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And I've been spelling it fourty for 18 freaking years (since I could spell [apparantly not well] at 3).
What the heck, seriously 4 is spelled four not for. FORGET YOU ENGLISH.
also, the bank made me rewrite my last deposit because I spelled it "Fourty-Seven".
edit: I dont post much because my threads suck.
From some one who understood my distaste for english.
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Originally Posted by Aronomy
Wow, I can't believe it caught my eye in that long list as I scrolled through... however you could probably remove hacienda and haciendas from the list.
Sociedy? :confused:Quote:
1 "cied" word
society
And what's with the confusion between their, there, and they're?
None of you would of got into my school with your terrible english.
The strange spelling rules are pretty weird, yes. The strange vowel sounds in English came from what was called the "Great Vowel Shift", where many vowels decided to jump around to confuse us. The "silent e" like in "hate" used to be pronounced, now it's just showing that "a" is pronounced like "ej".
You know, things like this anger me too.
Caramel, for instance:
IT IS PRONOUNCED "Kayr-Oh-mell", NOT "Kar-mull", except in cooking, with the term "caramelized".
Ya, its confusing, but some people don't know how to spell reallllllyyyyy simple words like exercising.
Oh ya, I won my school spelling bee in second grade and my school consisted of first through sixth grade! :eek:
I was lucky enough to have an 8th grade math teacher.. who gave us many tests on how to correctly spell numbers
:D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Brian
Would've (or would have)
gotten
English
You showed him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychlow
I was wondering how long until the wit king showed up to do that.
Seriously, though... Online, people don't care about their English as often as in essays and papers. I don't blame them, but you can see the bad grammar and spelling rubbing off into their schoolwork.
I try to spell correctly and use appropriate grammar.
>>also, the bank made me rewrite my last deposit because I spelled it "Fourty-Seven".
This sucks, Canadian spelling is less portable than American spelling! :mad:
Or.. maybe, Canada's spelling is newer, and we're just backwards compatible? :p
Try, "backwards".Quote:
and we're just backwards compatible?
Butthead.
niether got or gotten are correct, it should have been replaced with "made it"Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychlow
...wouldn't have made it in... Im just saying.
e-mail and internet will be the death of proper English - all hail the spell checker!
English is tough stuff
Ode to the Spellchecker
Good ol' Bill would commit suicide immediatly...Quote:
Originally Posted by Internet
Not exactly the same, but this was one of my friend's away messagesQuote:
Originally Posted by nvoigt
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"*You superficially quote pop song*
*You Gain 'feigned wisdom' ability*
*Internet buddy IM's you for 34 damage*
*You cast 'Click here to take my quiz'*
*Internet buddy is temporarily distracted*
*You IM Internet buddy for 23 damage*
*Internet buddy begins chant: 'hi r u thr ths is manda lolol!!'*
*Buddy gains effect of heightened self-importance due to the curse of Arudaghal's near-sighted social perspective*
*You cast 'Mirati's Witless banter'*
*Internet buddy is IMed for 49 damage*
*Internet buddy invokes trite emoticon mode!*
*You attempt retreat by litany of false responsibility*
*FAIL*
*Buddy IM's critically hits you in the back for 42034 damage!*
*You die, cold and alone.*
Play again? Y/N ?
"
I had the exact same reaction several years back while watching a Simpsons Halloween episode. They had a book that Lisa thought was entitled "How to Cook Humans." The dust blew off to reveal it was really called "How to Cook For Humans." Lisa blew more dust off to reveal it was "How to Cook Forty Humans," and finally the last bit of dust revealed it was truly called "How to Cook for Forty Humans."
Anyway, every time I write a check in the amount of $40 (literally, every single time) I remember that episode and am sure I'm spelling it correctly because with some dust covering "forty humans" it can be "for humans," but the same cannot be said for dust covering the words "fourty humans."
Even better than I before E.
>>Holy crap, its forty not fourty
Actualy, it's fordy not forty nor fourty
> Actualy, it's fordy not forty nor fourty
maybe in belgium...pfffffftttt :p