Why do I keep seeing the word and spelled an - with the writer omitting the letter d?
E.g. Me an Charlie went to the beach today.
I get spelling isn't everyone's strong point - I am a numbers person myself, and spell words incorrectly sometimes, but surely and is one of those common words that kids learn to spell pretty early on in their education.
There's common errors like there, their and they're etc. which I can understand why people get those wrong.
Is an instead of and a thing now? Or is it people being sloppy? I've seen friends who have a decent level of education spelling it like that - and it drives me potty.
Surely if you can't be bothered to write three letters a-n-d you can use & or +...
Today I have seen two posts on social media (not mumsnet) containing words with the letter D missing - describing someone as a legen and someone else saying they don't understan... my phone has tried to auto correct them as I am typing this post. It does make me question if it's now a thing to miss out the letter d!
YABU: Shurruuupp grammar Nazi, me an me m8s are legens an can spell however we want
YANBU: I've noticed it and it annoys me too