To say it's QUEUE, not QUE?

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Every time I see "que" on here, all I can think about is Manuel in Fawlty Towers.

It's a sodding QUEUE.

@curtainsfort

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Thanks. Point proved.

A lot of crap spelling (including misplaces apostrophes) is down to sentient keyboards.

But that doesn't explain the hideousness that is 'free reign'

@fluffiphlox

The spelling on here is shocking or can be. But you’ll probably get short shrift by some MNers.

Yes and no. Being a shit and picking on another poster is Not On (and use of language is all too often a pretext)

But the underlying points- that those who can use standard English, should do so still has a lot of support.

This is because it makes the site far more accessible to those who have dyslexia, for whom English is not the first language or who use assistive technology - any or all of whom can find non-standard language and txt spk can be complete confounders

I hate it when people type ‘per say’ .

People who muddle "affect" and "effect"

I recently saw "My car is a right-off!"
Aargh!

I hate barbeque. It's a bloody barbecue.
I'll accept bbq. But I see barbeque and know in my heart it's pronounced 'barbeck'.

Christmas Reef.

One that really irks me is ‘chick’ for ‘chic’ - because it’s just so inelegant!

I hate barbeque. It's a bloody barbecue. Says who?

May I add ‘carn’t’ and ‘discusting’ to your ‘que’ please?

I disagree that you can understand what people mean as I automatically read it as the Spanish que and it confuses me.

I'm going to add ect to the list. Quite often see it on here. And definately.

I'm never fazed (not phased!) by these issues...

@picklemewalnuts

Weary/wary has suddenly cropped up. I wonder if that is accent related? I think they are the same in scouse.

Not Scouse, we'd say 'weer-ee' and 'wair-ee'.

I expect they will sound the same in other regions though. That particular one is actually quite important though, it's the difference between being tired of something or suspicious of it. A similar one is 'been' and 'being' - is it being looked into or has it been looked into? You see that one alot

"Phased" instead of fazed. I think it's because fazed looks "wrong" because it's almost too phonetic looking.

But we are wasting our time. The people that need to improve their spelling won't care enough to open this thread.

It's allowed not aloud!!!!!!

Wow I needed to say that

I’m pretty tolerant of homophonic misspellings, but “que” for “cue” or “queue” really brings me up short when trying to read something because for that first second my brain genuinely interprets it as pronounced by Andrew Sachs and I have to back up and consciously reinterpret it. It’s like a speed bump in the text, unlike e.g. there/they’re/their which I clock but pass over.

Slightly different but "AIBU to tell her to F* off?"

Either say fuck or don't but putting the stupid asterisks annoys me so much. Even worse when they put the wrong number of them "AIBU to tell him to b*r off?"

Oh! Also, posters who use clickbaity titles. "AIBU to think that..." or "Would I be wrong to do this?"

Not seen it here, but in texts 'your' seems to be replacing 'you'll.' For example, 'Your be pleased to go out now lockdown is over.' It drives me mad!

@FindHungrySamurai

I’m pretty tolerant of homophonic misspellings, but “que” for “cue” or “queue” really brings me up short when trying to read something because for that first second my brain genuinely interprets it as pronounced by Andrew Sachs and I have to back up and consciously reinterpret it. It’s like a speed bump in the text, unlike e.g. there/they’re/their which I clock but pass over.

My brain does the same when a 'user manuel' or 'manuel labour' is mentioned.

I can't deal with "walking down the isle". I'm getting married next year so I'm in a lot of wedding groups. See this one everywhere. Irritates me so much.

See also "tow the line" when they mean "toe the line". If you think about what it means, "tow" can't conceivably be right.

The one that really gets to me is "he's" for "his" and vice versa. How can you possibly think it's right to put "His going to work now" when you wouldn't ever write "Shis going to work"; ditto "He will bring he's friend" when you wouldn't't ever write "She will bring she's friend".

@redlocks28
So que doesn't bother you per say?
(Only bothers me every third time!)

@Scumble

It's queue for a line and cue for 'then this happened...' - I've seen que for both on here.

Am snookered