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your rediculous irellevence astonoshes me! How dare you complane about simpel speling erors, we have a write to spel badley if we want two! ;)

Edit: wooo my first thread steal!

I think this is the most common spelling error on NSG. And for some reason it drives me insane. I just wanted to make this clear once and for all.

I don't think I've ever seen it spelt "rediculous".

It's 'ridicuul'.

i do hate rediculous

but the one that makes me nuts is nessecary. why cant people just LOOK at it and know that it cant possilby be right?

I dunno, I used to see a lot of 'noone's.

The one that's been popping up in my student essays a lot lately is "loose" for "lose." Honestly, how difficult is it to tell the difference between the two? And then there's their seeming inability to know when to use "then" instead of "than." I'm a college instructor, and I have to spend class time on this shit. Aaaaargh!

Oh, i'm glad someone else was annoyed by that and it wasn't just me.

"Discusting" also makes me seethe...and i've been seeing it a lot lately.

Edit: wooo my first thread steal!

You're first thred steel, surely?

can't say i've ever noticed myself. may be that i'm one of the ones making the mistake though, i dunno.

Oh, i'm glad someone else was annoyed by that and it wasn't just me.

"Discusting" also makes me seethe...and i've been seeing it a lot lately.

I know how you feel. Someone I know actually wrote that on a coursework paper once. Didn't get picked up by the teacher either. Shocking.

It's all irrelevant anyway.

Why can't I add a poll?

What are you? Some kind of spelling facist?

Don't you mean grammar nazi?

'Sides, the most common error is probably leaving 'I' uncapitalized or something like that.

I think this is the most common spelling error on NSG. And for some reason it drives me insane.

What are you? Some kind of spelling facist?

INCONVCIEVABLE!

I don't know if it's spelled right. But I felt it is an important point to make about this thread.

'Sides, the most common error is probably leaving 'I' uncapitalized or something like that.

that's not an error, i'm just lazy :p

I think this is the most common spelling error on NSG. And for some reason it drives me insane. I just wanted to make this clear once and for all.
I do see that one a lot, and it is quite annoying. But then I'm not the world's greatest speller myself, so I don't tend to complain too much.

Why can't I add a poll?
You have to be named the thread creator on the main page, but even then, I wouldn't. It's not 'banned', but it's certainly frowned upon.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12560995&postcount=7

INCONVCIEVABLE!

I don't know if it's spelled right. But I felt it is an important point to make about this thread.

"I before E, except after C" :D :p

"I before E, except after C" :D :p

or when sounding like "ay" as in neighbor and weigh.

(there is more of it, but I forgot the rest of that evil rule)

INCONVCIEVABLE!

I don't know if it's spelled right. But I felt it is an important point to make about this thread.

...Where do you hear the first V? Seriously, say it out loud. :p

What are you? Some kind of spelling facist?

Arg! Facist! Face+ist?

Anyway, NSG is actually not that bad for spelling errors.

or when sounding like "ay" as in neighbor and weigh.

(there is more of it, but I forgot the rest of that evil rule)

It is evil, isn't it? I gave up on it eventually, a) that's what Spellcheck is for, and b) I just learnt the words anyway.

I think this is the most common spelling error on NSG. And for some reason it drives me insane. I just wanted to make this clear once and for all.
No amount of bitching is going to help. It is also hardly the most common mispelling.

or when sounding like "ay" as in neighbor and weigh.

(there is more of it, but I forgot the rest of that evil rule)

Or in weird words like "Science".

Though I am a terrible with spelling and grammar, but 'rediculous' was making me insane.

"I before E, except after C" :D :p

I don't like your rules, weirdo.

I think this is the most common spelling error on NSG. And for some reason it drives me insane. I just wanted to make this clear once and for all.

I confess.

I have spelled it "rediculous", the "Ri" never really looks right to me so I second guess myself.
I realize I could use spell check...but that always feels like cheating. I would simply rather be called on my mistake.

I will now never misspell(did I spell that wrong?) ridiculous again(for the record I typed "re" three times before I could make my hand spell it "ri").

For the record I would hope out of plain courtesy that one would correct another's spelling so that they might not continue with a mistake. I myself would appreciate it, were it to be done to me.

Just be happy we don't tolerate AIMspeak here.

I don't like your rules, weirdo.

well that sufficiently takes care of that

I think this is the most common spelling error on NSG. And for some reason it drives me insane. I just wanted to make this clear once and for all.

"Fascist" spelled "facist" annoys me far more.

well that sufficiently takes care of that

It seems that BWO is the reigning heavyweight on such topics. :)

I always spelled it ricockulous.

"Fascist" spelled "facist" annoys me far more.

yeah, not enough people use facist properly - people, it means one who supports the political ideals of lt. templeton "faceman" peck

I think this is the most common spelling error on NSG. And for some reason it drives me insane. I just wanted to make this clear once and for all.

ridikkulus

"Fascist" spelled "facist" annoys me far more.

Doh!
I do that too.

It would seem I am the only person willing to cop to making these mistakes so I must be the one who has been annoying you all.

It seems that BWO is the reigning heavyweight on such topics. :)

I find such arbitrary rules a heinous oversimplification.

i do hate rediculous

but the one that makes me nuts is nessecary. why cant people just LOOK at it and know that it cant possilby be right?

Because some people don't have the energy to look it up in the dictionary every time they spell it just so they can forget it in a couple of seconds.

Anyways, I suck on prepositions no matter what language. English prepositions are especially hard to learn.

Doh!


"D'oh" if you are going for what Homer Simpson says.

I find such arbitrary rules a heinous oversimplification.

though it'd be much nicer if there was some sort of scientific way to seize an actual rule here. i'd rather have something than either the utterly lawless ancient system or the fake rules we teach kids. i mean, it doesn't take einstein to see that something is wrong here.

though it'd be much nicer if there was some sort of scientific way to seize an actual rule here. i'd rather have something than either the utterly lawless ancient system or the fake rules we teach kids. i mean, it doesn't take einstein to see that something is wrong here.

I before E, except after C and only when it rhymes with bee.

That should cover it.

"D'oh" if you are going for what Homer Simpson says.

Son of a bitch!!!
Well that isnt my fault blame me mispelling that on the media.

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/06/14/english.newwords/

I before E, except after C and only when it rhymes with bee.

That should cover it.

What species of bee are we talking here?

so how often does this 'i before e' so-called rule actually apply?

Son of a bitch!!!
Well that isnt my fault blame me mispelling that on the media.

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/06/14/english.newwords/

Weird. In my Simpson's daily calender, it had Homer saying "D'oh".

What species of bee are we talking here?

One that can rhyme well I guess.

Weird. In my Simpson's daily calendar, it had Homer saying "D'oh".

*cough*

:p

Weird. In my Simpson's daily calender, it had Homer saying "D'oh".

Well, according to every online dictionary it is indeed D'oh...so I am not calling you wrong. It would appear though, that every post I have made in the spelling thread has indeed had a spelling error contained in it.

so how often does this 'i before e' so-called rule actually apply?

chief
fief
thievery
grieve
sieve

Lots of others. It's actually not that bad a rule.

I think this is the most common spelling error on NSG. And for some reason it drives me insane. I just wanted to make this clear once and for all.
I can't even remember having seen that. Can't be that common, can it? :confused:

The one that's been popping up in my student essays a lot lately is "loose" for "lose." Honestly, how difficult is it to tell the difference between the two?The loose/lose thing is sorta difficult for many who speak English as a second language. Mainly because it's confusing compared to "choose". As in there not being any discernible rhyme or reason to why it's "to choose" but "to lose", made more difficult by the fact that the word "loose" actually does exist so it doesn't even look wrong to you. In fact, "to lose" and "losing" look much more wrong to my eye, because by rights they should be pronounced like the o in "nose".

See? It really is difficult.

It's all irrelevant anyway.... I read this and was all "Whaa? Don't tell me it's really "irrelevent"?!". So I looked it up and it wasn't. Thank God.


It would seem I am the only person willing to cop to making these mistakes so I must be the one who has been annoying you all.Oh no. You're just the only one brave enough to admit it. :)

The loose/lose thing is sorta difficult for many who speak English as a second language. Mainly because it's confusing compared to "choose". As in there not being any discernible rhyme or reason to why it's "to choose" but "to lose", made more difficult by the fact that the word "loose" actually does exist so it doesn't even look wrong to you. In fact, "to lose" and "losing" look much more wrong to my eye, because by rights they should be pronounced like the o in "nose".


Hell, I know that feeling. I have to double check nowadays. Isn't English fun?

Some of the smartest people I know are shit spellers.

Then again, so are some of the dumbest.

Guess what. It's not the spelling that helps you tell the two apart.

I've seen this particular error a lot. It does irk me a bit.

Some of the smartest people I know are shit spellers.

Then again, so are some of the dumbest.

Guess what. It's not the spelling that helps you tell the two apart.

No need to remind me. My dad can't spell. He can't get close enough for spellcheck to help him. I have proofread his memos. His memos that he sends out as CFO of the Powertrain divsion of Delphi.

Spellcheck on Firefox rocks ass.

http://www.how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/

(An actual, real, website.)

Spellcheck on Firefox rocks ass.

No it doesn't. It keeps trying to convince me to add z's where there should be s's, even though it's set to British English.

No it doesn't. It keeps trying to convince me to add z's where there should be s's, even though it's set to British English.

Then I'm glad I'm American.:D

Most common, and annoying, is confusing "your" and you're." The first is 2nd person possessive. The second is a contraction of "you are." It's really not that frickin' hard :headbang:

You're first thred steel, surely?

Is that for sharpening your argument?

Spellcheck on Firefox rocks ass.

Unless you can spell.

It really is rediculous that nobodie seems to bother speel checking there posts before subbmiting a replie. I meen how hard could it be two just go too a online dictionary site?

Off coarse; nobodie likes a grammer or speeling nazi. i think so long as we get hour poit acrost propper speeling shouldn't be the biggest issu when disctusting the topics of the day.

What irks me is people abreviating their speech (like "ppl" for people).

chief
fief
thievery
grieve
sieve

Lots of others. It's actually not that bad a rule.

:rolleyes:

*buzzer*

I'm sorry, that was wrong!

The word you were searching for was 'thief'.

I don't use spellcheck myself as I usually don't have any issues with spelling (aside from keyboard malfunction).

:rolleyes:

*buzzer*

I'm sorry, that was wrong!

The word you were searching for was 'thief'.

I don't use spellcheck myself as I usually don't have any issues with spelling (aside from keyboard malfunction).

:rolleyes:

*buzzer*

I'm sorry, that was wrong!

*COUGH* (http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9034194/fief)

And feudal societies, it seems ¬_¬

The whole loose/lose one is really annoying. Few other mistakes make me want to hurt someone so much.

You have to be named the thread creator on the main page, but even then, I wouldn't. It's not 'banned', but it's certainly frowned upon.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12560995&postcount=7

I figured that was no silly polls on serious topics.

Hmmmmm.

http://www.how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/

(An actual, real, website.)
http://www.freewebs.com/thegrammarphantom/explanation.html
This one used to be very cool.
Sadly it is gone.:(

:rolleyes:

*buzzer*

I'm sorry, that was wrong!

*COUGH* (http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9034194/fief)

And feudal societies, it seems ¬_¬

Heh, whaddaya know. Didn't know that one (I didn't do much study of history, I'm beginning to wish I had).

That would be my new word for today then. :D

Heh, whaddaya know. Didn't know that one (I didn't do much study of history, I'm beginning to wish I had).

That would be my new word for today then. :D

Serf's up

Well, I've had Google toolbar for at least half a yeat now and just now I discovered that it has a spell check.

It isn't working very well...

Why does spelling matter anyway? No matter which of the two ways its spelled it still gets the point across.
Up until tudor times or so there were no set spellings anyway, people jsut spelled things how they wanted to and the most common one steadily became the accepted spelling.

Well, I've had Google toolbar for at least half a yeat now and just now I discovered that it has a spell check.

It isn't working very well...

Well, you actually have to use it to make it work.