"Gernade" and other terminology pet peeves

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I tend to put more stock into the message than to get caught up in some details. Granted there is something to expressing one's ideas in a correct manner.

I admit, I am not as educated as some. I was 'publik skooled" in the South afterall. Then again I do type as I speak on purpose, I don't know other than to give some personality to my postings - it does cover 'some' mistakes ( I hope).

I am guilty of poking fun at myself , many of us do this for a mental break. I am taking Micro Apps II and a classmate emailed about some questions on "Wurd" , Axcel, and Excess* :D

* pax should really appreciate this one ;)

I don't know - after spending time with a kid who called the trigger a "tigger" , I kind of like calling it a "tigger". Important thing was she has the 4 rules in concept and practice, I am not going to worry about details and such at this stage.

She helps me pull the "tigger" , when done I am supposed to fill the "thingy" with more bullets. Made sense to me. :)
 
"...The brown Bess musket was a battle rifle..." No it wasn't. It wasn't a rifle. It was a smooth bore. snicker.
Poor spelling in general makes me crazy. Especially when I see words like 'colour' spelt 'color'. It is the Queen's English after all. snicker.
 
"have an idear"

"I have an ideal"

"What are you drawl-ng a picture of?"

"I have to warsh my clothes"

"I could care less" <--- So you must care some then, right? Because if you couldn't care less that means you don't care at all, which is what I think you were trying to say.
 
Recticle instead of reticle. Sending a pitcher, instead of a picture.

Using a nakin, in place of a napkin. To reiterate is to say again, not reinerate.

Thanks for the post, I thought I was the only one that was bugged by these things. I feel much better...I weally, weally do!
 
Preventative maintenance! Is that what you do to preventate a failure? Do we also do correctative maintenance. It is preventive not preventative. I know, it's in the dictionary. That's another pet peeve. Things are in the dictionary because they are used, not because they are correct.

While we're at it can someone describe the difference between an automatic pistol and a semi-automatic pistol?
 
Poor spelling in general makes me crazy. Especially when I see words like 'colour' spelt 'color'. It is the Queen's English after all. snicker.
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Color
Odor
Parlor
Jail
Curb
Glamor
Flavor

We have the nukes, we make the rules. Get over it.
 
TarpleyG ~

It is all right.

Alright is incorrect. (Although grammar rules do change over time, and I'm expecting that one to slip through the back door any year now.)

pax
 
Back to gun topics: here's one I'm surprised everyone missed: "GUN CONTROL" - doesn't that really mean hitting your target?
 
Well, I intended this all to be about the written word, but it's all good :)

Peet, sounds like you'd appreciate "NIC card"....
 
Control group, or anyone else for that matter, what is the difference between i.e. and e.g.?
One of those things I've always wondered and never asked.
 
i.e. and e.g. are both abreviations for Latin phrases, I believe Id est, and exampla gratia (sp). But you don't need to know that to use them.

i.e. just means "that is"

e.g. means "for example"
 
e.g. -Latin: exempla gratia meaning "for example"
i.e. - Latin: id est meaning "that is"


Often used incorrectly. Really bothers me when people speak and say "i.e.", particularly when it incorrectly used.
 
to, two and too
Their, There and they're
Your and you're

Those three are like biting on foil to me.

i.e. means "in other words"
e.g. means "for example"

Unfortunately for the survival of life as we know it on this earth, "Alright" has become an acceptable alternate spelling for "all Right". It started shortly after a Beetle wrote the song "It's Alright with me". Having done so, 100 million teenagers agreed that's the way it has to be, both Thorndike and Webster bent like reeds, and in less than 6 months New York Times was using it regularly. Bah, humbug!

Fud
 
One of my biggest pet peeves, (is, are, would be) folks who have so much time on, (their, they're, there) hands, that they have nothing better to do than complain about someone (else's, elses') spelling.

If (you're, your, yore) smart enough to know how to use all of those words, you should be able to read the posts no matter how the person spells it.
Deal with it. We aren't all English (magors, majors).
 
OK, I'll jump into this one!
Actually, "alot" and "alright' have supposedly become acceptable alternative or irregular usages.

While the abbreviation "i.e." is correct for id est, the abbreviation e.g. is not correct for ergo, contrary to what another poster above wrote; it should be eg.

Spelling, syntax and other language usage errors are so common today as to encourage one to simply overlook them, at least in trivial discourse on the Internet.

A particularly common mystery for many is the application and positioning of that dreaded punctuation mark, the apostrophe. Even supposedly-educated folks are found misusing it.
 
Speaking of acronyms, what's the deal with kids talking like they're (used it correctly) sending e-mails????

AISI, FWIW, ITIK...I don't know what the hell they're saying! After all the years of the old folks saying it seemed like the kids spoke another language, I guess it's true!
 
Advice and advise - they are two different words.

And a phrase:

It is "I couldn't care less"

not "I could care less"

After all, if you *could* care less, then that means that you *do* care to some degree...intellego?
 
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