LOOSE vs LOSE, sorry, spelling primer

[WildGingerBrewing]

I think I just threw up in my mouth a littel bit!

 

[Pappers_]

I really hope that the bolded word above was a joke since you took the time to "correct" everybody's spelling/grammar on this site.

Oh my god!!!! I just did a spit take with my coffee! Is there anything more hilarious than a misspelling in a grammar-correction post?!?!?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Hey Mr. Henry Hill!! Ive a missed 'ya!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

It's only local dialect, (I'm a guessin') but I hate the way people around here miss out whole sets of words. ie, "That porch needs to be painted" becomes "That porch needs painted"

I have no real right to rag on it, but when that last quote is a direct example of the type of English used the local newspaper, it makes my blood boil. Hell, newspapers should speak English like what it should be spoke.

 

[Emerald]

What loosers.

Is that like Hosers?

 

[jgln]

It's only local dialect, (I'm a guessin') but I hate the way people around here miss out whole sets of words. ie, "That porch needs to be painted" becomes "That porch needs painted"

I have no real right to rag on it, but when that last quote is a direct example of the type of English used the local newspaper, it makes my blood boil. Hell, newspapers should speak English like what it should be spoke.

Ok, was that intentional?

 

[JetSmooth]

It's only local dialect, (I'm a guessin') but I hate the way people around here miss out whole sets of words. ie, "That porch needs to be painted" becomes "That porch needs painted"

I have no real right to rag on it, but when that last quote is a direct example of the type of English used the local newspaper, it makes my blood boil. Hell, newspapers should speak English like what it should be spoke.

That's not just local to you. They do it in Bawlmer here too. I call it "dropping your tubees"

 

[jgln]

Is that like Hosers?

No, and it is spelled "horses". Nothing to do with horses!!

 

[Pappers_]

Ok, was that intentional?

Hahahahahahahahaha! Not again!!!!!!!! LGI, you did it, too!!!!!!

I'm laughing so hard, i'm going to fall off my chair . . . .

 

[cheezydemon3]

Oh my god!!!! I just did a spit take with my coffee! Is there anything more hilarious than a misspelling in a grammar-correction post?!?!?

Durrrhurhurhurhur!

Sorry. See the link in the next post to the BEAR in the primary thread.

So suck your coffee back up and read the damn thread!!!lol

 

[GregR]

No, and it is spelled "horses". Nothing to do with horses!!

equilibrium?

 

[Pappers_]

Durrrhurhurhurhur!

Sorry. See the link in the next post to the BEAR in the primary thread.

So suck your coffee back up and read the damn thread!!!lol

I love being an EAC

 

[jgln]

equilibrium?

Equestrian!

 

[GregR]

Equestrian!

yeah, equilibrium. it means horses.

 

[pernox]

My favorite one to get torqued over is "druck" instead of "drunk."

The only time that's acceptable is if you actually ARE.

 

[FromZwolle]

yeah, equilibrium. it means horses.

do you not see the root of the word? it clearly refers to unicorns!

 

[cheezydemon3]

I love being an EAC

East Australian Current? (as in NEMO)

 

[menschmaschine]

Ooh, I love these threads.

should HAVE, not "should of" (also, would and could)

...and everyone who is not currently or formerly the Queen's subject, stop using the word "whilst"!

There, I said it.

 

[DeathBrewer]

I'll do what I want whilst you shut your yapper!

 

[cheezydemon3]

I'll do what I want whilst you shut your yapper!

HEY!!!


Leave men'sch alone!!!

 

[olllllo]

My wife's cousin once referred to this very type of situation as a "free frawl".

 

[Emerald]

No, and it is spelled "horses". Nothing to do with horses!!

Well someone has never been to the "Great White North" It is HOSERS, as in You're a Hoser Eh?

 

[Joker]

Y'all think they is stupid, I just thought they's typo's.

 

[jgln]

Well someone has never been to the "Great White North" It is HOSERS, as in You're a Hoser Eh?

I know, I was playing along with teh (the) spelling game.

 

[Emerald]

I know, I was playing along with teh (the) spelling game.

Spelling game? What spelling game?

 

[cheezydemon3]

Irregardless of all ur guy's best intention's, this thread is not what I originally intended, and so I feel all insecure and distended.

Please curb ur alls enthuiasm's and orgasm's.

My point?

Irregardless is the worst abused non-word evr.

Mostly cuz unintelligeable people's use the extra prefixative to add emphasis's. Thus proving them'sself's to be pretarded.

FORSOOTH!!! Bitch's

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Irregardless is the worst abused non-word evr.

Supposably.

 

[HoppyDaze]

This thread is full of the disirregardlessness of the English language.

Try to follow these simple rules: (some may have already seen this, but its good to browse over from time to time)

1. Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences up with.
3. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
4. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
5. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat)
6. Also, always avoid annoying alliteration.
7. Be more or less specific.
8. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
9. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
10. No sentence fragments.
11. Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.
12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
14. One should NEVER generalize.
15. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
16. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
17. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
18. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
19. The passive voice is to be ignored.
20. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas.
21. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
22. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
23. Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth-shaking ideas.
24. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Ihate quotations. Tell me what you know."
25. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly.
26. Puns are for children, not groan readers.
27. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
28. Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
29. Who needs rhetorical questions?
30. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
31. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.

 

[arturo7]

One of the beautiful things about curse words is that they can be used in so many ways.

If we cussed all the time we wouldn't need to worry so much about grammar.

 

[Yooper]

My favorite one to get torqued over is "druck" instead of "drunk."

The only time that's acceptable is if you actually ARE.

You know what though? I HAVE to defend that one. A few years ago, John Beere was guilty of "druck" posting, and that thread was also full of win and awesome that we took "druck" as a meaningful way to communicate our sloshiness with each other. Just like EAC, druck is an important part of HBT culture.

Irregardless, I can see how you hoses supposably would of not known.