To wonder why the hell

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Disgusting. From the word DISGUST.

How, I mean just how, does anybody think it is spelt/spelled (choose whichever you prefer) discusting

I'm not normally pedantic but this one really rattles me

Some people just spell it the way they say it. That’s how “would of” became a thing

Etc. Not Ect.

We have one of these threads every week.
People have different levels of education, different abilities or special needs and some people are lazy and / or don't care. My mum regularly made most of the errors listed here. She was palmed off on various relatives from a toddler and never attended the same school for more than a few months when she went at all. Coupled with her not being naturally an academic meant that her knowledge of spelling and grammar was very poor. She was a lovely person who would do anything for any one. Does the odd misuse of their/ there actually matter? I think you should find something more important to be annoyed about.

Oh yes, pacific instead of specific.

I am sure plenty more will come to me.

I see no harm in having these threads. They provide a place to rant.

And hear we all are disgusting it.
😁

I totally agree. It's sloppy, and because a lot people really don't care about correct communications.

Rediculous is one that annoys me.

Maybe some people do pronounce it like that?

But then you'd also have to be not reading much to not be realising how words are spelt.

Genuinely/generally annoys me a bit. I wonder if anyone can help me with this though - I will be spending Sunday evening with someone who says 'literally' at the beginning, middle an end of every sentence. It doesn't make any sense in the context she uses it and I can't end the friendship because I like her other than this.

I know people say it's not that important but for me, I find it hard to read. Most of these words that are misused have different meanings i.e. your and you're, their and they're etc and I know what the different meanings are. So as I'm reading something, I automatically apply the meaning to the word I'm reading but that's not necessarily what is meant, so I then have to go back and read it again and decipher what is meant!

I have a well educated, intelligent friend who types in text speak which I hate. I receive a text that says 'C U 4 T l8r' and it takes me a few reads to get what she's saying! To me, it would be a lot quicker to type that out in full!

an instead of and annoys me too.

My pet hate is the confusion of bought (past tense of BUY) and brought (past tense of BRING)

Ironically, the people who are dyslexic are often the ones who are more aware that its wrong/try to double-check to get it right because that's part of their normal life in an 'everyone else spells ok except me' world. My daughter is dyslexic, and I teach dyslexic students. They tend to present completely differently with their spelling issues rather than just mix-ups/mis-hearings.

To be honest, I've never seen any of the mistakes on this thread made by any of them, but obviously I've never met every dyslexic person in the world! However, I do suspect that issues such as dicusting/disgusting defiantly/definitely etc/ect don't have anything to do with dyslexia, and everything to do with just not bothering to get it right/not knowing any better/habit/laziness

IMHO, of course. I must make that very clear!

Breath instead of breathe

But my very very favourite is

Walla!!!

Instead of Voila!!!!

Panicing. Panic, panicking not panicing.

Queue
Cue
Que
Just pick one, doesn't matter which one and if you aren't sure whatever you do don't look it up in a dictionary, just make yourself look thick.

Also rediculous

Brought instead of bought

But then you'd also have to be not reading much to not be realising how words are spelt.

I think this is the most important point.

Discusting isn’t a dyslexic spelling. If someone writes a generally well put together sentence and has a couple of spelling errors, the odds of them being dyslexic are very slim. However, poor spellers will often throw in dyslexia in an attempt to excuse their poor spelling.

Rare that spelling is the only thing a person with dyslexia struggles with. It irritates me when people throw it around as an excuse. This leads people who know little about it, to assume dyslexia is just a reading/spelling problem, which really doesn’t help people who have dyslexia.

I don't mind draws for drawers because it kind of makes sense, you draw them towards you. My father used to call them draws and he did carpentry, but it might be a regional/old thing.

" My father used to call them draws "

Well I say "draws"-but I write "drawers"

Greenteandchives Fri 05-Oct-18 11:50:02

Memento, from Memory, not Momento.

I have a friend who says 'momentum'. She also says that someone is talking dribble, which I much prefer to drivel. I kind of like it when people get words just a bit wrong.

I think 'discust' should be a word: to remove custard from something.

Gawjus ...

Brought instead of bought.

Try not to loose sleep over it...grin

I hate this one!

People not knowing the difference between lending and borrowing something. There have been times when I've completely misread a post because someone has got them mixed up.

The person giving the item is lending and the person receiving it is borrowing.

I can be pedantic but I can completely see why someone would write loose instead of lose. People are thinking of choose when they do it. Lose does not look like it rhymes with choose. I'll save my anger for the pacifics and would ofs.

"I'll send you an invite"

NO DON'T FUCKING BOTHER. However, if you'd like to send me an INVITATION that would be lovely, thank you