I have a Facebook friend from high school that uses "are" instead of "our". I didn't realize that was even a possible error, but she does it all the time.
She in general makes my eye twitch. Her last several FB statuses:
-Freaking A!!!!!!!!! My toe hurts so bad need new steal toe shoes. Now it bruising.
-YeAaa!!!!!! I got the job at incinerator!!!!!(Here she meant "Insinkerator", the company that makes garbage disposals)
-Yup there where foot prints by my window last night . The freak me out when Jamie went to check the snow for singns of someone being there.
-Omg! Im sooooo happy I have a weekend off T_T ....I wanna cry..... Workink for a month streight with no days off suck
I could compile a novel's worth of her Facebook statuses that have made me cringe.
People who mix up things like to/too/two and there/their/they're and your/you're drive me crazy too, but despite the fact that I know the difference, I sometimes type out the wrong one and I don't even realize it until later. Of course, whenever someone else does it, my inclination is to think, "iiiidiot!" but when I do it, it's just an honest mistake ;-) I think it's generally better to not flip out over a grammar mistake in someone's comment, unless the overall post makes clear that the person is just an idiot and it's not just an absentminded mistake. Then, flame away! ;-)
I have never seen anyone type "hammy downs" except on this board, and I imagine an angry ape throwing poop because it drives me so crazy! No. Just no. There is no ham involved. Just no.
My mom says "I seen that" *cringe*
The thing that drives me the MOST crazy though, is when people abbreviate short words. You can spare a millisecond to type out "you" instead of "u" and "our" or "are" instead of "r". If you text me with abbreviations of already short words, I will cut you.
@Tallmomma29: I promise not to text you asking: R u n labor yet? No need to piss off the woman squeezing a baby out of her ladybits.
People who mix up things like to/too/two and there/their/they're and your/you're drive me crazy too, but despite the fact that I know the difference, I sometimes type out the wrong one and I don't even realize it until later. Of course, whenever someone else does it, my inclination is to think, "iiiidiot!" but when I do it, it's just an honest mistake ;-) I think it's generally better to not flip out over a grammar mistake in someone's comment, unless the overall post makes clear that the person is just an idiot and it's not just an absentminded mistake. Then, flame away! ;-)
I have never seen anyone type "hammy downs" except on this board, and I imagine an angry ape throwing poop because it drives me so crazy! No. Just no. There is no ham involved. Just no.
My mom says "I seen that" *cringe*
The thing that drives me the MOST crazy though, is when people abbreviate short words. You can spare a millisecond to type out "you" instead of "u" and "our" or "are" instead of "r". If you text me with abbreviations of already short words, I will cut you.
@Tallmomma29: I promise not to text you asking: R u n labor yet? No need to piss off the woman squeezing a baby out of her ladybits.
I know someone who used to say "impicular" because she didn't realize that the phrase was actually "in particular". Gag!!
Every time I see someone spell "definitely" "definately", I can't help but cringe.
But the one that bothers me the most is when people try to be cute and say things like "sammich" instead of "sandwich" or "birtday" instead of "birthday". You are in your 30's...say fing sandwich!!
The only thing that really makes me want to throw up is the incorrect usage of past participles and the only reason it bothers me is because when learning Spanish and German it was pounded into my head all day everyday.
I remembered another I don't think I saw so far... FB statuses with an instead of and. "Me an my man gonna..." Or some other such nonsense. It's like the first word you learn. How do you not know there's a d at the end!!??
Most of mine have been posted but unless I missed it-- "rather" vs "whether"
ETA: I have to add, this is not a typical error but I have someone specific that continues to write "collage" instead of "college".... I'm glad you're learning how to do art because you are definitely not learning wuurrddss wherever the heck you are attending.
Then vs. than. Oooooh, that chaps my ass. Mister's boss is a certifiable fuckwit. He says Vietnese instead of Vietnamese, he runs out of patients in emails (rather than patience), mindgrains instead of migraines, and today he said his ex wife and her lawyer were in "attempt of court" rather than contempt.
So I have certain words/sayings that are my pet peeves when they're used interchangeably and thought it would be fun to see what gets your goat.
FTR-- I'm not trying to get people to stop saying or using things the way they do, it's a message board, not a classroom. You write the way you want, just know I'm silently cursing you :P
Mine are:
Worse vs Worst
Lose vs Loose
And when people say, "I could care less," rather than, "I couldn't care less."
We are grammar twins. "I could care less" makes we want to stab things repeatedly. Also "10 items or less." All the grammar things, really. And what is the deal with people mixing up "then" and "than"? Seriously?
I was going to say none of it bothers me until I seen the "conversate" lol. My wife used to say it and sometimes still does. I just look at her like ">_<"
ITS A GIRL!
VERY EXCITED FTD WHO DOES EVERYTHING A LOT THAT MOST DADS WOULD LAUGH AT ME FOR! HAVING OUR BABY ABROAD. military family
I remembered another I don't think I saw so far... FB statuses with an instead of and. "Me an my man gonna..." Or some other such nonsense. It's like the first word you learn. How do you not know there's a d at the end!!??
I'm not sure if iPhone corrects it or if I am hitting the wrong letter, but I constantly see this mistake on things that I type. I know the difference and think it correctly, but sometimes when I go back I will find that iPhone has changed "and" to "an." I think I may be accidentally hitting an extra/wrong letter while speed typing and it just corrects it to "an."
I was going to say none of it bothers me until I seensaw the "conversate" lol. My wife used to say it and sometimes still does. I just look at her like ">_<"
I remembered another I don't think I saw so far... FB statuses with an instead of and. "Me an my man gonna..." Or some other such nonsense. It's like the first word you learn. How do you not know there's a d at the end!!??
I'm not sure if iPhone corrects it or if I am hitting the wrong letter, but I constantly see this mistake on things that I type. I know the difference and think it correctly, but sometimes when I go back I will find that iPhone has changed "and" to "an." I think I may be accidentally hitting an extra/wrong letter while speed typing and it just corrects it to "an."
I wish this were the case. It's constant with a few people I know. Typos? Fine with me. On purpose? not so much.
Also I'm completely guilty of not using its & it's right.
I was going to say none of it bothers me until I seensaw the "conversate" lol. My wife used to say it and sometimes still does. I just look at her like ">_<"
Fixed that for you.
OMG I missed that one. My twitches are off today!
In my twitchy opinion "I seen" is so much worse than the backwards nonword "conversate." But hey, to each their own. Here's some Urban Dictionary definitions for the two.
I can't believe this is 3 pages in and no one has mentioned one that drives me up a wall...
it's "supposed to" not "suppose to"!!!
Also, I say crans even though I know that isn't phonetically correct...
I didn't mention it because I'm pretty sure I have a small seizure every time I see it that wipes my memory in order to retain some semblance of sanity. ;-)
I was going to say none of it bothers me until I seen the "conversate" lol. My wife used to say it and sometimes still does. I just look at her like ">_<"
Re: GTKY: Grammar/Saying Screw-ups that make your eye twitch...
@lindslalala
I catch myself saying "fixina" and then hating myself. The Texan is strong in this one.
For those that don't understand, "fixina" is "fixin' to" smushed together, which actually means "I'm going to/about to".
Every time I see someone spell "definitely" "definately", I can't help but cringe.
But the one that bothers me the most is when people try to be cute and say things like "sammich" instead of "sandwich" or "birtday" instead of "birthday". You are in your 30's...say fing sandwich!!
For sell. Sale. It's for sale people!
I say "yeah!!!!" Instead of yay all the time. (As in yah, not meaning yay)
But sometimes I could care less
ETA: I have to add, this is not a typical error but I have someone specific that continues to write "collage" instead of "college".... I'm glad you're learning how to do art because you are definitely not learning wuurrddss wherever the heck you are attending.
ITS A GIRL!
A LOT THAT MOST DADS WOULD LAUGH AT ME FOR!
HAVING OUR BABY ABROAD.
military family
BFP#1: 08/30/12 EDD 04/30/12 m/c 09/04/12 6wks
BFP#2: 01/27/13 EDD 10/06/13 missed m/c 02/25/13 9wks
BFP#3: 10/30/13 EDD 07/05/14 Our little dude was born on 07/10/14 @ 2:19p
"Let's eat Grandma!"
"Let's eat, Grandma!"
Punctuation saves lives!
ATM machine
Also I'm completely guilty of not using its & it's right.
The difference between knowing you're shit, and knowing your shit.
I also hate when people say "relator" instead of "realtor".
To which I replied, "No, you need to _converse_ with me, you dumb shit-eating fuckhead!"
Me: Shut the hell up!