Common mispronounces/misspellings that drive you up the wall.

[Conspicuously Absent]

I just reread Trainspotting, and man I wish I was Scottish just so I could insult people to their faces without them understanding a single fucking word of it.
(i don't actually wish i was scottish, that would suck)

I'm scottish and it dinnae sucks! So cram it up yer haggis hole ye' man fucking arsehole. Pòg mo thòin!!!

 

[neal]

too/two/to, there/their/they're and you're/your are the ones that get to me the most (2nd grade material), but pretty much everything mentioned in the thread does make me at least shake my head in disapproval. my spelling is rather atrocious sometimes (although it is improving), and im too lazy to use apostrophes and shit sometimes, but i really do make an effort not to make these basic mistakes, becuase i do think they make you look kind of dumb.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

lose/loose

irregardless

shit, those are good ones

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

yeah, our boston accents rule face

and that's not a good one

there's pretty much nothing that makes a MAN sound dumber than a Boston accent

 

[neal]

hahaha

 

[Eminor]

This chick at work says "with" as "wif". I want to slap the shit out of her every time.

 

[JayKeeley]

lose/loose

irregardless

ding ding we have a winner. I see "loose" instead of "lose" all the time, even at work.

Also, when people say "I could care less" instead of "I could NOT care less". Weird how one is the COMPLETE opposite to the other.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

i could care less. I could care more. It's nice in the middle.

 

[JayKeeley]

I could give a shit.

I could NOT give a shit.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

I say "I dont' give a rats ass" or "i don't give a shit"

 

[JayKeeley]

Exactly. You don't say, "I DO give a shit" because, you know, it's the exact fucken opposite.

 

[Erik]

I could give a shit.

I could NOT give a shit.

"i could care less if X does Y" is correct usage

it implies that you COULD care less but that it's not LIKELY

 

[JayKeeley]

"i could care less if X does Y" is correct usage

it implies that you COULD care less but that it's not LIKELY

Yeah, but that's not how people use it.

 

[Erik]

which is why it's awesome

i use it all the time fully aware that it's "wrong" because people get all pissy about it and it's still a completely correct phrase

 

[JayKeeley]

It's grammatically correct, yes.

 

[Captain Beard]

This chick at work says "with" as "wif". I want to slap the shit out of her every time.

She a niggress?

 

[Necromunchkin]

As a teacher of English, I can only say that my list would be extensive and such things are my continual, personal HELL.

 

[Thanatopsis123]

I hate when people don't know the differences between grammar, spelling, and punctuation (you may be surprised how often I seem to see this on the internet).

Oh, and somebody explain the difference between "further" and "farther" without looking it up.

 

[KILL TULLY]

I hate people who care so much about this lame shit.


<3

 

[Disgustipated]

I'm somewhat of a grammar nazi. A good example was when I got into an argument with my year 11 English teacher about posessive pronouns. She told the class that 'we/us' is 2nd person. I told here 'no, it's first person plural'. She said, 'no, you're wrong'. This continued for around 13 minutes before I slapped the bitch in the face. Well, not really, but she should not have been teaching year 11 English.

I can't think of anymore right now, but they'll come to me.