AIBU to say it's not "ect"

[IceCreamWoes]

I've seen about 8 threads in the last 2 days with posters writing ect when they obviously mean etc. I probably am being U but it really does irrationally fucking irritate me!

I need to get out more, yes. I've had two (big) glasses of wine 😂.

So, am I?

@Jacopo
'Excited' is all over Facebook. It's the new 'Amazing'.
I move in musical circles and the number of people who are excited to be performing at such and such a place and such and such a time has mushroomed in the last six months or so. They're not really excited - unless it's a solo appearance at The Proms or something - but they are looking forward to it, I guess. Or just informing people, to drum up an audience.
A small child arriving at a birthday party is usually excited.

Just read a post where the OP talked about it being “draftie”, so she had “warn” a jumper 🤦🏼‍♀️ Arrrrrggghhhh

So many of my friends use they’re/there/their incorrectly 🙈

I agree. But it was this new use of excited for instead of excited about that I was puzzled about.

I know. These were high school teachers. Young ones and only a small group of them. Nevertheless, not very nice.

Her speaking made you cringe and she was the butt of all jokes that where clearly being said in your presence. You're not coming across great here.

It’s were’ not ‘where’

As for your responses: 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

in what way?

PS - I see how you might think they were parents. No, this was in the staff room. I don’t want to give the impression that it was relentless joking every day. It was childish really.

I think the fact you think that response is acceptable proves my point. You know what makes me cringe, adults who think their above others, who are bullies and can't understand that others have a different set of circumstances to themselves.

This is one of my pet peeves!

It's another think coming!! And one is not preaching to the choir, one is preaching to the converted (because it means you're telling us what we already know/believe, not all of the choir may do so!)

Oh no! Not you again! 🤣
I suspect you are being purposely provocative. No more responses from me.

lys are missing from so many words these days..
I want it so bad...

I agree. I can pedant with the best of them, but I would never correct someone’s spelling or grammar. I think it’s rude and unkind.

"can you revert back to me in due course..."

it drives myself mad.. (😆)

I have no idea who you are where you from the teacher thread and thought a job was more important then a person's health and how horrible the parents and kids where. That's funny if you where because on this thread you've just said how it's the teachers being childish and bullying others.

It's a typo; when you select ? or ! on a phone keypad you have to go through the full stop key (short press for full stop, hold to select a range of punctuation) and people are inadvertently doing the short press first

You 'triggered' me!
not that big of a deal... ARRRRGGHH
and
I'm excited for Christmas/our holiday..
No, you are looking forward to... You can be excited on behalf of a person (The prologues is running in the Olympics, I'm excited for her) but not an inanimate thing

Yes, yes and yes again.

I see so many social media posts where the language has been so mangled it is incomprehensible.

And anyone who writes "u" and "ur" needs a slap round the face with a wet kipper.

It's US phrasing via YouTube

segwaying nicely into...
it's an apple, an elephant..
I keep hearing a apple, a elephant - which is much harder to say!

I learnt so much about grammar and punctuation from a german lady I worked with!

Segue, not segway, surely!

Et voila, proving the point that meaning doesn't always shine through!
(that wasn't a pop at you. @Ilovecleaning , it just made me smile!)

I always think of an English teacher colleague telling his class "adverbs are your friends".