Unglish - ya doon it rong.

[skinman]

one that annoys me is people saying "lend" when they mean "borrow"

[Winston001]

My pet hate is "physicality". It didn't exist as a word but now its (no apostrophe) everywhere.

But.......language is a living creature and I just have to suck it up.

Good thread.

[Maha]

Even if those who use the line..''I haven't done nuffink'' could infact speak english properly, not proply, they would realise that what they just means, they have infact done somefink.
They correct thing to say would be...''I have done nothing''.

[slofox]

Anyone having trouble with the apostrophe, come and see me after school...I get Mr Tombolino to teach you - he likea to breaka da leg...

[MSTRS:Me]

Motocyclist's are reely fond of using there breaks to.

[HenryDorsetCase]

We're all living in America, America its wunderbar...

Coca Cola, sometimes war....

[HenryDorsetCase]

[HenryDorsetCase]

/thread

sorted.

[Hitcher]

Last post is the primary rationale behind the BDOTGNZA but otherwise OK for an American rant...

[Hitcher]

The apostrophe thing gets me, because I have never successfully learned the rules.

So I tend to leave them out rather than use them. Contractions are fine, but when they are used in the possessive sense (I hope that is right), then I am all out at sea.


I try not to infuriate Hitcher, but I am sure some of my posts do.

As long as you realise there is no apostrophe in photos or eggs, you'll have done extremely well compared to many. I don't know how people ever get the idea that apostrophes are about plurals.

[steve_t]

Oh, I also notice that people don't seem to know the difference between "to" and "too" these days. Probably, the latest pet peeve.... is that.... for some reason.... people have decided.... that they should put .... a whole lot of "...." between words/sentences.
And "brought" vs "bought".

[Hitcher]

Oh, I also notice that people don't seem to know the difference between "to" and "too" these days. Probably, the latest pet peeve.... is that.... for some reason.... people have decided.... that they should put .... a whole lot of "...." between words/sentences.

Don't get me fucking started on ellipses. They'll be the fucking death of me. Online social media has much to answer for.

Firstly, ellipses have only three dots. People add lots of dots because they have no idea what they're doing and they think that this somehow looks cool.

Secondly they're generally used where a fullstop or a colon or even a comma would suffice.

Thirdly they're part of a phenomenum about ending sentences with multiple punctuation marks. More than one exclamation mark doesn't make the exclamation any more exclamatory. More than one question mark doesn't make the question any harder or more obscure.

As for wankers who put spaces between the last letter of the word in a sentence and the following punctuation mark: may they simmer for eternity over a steady heat.

I have a theory about predicting the names of the children of punctuation abusers and the colour of the curtains in their front windows...

[steve_t]

Don't get me fucking started on ellipses. They'll be the fucking death of me. Online social media has much to answer for.

Firstly, ellipses have only three dots. People add lots of dots because they have no idea what they're doing and they think that this somehow looks cool.

Secondly they're generally used where a fullstop or a colon or even a comma would suffice.

Thirdly they're part of a phenomenum about ending sentences with multiple punctuation marks. More than one exclamation mark doesn't make the exclamation any more exclamatory. More than one question mark doesn't make the question any harder or more obscure.

As for wankers who put spaces between the last letter of the word in a sentence and the following punctuation mark: may they simmer for eternity over a steady heat.

I have a theory about predicting the names of the children of punctuation abusers and the colour of the curtains in their front windows...

Did you just write "phenomenum"?

[gijoe1313]

I's is off da clock ..., scr3w this shizzl3 fer a laff. Its' betta then doin' my ABCs' : like ,peace out ya'll!!!!!!!!!... so I don' do nuffink's wrong ,so I didnt' loose the plot their!!!!! lolz!!!!! U c dat? so dun get your's knickers' inna twi3t ,its' all k3wl mon!! PEACE OUT!!!!

[imdying]

Oh, I also notice that people don't seem to know the difference between "to" and "too" these days. Probably, the latest pet peeve.... is that.... for some reason.... people have decided.... that they should put .... a whole lot of "...." between words/sentences.
And "brought" vs "bought".

Heheheh, don't tell Hitcher... but I do it because he at once stage expressed his revulsion of them...