I gotta ask a DU spelling question

[JackintheGreen]

Is there are reason everybody on DU seems to spell "moron" with a second 'a', e.g. "moran"? What did I miss, lo, those many years ago?

[meganmonkey]

1. Okay, who's got the picture handy?

:popcorn:

[Stephanie]

21. lol! it's my fault

and I just knew this thread would appear shortly :)

[mattclearing]

2. LOL n/t

[Coexist]

3. someone will post the wonderful picture for you in 4...3...2....

[Kire]

4. Here's the picture

[Mandate My Ass]

6. Thanks

still cracks me up every time. :-)

[Coexist]

11. Me too, someone once photoshopped it to read Brian instead of Brain too

hee hee hee.

[Richard Steele]

30. Some things should NEVER be PhotoShopped!

Moran dude is one of those things.
He is PERFECT just the way he is!

[Swamp Rat]

47. Yes... it is sacred.

:rofl: That's why I have NOT touched it. :D

[FredStembottom]

18. Maybe this should be on the front page?

Just along the side or something.
I am very fond of it - and it would prepare all newbies for the "cognitive dissonance" of DU's fave word. :wtf:

[cynatnite]

48. My favorite freeper pic is the guy in complete red, white and blue...

including fanny pack.

I love that pic...anyone have that handy? I'd love to have it on hand for emergencies. :evilgrin:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

49. You know there's a mullet hiding under the rag...

[dubyaD40web]

5. We're making fun of freepers spelling.

There's a pic with a guy and a sign that says "Get a brain MORANS!"

[Webster Green]

7. Oh boy!

:popcorn:

[sabra]

8. ....

[BuyingThyme]

9. Well, son...

Welcome to DU!!

:hi:

[nickinSTL]

10. well, how about lose vs. loose?

Lose is ALWAYS misspelled loose here...I've never quite figured out if it's intentional...but it bugs the heck out of me.

[Coexist]

12. same thing - as is "I'm series, this is hugh!!!1!

common freeper stuff.

[Sal Minella]

16. It illicits surprized reactions out of new people........

[SoCalDem]

17. If your not careful, they will stock you from forum to forum

[KitchenWitch]

24. Will you be our spocksperson?

[Tesha]

37. DU Spocksperson: "Live long and prosper!" (NT)

[Coexist]

28. hee hee hee

[jean]

19. haha, 'this is hugh!' is nearly as common here as moran.

[ret5hd]

14. i wouldn't loose any sleep over it...

:rofl: oh god, i kill me.

[swimmernsecretsea]

15. alot

That one's my personal pet peeve.

Just for future reference, everyone, there is no such word as "alot." It is properly shown as "a lot" as in "she brought a lot of apples to the picnic." Like this: "a (space) lot." Whew. I feel so much better.

[FSogol]

39. A Lot

[Jane Austin]

23. Not always. Just too often. :(

That's a mistake I never noticed until email came along.

I am always surprised at how often I see "loose" for "lose" from otherwise well-educated folks.



(Edited for typo.)

[nickinSTL]

26. choose vs. chose is another one

ok, I get that lose/loose MIGHT be a freeperism.

But, I'm convinced that people don't know how to use choose/chose.

[Jane Austin]

33. Or "drank" and "drunk".

Incorrect: He has drank the Koolaid.

Correct: He has drunk the Koolaid.

Maybe people are afraid to use the word drunk because they associate it with being sloshed.

[markbark]

38. Not to mention...

The whole "their/they're/there" debacle.

Tooth-grinding indeed!

--MAB

[eggman67]

32. That one is pretty commonly screwed up

throughout the internet. Another one that makes me grit my teeth is misuse of affect/effect.

[nickinSTL]

34. YES!

arrgh.

Reading stuff on the Internet is sometimes torturous.

:D

[eggman67]

35. Another one I see frequently is speach.

I never correct people for things like that but it really is painful.

[InvisibleTouch]

40. it's vs. its

I don't think this is a freeperism, just one that a lot (two words!) of people miss, and I see it all the time. Remember that "it's" with the apostrophe is a contraction of "it is", whereas "its", without the apostrophe, is a possessive, meaning "belonging to it."

An easy way to keep them straight is to mentally substitute "it is" any time you see "it's," and see whether it makes sense. Example: "The car lost it's tire" would read "The car lost it is tire." Wrong; you want "its" there, without the contraction. By contrast, "It's raining today" would read "It is raining today." Right.

There's my hair-splitting for the day. :)

[bvar22]

41. Your vs you're (NT)

[Brotherjohn]

13. Remember Rocky Horror Picture Show, when you'd get pelted with rice...

... if you revealed yourself to be a "Rocky Horror virgin" (first time seeing the show)?

If we were at Rocky Horror midnight movie in 1980, you'd be getting pelted with rice right about now.

I know you're over 100 posts, but...
WELCOME to DU! ;-)

(Isn't the morans guy funny? He unknowingly has branded his kind forever.)

[4 t 4]

20. I love the picture of that guy!!!!!

[4 t 4]

25. hehehehehe

Don't try to stock me

[Call Me Wesley]

22. Welcome to DU!

And all the different spellings are mentioned here:

http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Freeper_English_Dictionary

[HamdenRice]

27. This Thread IS going TO BE HUGH!!1 Abolutely! nt

[Yollam]

29. Aint' that teh truth.

Morans are rediculous.

[LostinVA]

45. Are you series!!111

[Me.]

31. Nice Way Of Asking

Many have just assumed we didn't know how to spell. Welcome.

[jhain]

36. this is a HUGH question!

Thanks- that photo made my day! AGAIN.

[file83]

42. "Is there are reason..." Don't you mean "Is there a reason..."???

Or was that typo intentional for the humor factor? :shrug:

[Bunny]

43. Moran? That's nothing.

Wait till you read about Paul Pot.






:rofl:

[kath]

44. There was a Freeper spelling on a counter-protest sign at Camp

Casey that gets quoted here a lot too - but I'm blanking on what it is right now...

[JackintheGreen]

46. Thanks for the rice everybody.