To get narked with people spelling 'Paralympics' as 'Paraolympics'?

[ObscuredByClouds]

I've seen so many posts on FaceBook in which people insist on spelling 'Paralympics' as 'Paraolympics'...or even 'Parolympics' (a kind of bastardisation of the two mis-spellings) and its really grating on me. Almost as much as misused apostrophes!

AIBU? Should I just get over myself?

Yanbu!!

Also, the 'why can't they both be combined as one' comments!

Yes, you should get over yourself! Not that big a deal imo.

It's ... really grating on me.

Never submit a post complaining about misused apostrophes without checking your grammar.

YANBU.

It's also annoying when presenters say ath-er-lete instead of athlete. Grrr.

Cogito

YANBU.

Bad spelling drives me bonkers. I am not a perfect speller by all means but I do have a bit of a thing about it. If I put something on FB and I have a mispelled word, I delete the whole post and type it again.

cogito, for shame! Darn iPhone - grr...

Yes, IT'S really grating on me.

Agreed. And entirely off subject, people saying 'marshmellow' and pronouncing 'medicine' as 'medsen' is pissing me off too.

'Definately' instead of 'definitely' and 'loose' instead of 'lose' (as in losing weight) really irk me too. Am glad I'm not alone lol!

I never knew how to properly spell definitely so I looked it up. It bothered the hell out of me!

it is a mis spelling really I get more wound up at the why can't they all compete together comments,

YABU.

YANBU. It's not even like the word is said 'paraolympics', just spell it like you say it people!

Like Mrsjay, I'm also getting wound up by people constantly trying to find offence by asking why the two events aren't being held together. It just diminishes what the Paralympics is and how it originated.

Yanbu

Ppl also need to learn to spell there/their/they're correctly

Like Mrsjay, I'm also getting wound up by people constantly trying to find offence by asking why the two events aren't being held together. It just diminishes what the Paralympics is and how it originated.

I think some people are wanting to be so equal in everything that comments like they should be able to.. does cheapen what the PARALYMPICS is all about

DS (6) wrote it as 'powerlympics'. It has a nice ring to it...

I like 'powerlympics' :)

Agree with the their/they're/there, and just as annoying is the misuse of your/you're.

Wrong!!

the suggestion for the Paralympics to be merged comes from International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven.