Spell Nazis----Spell Police--- Spell Nanny's, I hate them!

trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:18 PM Original message

Spell Nazis----Spell Police--- Spell Nanny's, I hate them!

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 03:19 PM by trumad Today I spelled a word wrong in my OP. Waist---instead of Waste. Spell check didn't catch it because ---well--- waist is an actual word. 70 percent of the posts in my OP concerned this horrible offense. No opinion about my OP...just an opinion about my misspelled word. Funny thing about the Spell Nazis..... A good majority of the time when they correct you, they make a grammatical error in their correction. You know---here's the thing--- I really fucking hate Spell Nazis. The type that get bent like a pretzel when somebody makes a mistake over a misspelled word. Some folks have the decency to PM me to let me know that I made a mistake. That is the classy way to go about it. Did I say I hate spell Nazis? Disclaimer: This post is imperfect in it's grammatical structure. Before you attempt to correct said grammatical errors, please purchase a gun, drive to a quiet wooded area, and shoot yourself.

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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message

1. It's "Spelling Nazis", not "Spell Nazis"

:P :rofl:

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1

3. You didn't read my disclaimer did you?

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 03:20 PM by trumad ;-)

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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #3

22. Oh, I did. I wasn't picking on grammatical structure.

:P

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #22

28. Smart Aleck/

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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #28

82. That was my grandfather's name and, yes, he was smart!

I take after him very well, eh? :D

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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #28

149. What is

Aleck's middle name?

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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #3

29. Some people learn to learn from their mistakes.

Others just get pissed off, then make dopey posts filled with misspellings and grammatical errors. Get Firefox...it'll spell check for you while you type. And then when you post dopey screeds against people just because they prefer words spelled correctly, you'll have a heads-up at what's coming. :hi: .

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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #1

40. perhaps the OP was referring to mystical Nazi sorcerers

please don't be anti-semantic.

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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #40

50. I always run my posts through Semantic Utilities.

:) Unless I'm writing in Hebrew, in which case I use Semitic Utilities. .

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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #50

80. .

:rofl: GD is HOT today!! :D

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GreenZoneLT (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #1

165. And the plural of Nanny is Nannies.

Not "Nanny's." That's the singular possessive form. :P

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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message

2. Nannies.

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 03:23 PM by helderheid :P I'M JOSHING WITH YA! :D

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soup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #2

107. How rude!

Nannie nanny boo-boo. ;)

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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message

4. That's Language Nazis

:hide:

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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message

5. Alert! Sentence fragment line 2! Sentence fragment line 2!

;)

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Tulum_Moon (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #5

25. I don't like them either

In fakt I haight thems. They'll make me feal stupid.:silly:

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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message

6. It's a way to score cheap points - particularly if they disagree with you

Somewhat like strengthening a weak argument by typing in all caps. WHICH IS EVERY AMERICAN'S GOD GIVEN RIGHT! Or starting off a post with "Am I the only one . . ." When you got a weak argument you grab whatever you can get. Bryant Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #6

13. I've been here a long time and have seen thousands of misspelled words

but I don't care because I get the gist of what the OP or poster is saying.

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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #6

83. that's a good point...

conversely, it also makes my skin crawl when someone corrects spelling or grammar in a piece they agree with -- as if they are attaching their name to it as "associate editor."

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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message

7. But, you know.....

Moran, screwn, series and huge are such fun words to play with! I promise never to correct you - I make them plenty when I post late at night or in a hurry.

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #7

18. My biggest kick is when I'm corrected on MORAN.

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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #18

52. Gee - I wonder why?

:evilgrin:

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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #18

167. So you don't like people pointing out your mistakes

but you take some joy in mocking freepers for their mistakes. Do you not see the double standard there? That being said, I think many people use grammar as a tool of "oppression." A way to show that they are somehow "smarter" and that usually, in society, goes to class and education. I am an English teacher and I make mistakes on DU because I am often typing during a prep period as a way to just escape for a couple minutes and unwind. I am not going to waste my time doing a full proof read. I do comment on grammar/spelling when it makes the message unreadable of makes the meaning possibly something different than the poster intended.

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message

8. Ellipses should be like this "..." not "....."

It really pisses me off when people have excessively long ellipses.

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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #8

16. ...................

:hide:

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #16

35. It's a good thing I like you, douchebag.

:rofl:

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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #35

90. That's what SHE said!

Yeah, I don't know what that means, either. :rofl:

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #90

93. Stop making shit up.

:rofl:

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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #93

102. The biggest douchebags are from Jersey!

Industrial-strength douchebags! :P

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #102

120. You know that includes my woman, right?

So now you're insulting LostinVA, too?

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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #120

123. Wouldn't she be LostinJersey, then?

:P

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #123

133. She's from NJ.

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 05:28 PM by haruka3_2000 She just lives in VA now, and hopefully not for too much longer. She has a job interview up here next week.

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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #133

136. Oh, cool.

I thought you were moving to VA to be with her. Good luck to her. :toast:

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #136

137. Better laws in NJ, plus I have school up here.

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 05:33 PM by haruka3_2000 I wasn't opposed to moving to VA though. She lives in a nice area there. :toast:

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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #137

139. Then you guys can swing up to NYC up here more often.

:D

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #139

140. Exactly.

:D

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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #136

143. Um, HELLO? And what is wrong with VA?

Hmm? I mean, *I* live there. You should be dying to move here. :rofl:

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #143

158. While you are a beam of sunshine in VA...

I like NJ.

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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #143

159. Oh, way better than NYC.

:rofl:; :hi:

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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #8

17. WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH GLOBAL WARMING?

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #17

37. NOTHING! WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING OF IT?

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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #37

42. indeed i do

maybe over a fresca?

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #42

45. Mmm...fresca.

For that fresh feeling.

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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #45

48. yeah, you need it

oh wait, that's just new jersey i smeLL.

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #48

53. I don't live in the smellypart, masshole.

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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #53

58. so it is you then?

put your shoes back on... no wait...

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #58

61. I am barefoot right now.

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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #61

65. tease

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #65

66. Yep.

:rofl:

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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #66

70. damn it!!

:cry:

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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #8

24. Quit repeating Big Pharma's lies

The NIH says that 90% ellipses go away on their own.

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #24

39. 78% of statistics are made up.

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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #39

43. you just made that up!!

:rofl:

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #43

46. PROVE IT!

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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #46

51. sorry i'm not PC enough for you

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #51

55. Wow.

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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #55

56. um, wow

unreaL

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #56

59. What are you a beat cop?

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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #59

63. that's commishnuh, thank you

and i crack the heads of the fiLthy phobes.

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #63

71. Sorry commish.

"Next time I have to come in here, I'm cracking skulls."

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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #71

73. good job

you'LL make a fine skuLL cracker. :patriot:

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #73

86. I aspire to be the best goddamned skull cracker north of the Mason-Dixon line.

:patriot:

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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #39

64. Only if they don't support the conclusion you have already made in your mind

n/t

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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #8

38. are you secretly jealous of my ellipses...?

why are you trying to suppress my freedom? And all this time I thought you were cool. Damn. Freedom hater.

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #38

41. Yup, that's me, Freedom hater.

I drive an SUV, too. :rofl:

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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message

9. A total waist of energy.

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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #9

95. *snort*

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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message

10. you know what i hate?

useLess posts. what i hate even more? useLess posts that just scream, give me attention.

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #10

23. Are you implying that I need attention?

too funny.

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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #23

57. That's 99% of the posts in the Lounge

Go figure :shrug:

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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #10

126. !

:spray: :toast:

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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message

11. Geez, will you look at that apostophe!

And ellipsis with five dots. Tsk, tsk.

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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 01:56 AM Response to Reply #11

163. I dig guys who know how to use their apostrophe!

}(

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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message

12. "This post is imperfect in it's" -- you should drop that apostrophe

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 03:22 PM by Ezlivin Apostrophe not needed to indicate possession for third-person pronouns (his, hers, its). :)

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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #12

129. I hate those needless apostrophes people tend to put in their post headlines -

I think it's because they have this wrong-headed idea that apostrophes somehow raise the tone (or fancy up) any sentence in which they appear, so they love to spread them around their headlines. (Just like how a lot of mom-and-pop stores throw needless apostrophes into their signage.)

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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #129

141. Apostrophe Now

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 05:49 PM by Ezlivin Yeah, I see them used a lot of places they shouldn't. For instance in words like "CDs" or "DVDs" people feel like they must put an apostrophe somewhere, even if possession or contraction is not the issue. People wonder why I dislike grammatical errors. It's because it derails my reading. I'm reading along and suddenly the sentence stops making sense. She puts the cup in it's place and notices it's cracked. I can't help myself; when I get to the "it's" I automatically break it out into "it is" and then the sentence just dies. Maybe this is an affliction that only strikes the fiercely literate?

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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #141

161. Perhaps you meant

"strikes only the fiercely literate." :hide:

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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message

14. Forget the spelling...

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 03:23 PM by Contrary1 Your punkuation is atrochous! :spank:

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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message

15. Now that I've driven out into the woods and shot myself

(I didn't hurt myself very badly), I'll just point out that "its" in your disclaimer doesn't take an apostrophe. :P

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Cruzan (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message

19. I could care less about those loosers

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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #19

67. Actually, the correct expression is "couldn't care less."

Aha, I was waiting to jump in and correct somebody, anybody! :P

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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message

20. Some would call it a superiority complex.....

As long as I can understand the message, I don't worry about it, it's all good....

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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message

21. Now, a spelling dominatrix would be kinda cool... nt

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 03:24 PM by iconoclastic cat

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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message

26. No soup for you!

:D

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verse18 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message

27. I hear you, trumad.

I have a Master's degree, and I'm a horrible speller.

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #27

32. Thing is--- I'm a spell check junkie.

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 03:28 PM by trumad and if it don't catch it---uh oh.

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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #32

128. Spell Check Would've Caught The Word 'Regreat', Yet It Remained In The Post.

Poor spell check, being blamed when it's innocent LOL

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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message

30. Maybe it would help if DU had a grammar check.

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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message

31. Get him!

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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message

33. Whine much? n/t

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #33

44. AIPAC in the House.

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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #44

54. Oooh. Wow. What a zinger

I mean you are just sooo clever.

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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message

34. Mee two!

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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #34

96. Oh thanks for the giggle!

:rofl:

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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message

36. I've worked in printing and publishing most of my life . . .

I've seen what devastation a misspelled word or a typo can cause, and nothing on these boards approaches what can happen in the commercial world. So I say, type away -- if the meaning isn't clear, people should question it, but when it's so easy to discern the intent (as it was in your post), no one's interests are served by calling you out on it publicly. My favorite typo was in a short human interest story written for a local community paper. It was supposed to read that the elderly woman "collects antique clocks," but that's not how it read for 80,000 subscribers. But even then, I didn't receive a tenth of the negative feedback you received this morning, trumad.

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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message

47. Whenever I see someone attack another's spelling as a way of avoiding the point,

I think "what an a-hole." I don't bother responding because what if I misspell? Oh, the humanity. Seriously, we all make typos. Spell check isn't flawless. It's all good.

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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message

49. Eats, shoots, and leaves.

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 03:45 PM by BushDespiser12

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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #49

119. A panda walks into a cafe.

He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air. "Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder. "I'm a panda," he says, at the door. "Look it up." The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation. "PANDA. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message

60. Nanny's what? Oh, you mean nannies.

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 03:41 PM by lumberjack_jeff :think: You're not the person who posted the news that the Walter Reed commander had been caned are you?

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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message

62. Your final draft is due on Friday

>Today I spelled a word wrong in my OP. Waist---instead of Waste. Today I spelled a word wrong in my OP - waist instead of waste. (this eliminates your non-sentence) >Spell check didn't catch it because ---well--- waist is an actual word. Spell check didn't catch it because, well, waist is an actual word. >70 percent of the posts in my OP concerned this horrible offense. Never start sentences with actual digits. Replace 70 with Seventy. Overall, you're relying too much on using hyphens. Try to cut back. You final draft is due this Friday by 3:00 in the afternoon. TlalocW

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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message

68. I like your post. It brings out "assholeishness" of many people.

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 03:46 PM by Sapere aude You complain that people are spell nazis and the spell nazis complain that you complain about them. Def, assholeishness, the state of being an asshole. Don't bother to look it up.

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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #68

75. It's "assholishness"

:D You were asking for it.

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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #75

76. I was, You're right! I can't spell worth a shit and if it were not for the spell check

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 03:51 PM by Sapere aude I'd spell a large number of the words wrong. And I don't give a shit. At my age I doubt I'll get better at spelling. So to all those who are hell bent on being assholish, have at it!

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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #75

94. Damn straight!

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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #94

144. I believe that is

"Damned straight" Douchebag. :eyes:

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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #68

89. I thought the actual noun was "assholery"

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 03:55 PM by Mandate My Ass As in: There was a great deal of spelling-nazi assholery being practiced in that thread. Oh wait! I said that in the passive voice. Ack, I give up.:spank:

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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #89

99. Your assholery knows no bounds.

There's a noun for you. :D

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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #99

103. Ouch

Yup, that's what I'm talkin' about!!! :D

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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message

69. Yeah, they shood mine they're own bizness

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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message

72. I see you're feeding the piranhas...n/t

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #72

105. LOL---Nah---most are just snarking...

I love it.

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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #105

164. I could tell by all of the...

ignores in this thread that "the Heathers" were here.

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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message

74. I'd follow the disclaimer, but there's a waiting period for buying guns.

So while I'm waiting, it's "Spelling Nazis". :D

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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #74

79. waiting period? but, i'm angry now!

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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #79

81. Oh, well, in that case, we're having a "Gun Show" in the back of the store...

:D

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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message

77. The sad thing is that you've got twice as many responses to this than the original post.

and the original post was important. IMO

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CTD (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message

78. Wait, we can bust on freeps for misspellings and bad grammar...

But when someone here does the same thing, they're taking cheap shots? Like it or not, but in the real world, people are judged by their ability to communicate using proper sentence structure, grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. I mean, one of the big reasons everyone assumed Bush was an idiot (before he proved it) was his inability to communicate. You may not find it fair, but it's going on. Constantly. And subconsciously. If you want people to take your opinion seriously, you really can't afford to come across as illiterate.

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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #78

84. Yah, but DU ain't the reel wurld. See? You betcha!

If someone choses to not look at the content of what I wrote, instead focusing on the proper spelling, THEY have a problem.

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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #78

87. Exactly!

I for one am a "Spell Nazi" and quite proud of it. :silly:

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #87

112. Right---and if you were to PM me with my mistake--no prob

but to call people out is kind of goofy in MHO.

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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #78

100. The freeps don't do it by accident

It's what they think to be the way to spell the word in question! Moran, screwn, etc. These loosers do it repeatedly, which shows that it is the case that they don't read enough to realize they even need to look up a word. On DU it is usually an isolated mistake, so what's the point of going on and on about it? Some people just have a need to correct other people. That looks worse than occasional typing errors.

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #100

115. exactly--- my misspelled word had posters comparing me to the freeps.

ugg.

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #78

106. My God---

If I focused on posters "ability to communicate using proper sentence structure, grammar" I'd go nuts in this place. WHY--- because we all are imperfect writers... Ya think?

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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message

85. Yes, but you learn new things when you make mistakes. :-)

For example. That was a great thread and you stated something that needed to be said but the slight error killed it - it robbed the statement of it's complete effectiveness, it's potence. :hug:

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #85

108. I agree--but shit happens.

9 out of 10 times I'd catch it. I think the benefit of doubt should come into play--- hell I give it all the time here on DU.

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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #108

110. Well, I knew what you were trying to say. :-)

:hug:

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #110

117. Thanks

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kcass1954 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message

88. The spelling and grammar mistakes drive me crazy at times. But, I realize

that this is my problem, so I shut my mouth and move on. I'm not here to correct or embarrass anyone. Most of the time, I can figure out what the poster meant. And I'm quite certain that I've made mistakes in some of my posts.

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #88

111. BUT if you read a post and 99 percent of the post is spelled correctly....

shouldn't that be good enough?

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ddbaj (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message

91. What a sickening topic.

You HATE your fellow DUers because they have different standards than you when it comes to grammar? I want to barf.

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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #91

109. No, he hates DUers that focus on spelling and not content.

You seem to want to barf a lot. Search is my friend.

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #91

116. NO--- I hate spell nazis.

I just hate DUers with a stomach so weak, they have to puke when reading a post.

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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message

92. You can't be series.

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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:03 PM Response to Original message

97. Not a spelling or punctuation wizard myself. My pet peeve is the use of

profanity. What was the need for the F-bomb in "I really f------g hate Spell Nazis"? Now f-----g and hate just don't seem to go together, unless... well we just won't go there. Why can't I have my Grandchildren in the room with me when I am reading DU? No, I am not sorry for the pile on.

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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:06 PM Response to Original message

98. Imagine people doing that in an office...

I worked for a company where a great number of Spell Nazis worked. When I first started working, one of my coworkers sent out an email to a great number of people and one of them was an SN. Instead of addressing the issues in the email, the giant asshole Spell Nazi picked apart the grammar and punctuation. After that I decided to "watch" that person so I could learn how to be as perfect as she was. I discovered that this particular Spell Nazi had the attention span of a hamster, regarding anything that she had to do, and that if anything her ridiculous attention to the work of others was probably a way of trying to make herself feel less like an incompetent boob.

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #98

114. Like I said---

A PM is great-- a matter of fact---it's greatly appreciated. BUT to call people out publicly is bullshit.

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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message

101. How do you feel about low WAISTED pants?

IMO: They can't get any lower, and I think they're going to rise. :hi:

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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:12 PM Response to Original message

104. Sometimes spelling errors create wonderful Malapropisms

Like the thread about the commander of Walter Reed getting "caned".

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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #104

113. Is snoozalon a malapropism? It's when the alarm wakes you up and you turn it off and snoozalon.

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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 04:32 PM Response to Original message

118. The possesive form of "it" is "its," NOT "it's."

"It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is." I think this counts as being a grammar nazi, btw, which isn't on your hate list. :D

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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #118

122. Easy rule: No pronoun possessive takes an apostrophe: its; hers;

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 05:04 PM by WinkyDink yours; ours; theirs. No apostrophe.

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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:02 PM Response to Original message

121. I'm a perfect speller, but I make typos! Grrrr!!!

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 05:06 PM by WinkyDink Yes, I saw the "waisted", but figured, what the hey. I canNOT abide "to he and I", however. :) But just for the sake of argument: Can I make errors in arithmetic? Would that be okay by you, like if I said that 10% of 100 is about 7? Because I hate Math Nazis.

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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #121

124. How 'bout those Math Nazis

who added up Gore's utility bill? ;-)

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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #124

150. Or the ones at my bank who say I'm overdrawn?

I hate those fuckers. :rofl:

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #121

127. Depends on if I was the teller or not?

;-)

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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message

125. Actually It Was Two Words. You Spelled Regret Wrong Too LOL

And because there were two blatant spelling errors in such a short thread, I can understand why some woulda busted you a bit for it. It did kinda make the thread look amateurish so some harmless ribbing was probably not surprising. But did it really hurt your feelings so much that it required a new thread on it? I find that to be funniest of all! :rofl: I mean, really... Get over it LOL

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #125

130. You're late...

Your other little buddy hopped in this thread right away. Let me guess--- Your school bus had a flat and your Mom had to come and get you?

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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #130

135. Interesting Personal Attack There. I LOVED The Irony; Since, Ya Know, I'm Not The One Cryin LOL

Don't be so sensitive trumee.

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #135

155. Tell me something---Is this the biggest pile of shit ever written?

It's all about integrity, respect, honesty, decency, open mindedness, fairness, and genuine desire to wish good upon all. That is why I'm a liberal.

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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #155

156. Nah...

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 09:16 PM by OPERATIONMINDCRIME Your egocentric and attention seeking OP's and childish amateur personal attacks generally own that category. Congrats! :hi:

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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:23 PM Response to Original message

131. Yeah, well, people who use "loose" where it should be "lose" drive me fucking nuts.

Like, "I really hope John Kerry doesn't loose the election." That is all.

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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message

132. I do not correct, but

Man, especially when it is the wrong word, it drives me nuts. Proofreading is what is needed. I never write a post without taking the time to read it over. My grammer sucks though.

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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message

134. It's "Spell-Nazis"

You need to hyphenate.

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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #134

170. Actually, I believe it should be spelling-Nazis.

:rofl:

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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:33 PM Response to Original message

138. Oh, Tru..(Channeling my best Mary Tyler Moore voice)

You know we :loveya: DUers are just full of the "snarky" and we cannot help ourselves :hug:

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La_Fourmi_Rouge (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #138

151. US!

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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message

142. "Nannys" not "Nanny's"

:P *ducking, fleeing, giggling*

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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message

145. I agree with you 100%!!! my guess is that many of them are very narcissistic and have a need to sho...

their superiority over others.

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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #145

147. Can't speak for others, but you've got me pegged!

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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message

146. Now I'm worried that trumad has driven to a quiet wooded area and shot himself.

:rofl: Trumad. You do know that everyone is just pulling your leg, right?

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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message

148. My mother was an English Teacher for years...

and yet I still spell terribly and always seem to forget to use spell check!!! I think its funny really. But I guess I grew up with it so I am used to it:-)

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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 08:51 PM Response to Original message

152. I'd say, as long as one's post is at least 80% grammatically correct,

With an accuracy of at least 80% in spelling and word usage, then there shouldn't be a problem. I mean, my guess is that 90%+ of DU members are pretty smart or of above average intelligence. I won't lie though, once there are WAY too many errors, any point a person may be trying to make is slightly diminished-- but I usually don't see that on here.

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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 08:57 PM Response to Original message

153. Well, you poor, poor thing

getting all picked on like that. Funny thing is, *I* think DU is amazingly tolerant of things like that. So you MUST be being singled out for unfair treatment. Poor, poor thing.

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #153

154. NAH---

It's kind of something that has peeved me a bit here on DU---honestly, it's the first time it happened to me---today.

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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 09:25 PM Response to Original message

157. Kate Clinton and the "carrots" sign in the supermarket

A former English teacher, the quotation marks drove her nuts. So she moved the sign over to the celery.

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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Mar-01-07 11:38 PM Response to Original message

160. Once again showing the forces of good long ago lost the apostrophe battle

Or should I say force's of good?

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Fiendish Thingy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 01:05 AM Response to Original message

162. Sooo, what I'm really interested in is, are there Grammar Nazi's on

Free Republic?

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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 10:11 AM Response to Original message

166. Watch out for anybody wearing one of these...

http://www.onehorseshy.com/highbrow/grammar_police/ ...closely related to the F-bomb squad...

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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 10:48 AM Response to Original message

168. I hate them too.

Along with the grammar nazis. I hate them. I hate them I hate them.

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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 11:15 AM Response to Original message

169. Imperfect in ITS grammatical structure, not "IT'S" grammatical structure

nt

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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message

171. Look at it this way, they are keeping your post kicked and without that

it would sink like a nugget of Ununhexium (atomic weight 289). You make the fatal mistake of raising issues that we don't like to see, let alone deal with.

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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message

172. This thread has spawned some of the most bizarre sub-threads I've ever seen....

:freak:

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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #172

174. .

;-)

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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message

173. 1. N-A-Z-I-S 2. P-O-L-I-C-E 3. N-A-N-N-I-E-S

Is that all?

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Marnieworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message

175. What are the Nannies possessing exactly?

Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 03:36 PM by Marnieworld :rofl: :P :rofl: :P :rofl: :P :rofl: :P :rofl: :P :rofl: :P

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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri Mar-02-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message

176. incendiary acetaldehyde whiplash Maltese rutabaga

That is all.

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