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to want to teach people how to spell certain words?

144 replies

AllOutOfNaiceHam · 04/07/2013 21:15

You need to defiantly go to A&E.
Did he defiantly do that?
Tomorrow I will defiantly phone them.

I wand to defiantly punch these people. Definitely.

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Celador · 04/07/2013 21:35

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WilsonFrickett · 04/07/2013 21:36

'and wa la!' instead of 'voila!' was my absolute favourite. Draws makes me stably, although I am quite taken with 'Chester draws'.

lborolass · 04/07/2013 21:36

So many times recently on Facebook I've seen discusting - I don't know if it's some kind of in joke or whether a huge proportion of the population actually think that's the correct spelling.

miffybun73 · 04/07/2013 21:42

YANBU.

PerchedOnMyPeddleStool · 04/07/2013 21:43

Wa la just made me laugh.

Wa la!! :)

Mindyourownbusiness · 04/07/2013 21:43

Not a spelling one exactly but l bet she'd have struggled to spell it.

My daughter was asked six times at least by woman in estate agents with massive long false nails whether she agreed with the 'infantry'.

I thought l would have to be tied down if she said it again. Angry
I felt like saying 'its fucking inventory you moron' 'if you spent more time in the library than the nail salon love....'

MalcolmTuckersMum · 04/07/2013 21:44

Yes yes yes Artisan - just been reading a thread with errant 'looses' all over the place. It makes me want to scream! They don't even sound the bloody same so what is the excuse?

LuisSuarezTeeth · 04/07/2013 21:45

Theirs a topik for this int their? Pendants corner or sumsuch?

I feckin hate speling mistakes what you ave to fiyt ur autocorrect 4.

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BlackeyedSusan · 04/07/2013 21:47

it is worse being a pedant who can not spell and has a dodgy keyboard. I want to slap my younger self for being so stupid with spellings. Hmm

revealall · 04/07/2013 21:50

I would love to be able to spell "definitely" or whatever it is but I just can't .Too many i and e 's and if I get it right once it's wrong the next time.

Sorry.

SkinnybitchWannabe · 04/07/2013 21:50

My son is called James. We got a note from his teacher today saying, "Jame's new teacher is...." This is the second time it has happened

Fakebook · 04/07/2013 21:50

Self scented

"Driving licence", not "driving license"

"In my defence", not "in my defense"

JacqueslePeacock · 04/07/2013 21:52

But inventory is pronounced a lot like infantry. Confused Isn't it?

Fakebook · 04/07/2013 21:52

I've seen a lot of people write "jags" instead of "jabs" on here too. I just imagine a nurse hurtling a jaguar exhaust into a patients arm everytime I read "I'm going to get the flu jag".

MyNameIsSuz · 04/07/2013 21:53

The one I see a lot in my Facebook news feed is "his" instead of "he's", as in "his coming over later". This annoys me a lot more than defiantly/definitely, as at least I can sort of understand why someone would think there was an a in the middle of definitely as that's more how it's pronounced.

ArtisanLentilWeaver · 04/07/2013 21:53

"I am afraid I may loose my purse"

"Next door's dog is running lose"

Pagwatch · 04/07/2013 21:53

Jags isn't a misspelling.
That is what they call them in the USA

Fakebook · 04/07/2013 21:55

I thought that it was used too often to be a mistake!

MammaTJ · 04/07/2013 21:55

I take deep breaths and try to justify with typing errors.

Pagwatch · 04/07/2013 21:56

It's weird though isn't it?

WilsonFrickett · 04/07/2013 21:56

Ahem.

Jags is also Scottish. We go for our jags. Thistles are also jaggy.

Fakebook · 04/07/2013 21:56

Oh apparently they say jag in Scotland too.

HoppinMad · 04/07/2013 21:57

Freind. Very elementary but I have seen friend spelt wrong over and over again.
I wont be your 'freind' for much fecking longer if you dont learn to spell it correctly!

Argh

WilsonFrickett · 04/07/2013 21:57

A jab is a punch, come to think of it.

ArtisanLentilWeaver · 04/07/2013 21:58

I see 'teh' written a lot.

The the the the the not teh.