Unashamedly a TAAT!

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AIBU to think MN should ban grammar and spelling pedantry on all forums except the one explicitly for this purpose.
It is so F*cking tedious!

Oh Twatface you should of totally done that.

That would of been ossum Twatface, people would have thought you were loosing the plot.

I need apostrophe help. Is it -
a) for fucks sake
b) for fuck's sake
c) for fucks' sake?

Given that this is one of my favourite expressions, I need to know how to use it without fear of pa (pedant attack).

I'd go with b - goring - = For the sake of fuck.

Sparkling I'm going to adopt 'ossum' as my new word - love it!

I'd go for B too

'Everything is ossum' is how DS2 sings the Lego Movie song magi.

My apostrophe rule is "when in doubt leave it out" .

Or just use FFS

In the appropriate upper case lettering, of course

Have just read the other thread, and Blankie's response -

I have no defence. I should have written have but didn't.

Tis my fault but meh today is a day where no fucks can be given

pisses all over the pedants from a great height. And fuck me, there are some peaches on that thread.

That's cute Sparkling & it reminds me of possums - can't you just imagine Dame Edna saying "That's ossum, possums"?

Hullo everyone,

It's pretty clear from this thread that a lot of you feel there is an unpleasant trend for pointing out grammatical errors on Mumsnet at the moment - and obviously we don't want people to feel like that.

It's not explicitly mentioned in our talk guidelines, but we'd hope that is was clear that bullying or intimidating behaviour is not welcome, or allowed on Mumsnet. So please, please, please do report anything along those lines, and we'll take a look. You're our eyes and ears on the boards, so we rely on you guys to let us know how things are.

Can I be really cheeky and as I MNHQ to consider shitty brown posts as pedant punishment, Kate?

Go on, you know you want to

My dd once wrote cyoot instead cute!
The worst omg spelling moment was
My son though, he wrote in school that he loved rapping and wanted to be a rapper when he grew up, except he just used one p in the spelling of both words!

@Ohfourfoxache

Can I be really cheeky and as I MNHQ to consider shitty brown posts as pedant punishment, Kate?

Go on, you know you want to

But...but... the colour scheme!

I`d love it if MNHQ would pull posters up who have designated themselves as the GP (Grammer Police, or a version of The written word vigilantes).

Id also like to be clear that if a member of the GP felt the need to pull me up on either my grammer or SPAG then please fuck off, I really dont need it. I`m the wrong side of 40, have a fairly good career and manage quite well in life despite being a product of a Secondary Modern who felt it was far more important for me to learn how to sew an apron then the workings of the English Language.

So is this acceptable in official correspondence?

Letter received from a local blind company.

Yes macsmurray
Because anyone who chooses to be so unable to cope with the grammatical error as to miss the life saving message is a twunt.

I would take your point except it wasn't a life saving message. It was a local blind company trying to flog blinds to the local medical centre. The blinds in which all comply with the guidelines anyway.

Why have you posted it on this thread?

Fox
G'wan Kate in the spirit of MN we can F&B it up if it makes it better?
The particular shitty shade of brown could be 'Tedious Arse', 'Whispers of Hyacinth', 'Apostrophe Wanker', 'Pedant's Shame'.

They are rubbish but I'm sure we can all put our heads together and come up with something perfect. I should of just asked in the first place really...

There's a big difference between making a grammatical error in a professional piece of correspondence, and on a chat forum. That's the point some posters don't seem to get.

There's a big difference between making a grammatical error in a professional piece of correspondence, and on a chat forum. That's the point some posters don't seem to get

^^ this with bells on.

How about Pedants broun. Oh the shame having your post shaded in such a grammatically incorrect and badly spelled hue.