to stress it is fucking spelled DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY DEFINITELY

[LadyMountbatten]

grr

I hate it when people spell ejaculate as cum.

It is so horribly disgusting and cringey.

There is an independant school thread in active at the moment. I am dying to go on that thread and be sad and spiteful.

It also makes teaching Latin to twelve year olds pure torture.

cum means 'with' in Latin.

nobiscum means 'with us'.

It is awful.

LadyM Oops, didn't mean to sound snarky! But it's a very common error. And I'm a massive pedant, on account of having worked as an editor

I did once have to correct someone who wanted to write about the Dance of the Seven Vales. Which conjured up a rather amusing picture of what would have happened had Salome been born in Yorkshire:

King: That were a right good dance, lass. What does tha want for 'present?
Salome: I'll 'ave head o' John t' Baptist on 'plate
King: Daft bint

Or Dance of the Severn Vales

Ooh arr can I borrow your tractor etc

I like the idea of a Yorkshire Herod and Salome!

LOL at Severn Vales

I can't spell write/type definitely without hearing

Definitely Beautiful! Definitely Beautiful! De FINITE ly Be A Utiful!

Ha ha, I just logged in to start exactly the same thread after one 'definately' (or was it 'defiantly'?) too many. You are not being unreasonable in the slightest.

no ! not at all snarky. I LOVE to learn!

go in gerroff. I will hold your feet

No, fucking hell, private school bashing AND criticism of spelling mistakes on mumsnet. I'm not crazy!

My pet hate is when people say pacifically, instead of specifically. Also when they hyperbolise superlatives: I heard a woman at a toddler group this week describe someone as "The most beautifullest". Who are you, fucking Lola from Charlie and Lola? Sheeeesh.

And whilst we are on a general free range moan, can I slag off grown women who refer to their friends as BFFs. I seriously Thought that it meant best female friend until dd laughed at me and told me it means best friends FOREVA. I think unless you are 13 or Kim Kardashian yo shouldn't use this term.

See I thought bff was best female friend too. Is that definitely wrong then?

I have some great examples (thinking of pacifically) from DP's workmates:

'I was so drunk I was cromatosed'.

and

getting the train home from 'Heuston' each week (rather than Euston, ffs).

When I was at college my Maths teacher was writing a problem on the board about a cake shop and he asked us how to spell meringue. So I told him, then he and the ENTIRE class shouted me down. He actually wrote 'merang' on the board. My face was . I know it's not a common word and not everyone knows it, but 'merang', really? And the fact that I was the only one who knew it? That was 20 years ago...

or HOLIBOBS

they normally show they are twats though by wearing hello kitty t shirts and pigtails.

Can I also add that, much as I love my father, who is an otherwise highly intelligent man, I will not be responsible for my actions if he pronounces sci-fi 'sky-fi' one more time. Grrrrrrr.

And Wiffy.

As in, can you tell me your Wiffy password please?

No. Fuck off you semi-literate boil on the arse of humanity.

I know someone who had a bad back and needed lumbar support. But he called it slumber support.

He's dead now, thankfully.

Oh I as wiffy. I am a bit of an arse though.

I SAY

mate of mine's dad calls it THIGH food.

we love that. ANd he is kind of right

Friends had a small cafe,they put up a sign on the door saying

'All cards excepted'.

DP asked if they were saying they wouldn't be accepting cards then,it took her a minute or two of .