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trumad Donating Member (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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:19 PM
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1. It's "Spelling Nazis", not "Spell Nazis"
:P



:rofl:

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trumad Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 08:58 AM
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165. And the plural of Nanny is Nannies.
Not "Nanny's." That's the singular possessive form.

:P
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:19 PM
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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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:19 PM
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4. That's Language Nazis
:hide:
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:20 PM
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5. Alert! Sentence fragment line 2! Sentence fragment line 2!
;)
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Tulum_Moon Donating Member (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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:21 PM
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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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:21 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:23 PM
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18. My biggest kick is when I'm corrected on MORAN.
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waiting for hope Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:21 PM
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8. Ellipses should be like this "..." not "....."
It really pisses me off when people have excessively long ellipses.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:22 PM
Response to Reply #8
16. ...................
:hide:
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:42 PM
Response to Reply #61
65. tease
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:36 PM
Response to Reply #51
55. Wow.
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sniffa Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:22 PM
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9. A total waist of energy.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:02 PM
Response to Reply #9
95. *snort*
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sniffa Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:23 PM
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19. I could care less about those loosers
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:19 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:26 PM
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30. Maybe it would help if DU had a grammar check.
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:26 PM
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31. Get him!
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:28 PM
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33. Whine much? n/t
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:32 PM
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44. AIPAC in the House.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:36 PM
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54. Oooh. Wow. What a zinger
I mean you are just sooo clever.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:28 PM
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34. Mee two!
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:02 PM
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96. Oh thanks for the giggle!
:rofl:
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Journeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:29 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:34 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:35 PM
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49. Eats, shoots, and leaves.
Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 03:45 PM by BushDespiser12
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:54 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:40 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:41 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:42 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:46 PM
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75. It's "assholishness"
:D You were asking for it.
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Sapere aude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:47 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:01 PM
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94. Damn straight!
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 07:40 PM
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144. I believe that is
"Damned straight"

Douchebag.

:eyes:
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Mandate My Ass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:53 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:06 PM
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99. Your assholery knows no bounds.
There's a noun for you. :D
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Mandate My Ass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:10 PM
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103. Ouch
Yup, that's what I'm talkin' about!!! :D
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:43 PM
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69. Yeah, they shood mine they're own bizness
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:44 PM
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72. I see you're feeding the piranhas...n/t
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:12 PM
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105. LOL---Nah---most are just snarking...
I love it.
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 08:29 AM
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164. I could tell by all of the...
ignores in this thread that "the Heathers" were here.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:45 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:47 PM
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79. waiting period? but, i'm angry now!
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:48 PM
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81. Oh, well, in that case, we're having a "Gun Show" in the back of the store...
:D
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:47 PM
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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 Donating Member (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:47 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:50 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:52 PM
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87. Exactly!
I for one am a "Spell Nazi" and quite proud of it. :silly:
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:19 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:06 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:24 PM
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115. exactly--- my misspelled word had posters comparing me to the freeps.
ugg.
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:14 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:51 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:16 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:17 PM
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110. Well, I knew what you were trying to say. :-)
:hug:
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:26 PM
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117. Thanks
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kcass1954 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:52 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:18 PM
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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 Donating Member (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:54 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:17 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:26 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:55 PM
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92. You can't be series.
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A Simple Game Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:03 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:06 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:22 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:08 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:12 PM
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104. Sometimes spelling errors create wonderful Malapropisms
Like the thread about the commander of Walter Reed getting "caned".
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Sapere aude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:19 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:32 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:03 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:02 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:15 PM
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124. How 'bout those Math Nazis
who added up Gore's utility bill? ;-)
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 07:48 PM
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150. Or the ones at my bank who say I'm overdrawn?
I hate those fuckers.


:rofl:
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:19 PM
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127. Depends on if I was the teller or not?
;-)
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:16 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:21 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:30 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 09:07 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 09:15 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:23 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:24 PM
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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 Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:28 PM
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134. It's "Spell-Nazis"
You need to hyphenate.

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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 11:18 AM
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170. Actually, I believe it should be spelling-Nazis.
:rofl:

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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:33 PM
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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 Donating Member (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 07:48 PM
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151. US!
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:50 PM
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142. "Nannys" not "Nanny's"
:P

*ducking, fleeing, giggling*
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 07:42 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 07:44 PM
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147. Can't speak for others, but you've got me pegged!
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 07:42 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 07:45 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 08:51 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 08:57 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 09:04 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 09:25 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 11:38 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 01:05 AM
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162. Sooo, what I'm really interested in is, are there Grammar Nazi's on
Free Republic?
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benEzra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:11 AM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:48 AM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 11:15 AM
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169. Imperfect in ITS grammatical structure, not "IT'S" grammatical structure
nt
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 11:24 AM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 11:31 AM
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172. This thread has spawned some of the most bizarre sub-threads I've ever seen....
:freak:
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 03:31 PM
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174. .
;-)
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we can do it Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 03:21 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 03:35 PM
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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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 03:51 PM
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176. incendiary acetaldehyde whiplash Maltese rutabaga
That is all.
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