It's ETC not ECT

[Blueuggboots]

It's ETC not ECT, short for et cetera....

Does my nut. Thank you.

I thought it was "ecsetra" for years. Not from South London, but not a million miles away.
I didn't understand why everyone else spelled (spelt?) It wrong.
Then at some point I realised!
I was 10 or 11 at the time.

I always assume people who are sticklers for grammar and spelling haven’t studied many medieval texts. Anyway the age of pedantry has passed- we’re in the middle of a language revolution with SM. It’s an incredibly exciting era and well worth delving into the studies on this topic

On SM platforms like MN, formal language is inappropriate and what has developed is a style of writing that minics the rhythms of spoken language. So on that basis ect sounds closer to et cetera because of the silent t (actually bugs me more when it’s mid pronounced as eT cetera).

I always assume people who are sticklers for grammar and spelling haven’t studied many medieval texts.

I think you can safely assume not many people have studied medieval texts!

Please don't.
That's also done on a weekly basis.

Is this supposed to be ironic?

So I thought I'd try driving on the right hand side of the road today 'cos, like, who gives a shit, and we're in a changing world, and some dickhead drove straight into me! I told him that things were changing and he was living in the past but he seemed really mad. Wanker.

What a ridiculous comparison.

I have never (in my 30+ years working in admin jobs) seen someone write ect.

And another thing, no-one bothers to put a full stop af the end either, whether they spell if the wrong way or the right way!

tbf I started my writing career in the 1980s and our style then was no full point. Do you put one after St as in St James’s Park?

I hate ect too but also hate etc. It nearly always means “actually there is nothing else to add or I would add it”.

Etc ect I forgot as soon as I scrolled a bit.

@Jayne35, lucky you!

I don't care if it there is some kind of evolution going on because of SM.

It's ETC. not ECT.

I will choose this as my hill to die on.

I will also continue to add 2 spaces after a full stop when typing.

I will also continue to add 2 spaces after a full stop when typing.

nooooooooooo @Blueuggboots stop that now! Unless you are using an actual manual typewriter in which case carry on.

When I'm on my.Amazon fire tablet it autocorrect to ect so I have to be on the ball and correct it. Sometimes I don't realise until I've posted. It really Annoys me too!

It’s on here quite frequently.

Isn't it does my nut in?

@SoupDragon, I think it can be either.....unlike ETC!! 😜

But why do you keep capitalising the letters @Blueuggboots ?

It is never ETC. It is always etc.

@DrSpartacular

Just for emphasis, nothing more. I would write/type it as etc.