to stress it is fucking spelled DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY DEFINITELY

[LadyMountbatten]

grr

[northlight]

DI And Ronald Regan Have Oranges Every Afternoon.

[HorryIsUpduffed]

I remember how to spell broccoli by pretending it is Italian - if you get your doubles wrong they'd pronounce it bruh-COL-lee rather than BROC-colly.

Helps me, anyway.

Occasion on the other hand is a Total Bastard.

[badbride]

I have a number of objections to complimentary medicine. Two of them being that it is neither free, nor prone to telling me how nice I look.

Just don't get me started on complementary treatments

[BIWI]

I am LOLLING at the OP becoming a pedant

[thecatneuterer]

Spelling mistakes definitely annoy me. And yes, 'definitely' is a frequent culprit. Oh and I hate 'should of' and 'try and ... '

But what I just can't get my head round are very professional-looking, very expensive shop signs, with howlers ... If you're going to spend a lot of time and money making a big, professional sign, at least take a couple of seconds to check the spelling ...

My local high street must be the worst in Britian for that. I took photos of 12 examples and I'd only got about a quarter of a way up the street.

My two favourites are the 'Estate Agents - Commercial and Residencial' and the wonderful 'Bearue de Change'

[usualsuspect]

What's wrong with try and

[thecatneuterer]

It should be 'try to (plus verb) '. Admittedly 'try and (plus verb)' has become so common that, although grammatical nonsense, it has probably become acceptable. I still find it annoying though. Oh and another one is people pronouncing the letter aitch as though it had an aitch at the beginning of it. That's now so common that even some TV continuity announcers do it.

[apostropheuse]

YANBU Definitely is such a simple word to spell.

I've noticed another of my pet hates on this thread - people not using question marks at the end of a sentence which - well which is a bloody question!

[dementedma]

You should hear Glaswegians saying " Def-in- ATE-lee"

[apostropheuse]

No you really shouldn't demented. Nobody should hear that.

[dementedma]

My boss says it, along with " gonny gie me the notes fer the meeting ramorra"

[apostropheuse]

Could be worse, demented, he/she could say:

Dywanty gie me ra notes furrameeting ramorra

[coffeeinbed]

Mine is Marina
instead of Mirena

[Sparklyboots]

Not at all unreasonable, OP. However, shouldn't it it be asserted thus: 'It fucking is spelled DEFINITELY...' ? Just checking.

[AKissIsNotAContract]

I dislike people who say 'it's a mute point' instead of moot.

[dementedma]

apostropheuse yup, that sounds like him!

[thecatneuterer]

akissisnotacontract that's reminded me. I work in a cat neutering clinic (my name might have been a give away) and we get a lot of people coming in to get their cats 'muted' :) (also 'spayded') :)

[jenny99]

Has nobody mentioned specific vs pacific?!?

[Minimammoth]

You belong on the 'sliver' thread Jenny.
I am rubbish at spelling. When small I was kept behind at school and made to write accommodate 100 times. I still can't spell it. Auto correct has kicked in.

[thecatneuterer]

jenny no we don't seem to have got on to that yet. Also bought vs brought. And I'm sure I've just heard a bbc news reporter say 'the two boys who were bought to the US'. I'm hoping I misheard.

[jenny99]

Lol. Don't even get me started on news reporters. Especially when they say 'conshume' instead of 'consume'!!

[ShowOfHands]

Pacific/specific is definitely already on this thread.

BBC News 24 is very good for howling grammatical errors. I watch it when I need to be riled up enough for a good deep clean of the bathroom.

Can I offer 'off of' for collective derision while we're here?

[sassytheFIRST]

Turns out the lady on that thread about the OWs baby is a troll.

Betcha wish you'd pointed out ect now

[sassytheFIRST]

And another set of homophone irritants from me (related theme)

I can't bare it (bear, dammit)
The grizzly scene...( if it is covered in blood spatters, it is grisly. Covered in thick brown hair - grizzly. HTH.)

[jenny99]

I could of pointed that out...


Aaaargh - they have no idea that they should HAVE paid more attention in school!!