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

My sister always spells racist as rascist and apples as apple's. I have to bite my tongue.

Invite/invitation is a bit like quote/quotation though, isn't it? I'm sure originally quote was only the verb and not a noun as well, though I'm no etymologist.

the amount of people that don't know the right use of there/their/they're, where/were, his/he's etc, does my head in.

Then again, the number of people who don't know the correct use of amount/number does my head in too.

In case you're interested it's the number of individual nouns (people, things, cats, sentence) and the amount of a mass noun (stuff, water, rice, earth).

Happy to nitpick.

Oh and aloud when what is meant is allowed.

*sentences

DefinAtely

If fewer people were so pedantic there would be less anger on this thread.

@Padparadscha

I get irritated with most of these, but then I go to write lose, and I have to stop and think of lost (one o) = lose (one o) to get the spelling write, otherwise I would write loose.

I just have a complete blind spot with it.
i am a teacher, I have good spelling and punctuation, I read a lot etc etc, but lose/loose defeats me every time.

So does effect and affect and I haven't yet found a short cut to work that one out, so I avoid it

@Juells - My ex-MIL does this. Says things like "cuttlefish" instead of "cutlery". I think that's fun when it's substituting one word for another for humorous effect when talking.

Bit different in a written context though.

'Grammar: the difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit.'

I found that one on here somewhere; I'd like to have it on my coffee mug.

You must have a nice life for this to be a source of worry for you x

I think you should find something more important to be annoyed about.

I did say I was being a dick for wondering.

You must have a nice life for this to be a source of worry for you x

It's not a source of worry. I'm not sure how you feel it reflects my life either.

OhLuckyMe, you must be very bored to be trawling AIBU for things to be snotty about

ha ha - get the spelling write
that was accidental, but very apt

@colditz haha spot on I’m bored waiting for a lift! Although I genuinely didn’t mean it in a snotty way I promise!

Gallico - I have lots of those that I use with kids.

the difference between life and death:
Your dinner
You're dinner

cartoon:
woman being mugged "Help a thief!"
police wave at the thief
woman - "Why didn't you help?"
police "commas, madam"

Man give a sentence to the class to add punctuation:
a woman without her man is nothing
all the men wrote:
A woman, without her man, is nothing.
all the women wrote:
A woman: without her, man is nothing!

Why is it the only misspelling that disgusts you? Though, to be honest, it’s hardly a stretch to understand how people think it’s spelt discusting.

I’ve went. Ugh!

Your defiantly rite. Rediculous.

*" My father used to call them draws "

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

I don't know how he wrote it but that might be the reason. He always made sure he had a dictionary when he was writing, and pronounced a few other words his own way with more of a country accent than usual. He tried.

Toad - out of interest, how do you say 'drawers?'

Because I pronounce it 'draws'

oh i love a good rant thread about this:

my favourites:

their, they're and there
to and too
ect
we was..... - gahhhhh!!
his and he's
bought and brought
carnt - wtf!!

gahhh there was spaces/paragraphs in that when i typed it

my current pet hate that I am fighting a losing battle with is

I was sat...
Is everyone sat down?
Look at you all sat so nicely.

WAS SITTING or just SITTING, but sat is simple past and cannot be used in any of the above sentences.
My kids think I'm mad.