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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| You all want a laugh? Test your Korean students for these mistakes. Don't forget to throw in "restaurant," the most misspelt word on Google. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:00 am Post subject: |
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| "rediculous." Isn't that the surgical operation John Wayne Bobbit underwent? |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:21 am Post subject: |
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| How about the trash morons who say "ax" instead of "ask"? |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| jinju wrote: |
| How about the trash morons who say "ax" instead of "ask"? |
Do people really say that? I haven't seen it luckily. That is by far the worse I have ever seen as they don't even sound the same. That's horrible. Though looser/loser comes in a very close second. |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:43 am Post subject: |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
| That is by far the worse I have ever seen |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:52 am Post subject: |
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| Satori wrote: |
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| That is by far the worse I have ever seen |
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typo. Rediculous is not a typo. Trust me, my English is far superior to 80% of the people here (atleast). I was writing university level essays back in grade 10 and all my university scholarships were for English essay writing (funny as I studied Computer Science with English writing scholarships  ) I was actually the person everyone in computer science came to to proof read things unless they had an artsy girlfriend (and many cs students didn't have any girlfriend...).
Any who, I ain't na gonna check e'ery un o' me posts for 'em spelling 'stakes. |
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Lizara
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
| Satori wrote: |
| laogaiguk wrote: |
| That is by far the worse I have ever seen |
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typo. Rediculous is not a typo. Trust me, my English is far superior to 80% of the people here (atleast). I was writing university level essays back in grade 10 and all my university scholarships were for English essay writing (funny as I studied Computer Science with English writing scholarships ) I was actually the person everyone in computer science came to to proof read things unless they had an artsy girlfriend (and many cs students didn't have any girlfriend...).
Any who, I ain't na gonna check e'ery un o' me posts for 'em spelling 'stakes. |
Okay, but if you're going to start a thread complaining about other people's spelling mistakes, you'll have to expect people to point out your own, especially as I expect threads like this mostly attract the sort of people who like to do that.
My contribution: THERE IS NO A IN DEFINITELY. *shakes cane, mumbles about youngsters these days* |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| "e" and "t" are next to one another on the keyboard. |
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Bronski
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| jinju wrote: |
| How about the trash morons who say "ax" instead of "ask"? |
Language is always changing. Are you upset about the loss of "thou" too? |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| Bronski wrote: |
| jinju wrote: |
| How about the trash morons who say "ax" instead of "ask"? |
Language is always changing. Are you upset about the loss of "thou" too? |
Thou knowest I am. |
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TheFonz
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Location: North Georgia
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:04 am Post subject: |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
| jinju wrote: |
| How about the trash morons who say "ax" instead of "ask"? |
Do people really say that? I haven't seen it luckily. That is by far the worse I have ever seen as they don't even sound the same. That's horrible. Though looser/loser comes in a very close second. |
Yes people say ax instead of ask. However I have only heard this being used by african-americans. |
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Bruadaraiche
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Location: Ilsan
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:10 am Post subject: spelling |
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I think the most telling mistake is when people claim to be 'intellegent'.
That one always gets me.  |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:33 am Post subject: |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
| jinju wrote: |
| How about the trash morons who say "ax" instead of "ask"? |
I haven't seen it luckily. |
So, you've only been able to see it unluckily? Did that involve some damage to your retinas or other valuable parts of your eyes? Or maybe you saw it when walking under a ladder, or stepping on a crack...
The adverbs, they are a'changin'. |
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pegpig
Joined: 10 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:06 am Post subject: |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
Trust me, my English is far superior to 80% of the people here (atleast). I was writing university level essays back in grade 10 and all my university scholarships were for English essay writing (funny as I studied Computer Science with English writing scholarships ) I was actually the person everyone in computer science came to to proof read things unless they had an artsy girlfriend (and many cs students didn't have any girlfriend...).
Any who, I ain't na gonna check e'ery un o' me posts for 'em spelling 'stakes. |
Man you're smart. I hope you don't hurt your arm with all that backpatting. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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This site's denizens never cease to amaze me
Ok, I'll go over the point of this thread again.
This thread is for people who are consistently spelling words wrong. I had one friend who was corrected by their student once and she felt bad about it. This thread is not about my typos or the fact that I forgot a comma. It's about consistent spelling mistakes and the fact that people obviously don't know they are spelling things wrong. I am not the spelling/grammar police and have never singled someone out in a thread just to correct their English. I just thought I would post this to help.
On page one, I already learned the difference between every day and everyday. I make mistakes too (and learn from them), but to attack someone who is trying to help people is, well, actually, normal on this site, isn't it? |
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