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AIBU to say it's not "ect"

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IceCreamWoes · 23/08/2024 21:21

I've seen about 8 threads in the last 2 days with posters writing ect when they obviously mean etc. I probably am being U but it really does irrationally fucking irritate me!

I need to get out more, yes. I've had two (big) glasses of wine 😂.

So, am I?

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IceCreamWoes · 23/08/2024 22:21

My android doesn't correct to ect! I'd have to type it in the first place for it be autocorrected I think. But I do have sympathy for autocorrected nonsense!

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Moveoverdarlin · 23/08/2024 22:20

The one that really gets my goat is ‘on route’ opposed to en route.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 23/08/2024 22:19

Have some sympathy for those of us who deal with Early Career Teachers. And autocorrect/spell check combined with trying to get the message or email typed and sent at lightning speed as 34 Year 9s are rampaging along the corridor.

Etc is the second choice on Android, so you have to notice it, change it, hit space and then backspace and correct it again before continuing, as it always defaults and 'corrects' to ect.

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IceCreamWoes · 23/08/2024 22:19

Justlovedogs · 23/08/2024 22:15

OP - I believe @StaStarryDance might just have been employing a little sarcasm there. I, for one, have read many a thread on the same subject. Have to say I agree with your original post, though 😊.

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Yes, I got the sarcasm as my reply agreed the thread isn't that original.

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StarryDance · 23/08/2024 22:18

I was reading a thread the other day where someone was asking for advice and made a SPAG mistake in her OP. Instead of giving her advice some absolute arsehole linked her to a thread like this where people were sniggering at SPAG mistakes. It was by far one of the most twattish things I've seen on MN and I've been here a long time.

DumbassHamsterSitterPerson · 23/08/2024 22:18

I see "I am a women" a lot. Oddly no one ever seems to use 'men' when they need 'man'

Justlovedogs · 23/08/2024 22:15

IceCreamWoes · 23/08/2024 22:00

Maybe they'll read this one and we won't need another.

Americans say "could care less" and I always think if they thought about it for about 3 seconds, they'd realise it was making the opposite statement they were wanting to make!

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OP - I believe @StaStarryDance might just have been employing a little sarcasm there. I, for one, have read many a thread on the same subject. Have to say I agree with your original post, though 😊.

verityrosa · 23/08/2024 22:14

My husband genuinely thought that the word thought is ‘fort’. I only noticed it when he sent me ‘I’ve fort of something we can do this weekend’ at the start of our relationship. I didn’t say anything until it happened again : ‘any forts on that?’ 😭😭

DinnaeFashYersel · 23/08/2024 22:10

Your defiantly not wrong.

Instaflan · 23/08/2024 22:10

His when they mean he’s. “His stunk the bathroom out”.

You see that a lot here, but based on other poster saying average reading age is 9 then I get it now.

murasaki · 23/08/2024 22:10

English is an odd language to learn, so second language people get a pass from me, but I do wonder if this laxness/mangling amongst native speakers happens in say France, Germany or Spain. I'd speculate that it doesn't to the same degree, would be interested to hear about that.

StarryDance · 23/08/2024 22:05

IceCreamWoes · 23/08/2024 22:00

Maybe they'll read this one and we won't need another.

Americans say "could care less" and I always think if they thought about it for about 3 seconds, they'd realise it was making the opposite statement they were wanting to make!

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Until the next bored clever dick comes along anyway.

murasaki · 23/08/2024 22:04

I remember my mum drilling the fact that it is 'similar to' and 'different from' into my sister over the dinner table. So 'different to' also annoys me.

I am easily annoyed by this stuff, clearly!

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IceCreamWoes · 23/08/2024 22:03

DoIWantTo · 23/08/2024 22:02

@IceCreamWoes I’ve had someone stand and argue with me that I was wrong, “could care less” definitely means he didn’t care at all. I was tearing my hair out by the end of that convo 😂

American, out of interest? I haven't heard anyone else use it.

I still can't say "another think coming though" although I accept it's grammatically correct. I just say another thing coming really quickly so it's ambiguous 😂

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Philandbill · 23/08/2024 22:02

YANBU, it is very irritating.

DoIWantTo · 23/08/2024 22:02

@IceCreamWoes I’ve had someone stand and argue with me that I was wrong, “could care less” definitely means he didn’t care at all. I was tearing my hair out by the end of that convo 😂

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IceCreamWoes · 23/08/2024 22:02

Abitofalark · 23/08/2024 22:00

Don't get me started on 'they'.

They is useful though, in the right context. If you don't know someone's gender for example.
"I really like this artist. Does anyone know who they are?".

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Pinkypinkyplonk · 23/08/2024 22:01

Or I learnt that to him!! Aaahhhh!

Abitofalark · 23/08/2024 22:00

Don't get me started on 'they'.

Bellatrixpure · 23/08/2024 22:00

WildWildWestCoast · 23/08/2024 21:28

And "where" when they actually mean "were".

That’s my pet hate.

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IceCreamWoes · 23/08/2024 22:00

StarryDance · 23/08/2024 21:58

I'm surprised there has never been a thread like this on MN before.

Maybe they'll read this one and we won't need another.

Americans say "could care less" and I always think if they thought about it for about 3 seconds, they'd realise it was making the opposite statement they were wanting to make!

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StarryDance · 23/08/2024 21:58

I'm surprised there has never been a thread like this on MN before.

DoIWantTo · 23/08/2024 21:58

“I could care less” to indicate having no interest in something. It’s COULDN’T. You COULD NOT care less, meaning you care so little about the thing you COULD NOT care any less about it. Could care less mean you do care about it and wish you didn’t care quite so much!!

I definitely need to get out more.

Whatdoyoureckonthen · 23/08/2024 21:58

IceCreamWoes · 23/08/2024 21:57

I've always assumed this is a regional thing. Is it really just people misusing the opposite word for no reason? So strange!

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Not regional just uneducated.

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IceCreamWoes · 23/08/2024 21:57

Whatdoyoureckonthen · 23/08/2024 21:56

The use of lend and borrowed on mumsnet makes me cringe! "I borrowed him £50 and he hasn't paid me back" arghhhhh

I've always assumed this is a regional thing. Is it really just people misusing the opposite word for no reason? So strange!

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