Wrongly used words - a pet hate

Ya that.

I always wondered about this one. Sometimes I will use an apostrophe and sometimes just add the lowercase "s" because that is still distiguishable. Is the acronym always supposed to be capitalized or is "cd", "dvd", and "pc" okay? I have seen them written in lowercase, but seeing it written does not necessarily make it okay.? If lowercase is acceptable, then you definitely need the apostrophe before the "s".



I must ask -- a "dummie nipple" would be what exactly?



What is a "mope"? The only time I have seen the words "cop a" used in a phrase is in "cop a feel".




I absolutely hate affect/effect - I will never ever get those straight.

The real question should be why does Phil hate pets?

lolcatz kant spel

/me puts her hand up, thinks asshat is her fault, I used it in another thread! Best way to explain, kind of a cross between an asshole and a tosser (or wanker - not sure if that means something very bad over the pond). It's a quirky English word used by some of us oldies which is almost cussing, but not quite.

My pet peeves - when people type "K" when they mean "OK", and use of the word "prolly", for probably. Is "prolly" in the English Dictionary yet?

Prolly not.

Because they always want to bite and scratch me

I have to agree with the "prolly" word. I dislike that one a lot.

abd by the way...

I'm the gritty Yorkshireman who the legend was about. No, not the 'rough' legend - the tight as crabs asshole legend

("tight" means very frugal woth money)

Languages historically have not remained static, Old English and middle English are a far cry from modern English.

I only see it as a problem if I can't follow what someone is saying. If someone puts then in the wrong place, it's generally straight forward to work out what they meant.

But then I've seen people, whose first language isn't english, learn the wrong words, and use them wrongly.

Flammable... Inflammable
Irregardless

It worries me more that the Firefox spell check doesn't trip over Irregardless.. so I've apparently spelled that correctly.

"wrongly" is very very wrong. the correct word is "incorrectly". just sayin'

I have a standard response to Prolly when I see it typed at me: Prolly wanna cracker?

I've been thinking about this all day. (ok, well, not ALL day)

I care much more about this issue in RL - where how a letter or a contract is constructed often has serious RL implications. In SL? eh. Yes, a gifted or clever writer can make me chuckle a bit more, make my heart beat faster, and, perhaps, impress upon me not only the words but some sense of the tone or underlying feelings of the writer. However: as long as I can decipher (easily) what someone is saying, either here in the forums or inworld, I am happy. I just want to enjoy the conversations!

When discussing the light of a room or outside, I always spell it "light". However, I will go back and forth between "hilight" and "hilite".


I am stubborn. I still say huh-RASS-ment.

Hehe...I am not sure where I saw this or where the joke started, but all I can think about when I see this is someone like Groucho Marx saying "Her ass meant nothing to me."


Edit: just heard that the joke was quite popular during the confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas.

This should straighten out that phobia.

Fixed that for non-native English speakers.

"Prolly" is dialect. Not correct English, but useful for conveying a conversational tone.

I've picked up "K" or "kk" here in SL...it seems to be common shorthand. It's also an abbreviation that I've heard amateur radio operators using...even in voice, although it originated as a Morse Code shorthand, used either to express agreement or as a substitute for "over".

I always thought "asshat" was a semi-polite euphemism for ass*ole. Sounds like I was close, but not spot on. Still, I liked it the first time I saw it.

I'm gonna disagree with one of these.

It is Orientated if you are British and Oriented if you are American. There are subtle differences between the two languages.

Say the Secret Word and win $1000 lindens

I heard Asshat in RL from a friend in Australia years ago, I've always loved it.

I hate to admit, but seeing 'prolly' and 'puter' instead of computer makes my teeth grate.

Please don't hate me....but in the end I've learned just to accept it all, as long as I can understand the message. But my hatred for chat speak will never go away.

I use prolly because it is what I say in RL
I rarely say probably, and prolly is so much easier to spell too

and same with puter, I rarely say computer... it is either puter or pc

sorry bren I will try to not use it when I chat