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Sun Oct-24-04 09:22 PM
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What Is The Most Frequently Misspelled Word On DU? |
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I see people use loose when they mean lose at least once a day.
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:23 PM
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1. There, their, they're - your, you're - and of course, |
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every freaking one of mine!
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:25 PM
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2. congratulations as congradulations is one n/t |
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:25 PM
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Edited on Sun Oct-24-04 09:26 PM by mlle_chatte
'your' for 'you are', it's for the posessive 'its'-loadsa stuff... On edit-crappy punctuation
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:26 PM
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4. Re: "What Is The Most Frequently Misspelled Word On DU?" |
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I see people on all sorts of forums write "moron" as "moran"!
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:26 PM
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5. "Moron" when they really mean "Moran" |
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:28 PM
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:26 PM
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I used to think it was spelled ridiculous, but fortunately, I know after my time here its RE, not RI.
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:28 PM
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10. Rediculous is my least favorite.... |
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Moran is deliberate, but they really think rediculous is spelled that way. God, people, use SPELLCHECK! Quit looking rediculous!
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Sun Oct-24-04 10:26 PM
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31. I always have to remind myself: the root is "ridicule". That helps. |
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:27 PM
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7. here/hear, then/than, it's/its, and..... |
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independance and Bushit (but maybe that's correct?)
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:28 PM
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9. I think Bushit is a new word |
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Sun Oct-24-04 10:09 PM
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29. I've been calling 'bushit' on another site for over a year and a half |
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Sun Oct-24-04 10:23 PM
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30. We knew that.... sarcasm, sarcasm. Oi.... n/t |
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Sun Oct-24-04 10:30 PM
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damn-i didn't really register it was YOU, DrZeeLit...pre-migraine fugue going on here...i should start a 'good-bye, DU' thread! :)
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:29 PM
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12. I was JUST going to post that |
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:30 PM
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14. nuclear instead of nukular |
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Edited on Sun Oct-24-04 09:31 PM by MattBaggins
nukular it's pronounced nukular
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:32 PM
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15. Definitely misspelt as 'definately' |
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Sun Oct-24-04 10:27 PM
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33. SOteric, yew beet mee two itt. It's definately definately. |
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:33 PM
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16. I Vote For The Word "The" |
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I usually spell it "teh" several times a day, and I'm sure I'm not alone.
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:37 PM
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Sun Oct-24-04 10:03 PM
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26. You're Post is Teh Kewl !!! ~LOL~ |
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:36 PM
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17. Smoke is coming out of my Franklin Spelling Ace |
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thank you for the tip on using '
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:41 PM
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19. it's flaminbats, not flamebait! n/t |
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:43 PM
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20. Former CIA Director George Tennant. |
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...or Tenent, or Tennent, or Tenant.
Pick any one.
:-)
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:44 PM
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21. tahnsk when they mean thanks |
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:44 PM
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22. republican and conservative |
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repub rethug repuglycan republican't conservapig conservagoon conservathug conservaslug
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:54 PM
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23. I hate it when people mispell |
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Bush/*, People it is spelled SATAN or DEVIL or LUCIFER. Same goes for Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, and Donald Rumsfield.
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Sun Oct-24-04 09:55 PM
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but it is probably the most frequently misspelled word everywhere
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Sun Oct-24-04 10:00 PM
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Edited on Sun Oct-24-04 10:01 PM by jukes
or o'wise?
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Sun Oct-24-04 10:04 PM
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27. definitely definatly. |
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Mon Oct-25-04 01:35 AM
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49. Ah yes, that gets my vote. |
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"You're/Your" and "Who's/Whose" bother me more than most errors, but, when one's typing fast, I can understand it. But "loose" for "lose"? They don't even sound the same!
If I ever mix those two words up, just toss me in the loony bin.
;)
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Sun Oct-24-04 10:26 PM
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I'd write 'soem' instead of 'some' almost every single time. It's my perpetual typo.
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Sun Oct-24-04 10:26 PM
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Sun Oct-24-04 10:31 PM
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35. People say HYPOCRACY when they mean HYPOCRISY. |
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They usually get HYPOCRITE right. Maybe they think HYPOCRACY is a form of government.
:shrug:
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Sun Oct-24-04 11:14 PM
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36. Most misused word: "that" for "who" |
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A thing is a "that." A person is a "who." (Notable exceptions: members of the current administration).
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Sun Oct-24-04 11:32 PM
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In French grammar, a that is a who or a that and a that is a who or a that depending on the structure of the sentence. (la chose qui est présente, la personne que tu connais). What's that.. we're speaking English? Oops. :)
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Sun Oct-24-04 11:43 PM
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44. Oui, mon ami(e); aujourd'hui, nous parlons anglais. |
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Edited on Sun Oct-24-04 11:44 PM by FreedomFry
Excusez ma grammaire terrible ... (it's been a long time).
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Mon Oct-25-04 01:31 AM
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48. Votre grammaire est excellente! |
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Sun Oct-24-04 11:56 PM
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46. That is my pet peeve also |
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"Name the person that influenced you the most."
When I see that, I automatically skip the thread.
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Sun Oct-24-04 11:16 PM
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37. I phfffffft on your grammar related answer to the |
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spelling related question
heheheh :)
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Sun Oct-24-04 11:17 PM
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38. As far as I'm concerned anything missing a "U" after an O! |
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Sun Oct-24-04 11:30 PM
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Sun Oct-24-04 11:37 PM
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42. It would have to be "Ghandi", when they mean "Gandhi" n/t |
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Sun Oct-24-04 11:41 PM
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Sun Oct-24-04 11:49 PM
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45. At least, now we all know how to spell FAHRENHEIT! |
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Thank you, Michael Moore.
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Mon Oct-25-04 12:12 AM
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47. There are probably 5000+ excess or inappropriate apostrophes per day on DU |
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What the heck is a DU'er, for example? DUer works fine. There was no decade of the 1980's. It was the '80s or 1980s.
Sorry, this is supposed to be a spelling bee. Republican is the most abused word on DU. The substitutes are not classy or clever.
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