when there’s nothing coming!

I asked him if he was trying hard enough, and he pacifically told me he was doing his upmost to do it off his own back.

I asked him if he was trying hard enough

You shud of arksed him.

effect/affect
pedal/peddle – you even see that a lot on here.

Has anyone else noticed that everyone else is an idiot and I’m incredibly superior in every way?

Sorry – thought I’d skip straight to the subtext of this thread.

In my wandering thoughts I sometimes wonder if people just pour letters over the page; but I don’t like to pore over this too much.

(Probably not very common on social media I’d guess)

Ah, is that on the Other Side?

You’ve lost me.

I wander weather Flasheart has found that you can begin a sentence with some conjunctions. 😉

Local roadies often post their meet time and place on Facebook as:

“Anyone fancy a peddle? 10 at sainburys.”

I don’t know whether to bring a bike or a basket.

“Where” instead of “were”. Drives me nuts!

captainsasquatch:

Which one?

Root not route.

Couldn’t be bothered to read the whole thread, but in my opinion the blame lies with Google predictive keyboard innit

Just seen this on FB:

Some dj I know who’s smashed it in life goes ibiza n that bro I used to go out with his cousin he wants to hear ya told him about ya life a roller coaster tune u said to us in blackpokl u sick guy I still remember it life is like a roller coaster it only brings you down something t like that lol

Root not route.

I no that, there was a suggestion of there being two mistakes. ❓

Great thread to start the day with a chuckle

Predictive texting, auto correct and the idleness caused by spell check must be to blame especially when typing on phone or iPad

Using adjectives when an adverb is required winds me up – footballers, “you know who you are”

Language evolution innit.

The quicker, easier and more inclusive language is, the better it is.

Prolly, cud of, wernt, innit, loose, dorta, sista, etc., are easier and quicker to use.

Economy of letters will win the day. Get used to it!

Oh, and this times a million, obvs:

Has anyone else noticed that everyone else is an idiot and I’m incredibly superior in every way?

Sorry – thought I’d skip straight to the subtext of this thread.

I rarely do this but, here goes.

Dorta, innit, prolly. All fine, evolution of language, done on purpose, even stylish.

However: your/you’re, their/there/they’re and so on are lazy, obscure the writer’s meaning or intent or are the result of simply not knowing the correct word.

Not fine. IMO.

Whilst I agree that “their, there, they’re and your, you’re” do change the sentence meaning when used wrongly, I’ve never been unable to understand what was being said.

e.g. “I think there lovely apples”, “Your great at cycling”.

I just wonder whether it really matters or will matter in the future.

For you FeeFoo:

People who highlight minor grammar points are amazing

Cheers Grum 🙂

Haven’t been to that site for a while – what a popup ad nightmare!

How is loose quicker and easier to use than lose?

language is evolving,get over it 🙄

How is loose quicker and easier to use than lose?

It falls into the easier category because as mentioned above it seems as though it shud have the double o sound.

Happy with the others though, yes?

language is evolving,get over it

As FeeFoo said though, most of it isn’t evolution, it’s just people getting it wrong. Either they’re lazy, stupid, or uneducated (cue all the dyslexic hand wringing).

As FeeFoo said though, most of it isn’t evolution, it’s just people getting it wrong. Either they’re lazy, stupid, or uneducated (cue all the dyslexic hand wringing).

Does this mean that anyone who replies is a dyslexic or hand wringer? Thus rendering the non-dyslexics nervous about replying as they don’t wish to be called hand wringers. Manipulation of the language to serve one’s own purpose is almost as bad as mistake making.
The lazy and stupid are on their own though. 👿

“chester draws”
I wish Chester could draw.
They seem to be losing every week at the moment. Getting dragged closer to the relegation fight every game. 🙁

As FeeFoo said though, most of it isn’t evolution, it’s just people getting it wrong. Either they’re lazy, stupid, or uneducated (cue all the dyslexic hand wringing

That really isn’t what I meant.

Don’t worry about it. Shakespeare couldn’t even spell his own name…

What a dilemna

Does this mean that anyone who replies is a dyslexic or hand wringer? Thus rendering the non-dyslexics nervous about replying as they don’t wish to be called hand wringers. Manipulation of the language to serve one’s own purpose is almost as bad as mistake making.

It was slightly tongue in cheek, but I do think dyslexia is used as a catch all for a lot of people who really should know the difference between there/their/they’re, they’re just too apathetic. It’s up there with ‘BMI is flawed because rugby players are all “obese”‘ as an excuse to bury one’s head in the sand about being fat.

I often wonder what the people who type 2 instead of to or ur instead of your or you’re do with all the time they have saved by reducing keystrokes.

Gr8 thread. I wonder how many thymes peeps making a serious point are proof reading prior to posting?

It was slightly tongue in cheek, but I do think dyslexia is used as a catch all for a lot of people who really should know the difference between there/their/they’re, they’re just too apathetic. It’s up there with ‘BMI is flawed because rugby players are all “obese”‘ as an excuse to bury one’s head in the sand about being fat.

You’re clearly quite clueless.

sumtimes its a rich vane of comedy gold

I have an irrationally strong dislike of people who come on here asking for “advise”. Does nobody know the difference between a noun and a verb anymore?

I often wonder what the people who type 2 instead of to or ur instead of your or you’re do with all the time they have saved by reducing keystrokes.

I reckon SMS is to blame for a lot of that. But is “be” such a long word that it needs shortening?