Ect...

[Gatehouse77]

Do people misspell this because they mishear it (like would 'of' which I can understand, albeit wrong), they've copied someone or what?

The word is etcetera - the second sound is a t, why do they put c??

[follyfoot37]

@RunDownRita

Molesworth fans, ect ect?

Fule!
Not really, just teasing!

[IheardYouButDontWantToAnswer]

It's actually TWO words - et cetera

[follyfoot37]

@9thFloorNightmare Spoken

[9thFloorNightmare]

@follyfoot37

Sadly, yes. Work colleague!

spoken or written?

[follyfoot37]

@9thFloorNightmare

advocado???
🤯

Sadly, yes. Work colleague!

[9thFloorNightmare]

advocado???
🤯

[follyfoot37]

@cantforthelifeofme

Exsetra

Expresso
Advocado
😠

[upinaballoon]

...and quite a lot of folk say, "Ec setera", because they weren't taught it in English lessons and they didn't do Latin.

I am going to burnish my halo here. There have been times on other threads when I have written out 'et cetera' in full.😇

[PedantScorner]

@9thFloorNightmare , it's a common error on MN.

[FineHairHatesDamp]

My dad always types/writes ect drives me mad as I’ve told him so many times.

[9thFloorNightmare]

*not new

[9thFloorNightmare]

no - no new - left and came back

what is the joke?

[sanityisamyth]

@PedantScorner

@9thFloorNightmare , you are new to MN, I take it.

🤣🤣🤣

[PedantScorner]

@9thFloorNightmare , you are new to MN, I take it.

[9thFloorNightmare]

@9thFloorNightmare

I am not a native English speaker and never studied Latin and always said it as et cetera - also never seen it spelled etc or maybe didn't pay attention

what do people think it means?

*ect

never seen it as ect

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

Very few British people get the opportunity to study Latin, more's the pity. I think people vaguely know it means 'and the rest' but have no idea why. The fact that the Latin word 'et' has passed unchanged into French, so in both languages 'et' means 'and', wouldn't occur to them. 'Cetera' means 'the rest' in Latin.

[9thFloorNightmare]

I am not a native English speaker and never studied Latin and always said it as et cetera - also never seen it spelled etc or maybe didn't pay attention

what do people think it means?

[Seeline]

Ect annoys me.
Many also seem to use etc, eg and ie interchangeably which also annoys me.

[Catnary]

People who say exetra and asterix often drink expresso too.

[upinaballoon]

Sorry, that D is not meant to be there.

[upinaballoon]

@Gatehouse77

Totally agree with this. Primary spelling and grammar is ridiculously complex asking them to know things that aren’t continued into secondary and take away any freedom of imagination except to those at the upper end. It does show the difference between those that read regularly have more understanding.

But gone are the days when they write a story and then correct it. All the teaching is upfront and then they move on.

@Gatehouse77 , when you say all the teaching is upfront and then they move on, what do you mean?

Would that mean that if youD're teaching apostrophes, for instance, you talk about it one day and then never go back and practise a bit and discuss it again, just assume that they've all got it?

[Flyinggeesei234]

@sanityisamyth

One of my biggest annoyances. I struggle to read anything further if "ect" has been written. How hard is it to write a 3 letter word?! I've also just written ect and the app has highlighted it as a spelling mistake and STILL people don't correct it?!

@sanityisamyth same! I often just stop reading.

[Gatehouse77]

@WashAsDelicates

They're too busy teaching fronted adverbials.

Totally agree with this. Primary spelling and grammar is ridiculously complex asking them to know things that aren’t continued into secondary and take away any freedom of imagination except to those at the upper end. It does show the difference between those that read regularly have more understanding.

But gone are the days when they write a story and then correct it. All the teaching is upfront and then they move on.

[WashAsDelicates]

@upinaballoon

I did Latin but I think I might have been taught at primary school that it is et cetera. There isn't any reason not to teach common abbreviations at primary school, but I don't know if they are.

They're too busy teaching fronted adverbials.

[upinaballoon]

I did Latin but I think I might have been taught at primary school that it is et cetera. There isn't any reason not to teach common abbreviations at primary school, but I don't know if they are.