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Common Errors in English

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:10 pm
by inphlict
Some interesting stuff here

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html

“ATM” means “Automated Teller Machine,” so if you say “ATM machine” you are really saying, “Automated Teller Machine machine.”

CRUCIFICTION/CRUCIFIXION

One might suppose that this common misspelling was a product of skepticism were it not for the fact that it most often occurs in the writings of believers. The word should make clear that Jesus was affixed to the cross, not imply that his killing is regarded as a fiction.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:17 pm
by MaCaBr3
English if for retards right...

Febuary

Few people pronounce the first R in “February” distinctly, so it is not surprising that it is often omitted in spelling. This poor month is short on days; don’t further impoverish it by robbing it of one of its letters.

Wtf...

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:22 pm
by inphlict
KOALA BEAR - A koala is not a bear. People who know their marsupials refer to them simply as “koalas.” Recent research, however, indicates that pandas are related to other bears.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:25 pm
by Keep It Real
If there were never any common errors in English the language would never change and we'd be flaming each other like gay renaissance men.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:25 pm
by werldhed
MaCaBr3 wrote:English if for retards right...

Febuary

Few people pronounce the first R in “February” distinctly, so it is not surprising that it is often omitted in spelling. This poor month is short on days; don’t further impoverish it by robbing it of one of its letters.

Wtf...
I get a lot of people looking at me funny because I pronounce "February" with the "r", as though it's abnormal. The same happens when I say "government" with the "n", "often" with no "t", and "err" as "urrr".

They're all proper pronunciation, but apparently most people don't know that. Then again, a large portion of the population say "axe" instead of "ask," so I'm not too surprised.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:33 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
werldhed wrote:

Then again, a large portion of the population say "axe" instead of "ask," so I'm not too surprised.
possibly in your neighborhood. any whitey saying that needs to be shot in the head.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:36 pm
by werldhed
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
werldhed wrote:

Then again, a large portion of the population say "axe" instead of "ask," so I'm not too surprised.
possibly in your neighborhood. any whitey saying that needs to be shot in the head.
Anyone caught saying it needs to be shot.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:36 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
werldhed wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
werldhed wrote:

Then again, a large portion of the population say "axe" instead of "ask," so I'm not too surprised.
possibly in your neighborhood. any whitey saying that needs to be shot in the head.
Anyone caught saying it needs to be shot.
got me on that one.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:37 pm
by Fender
Case, look out. Juggy wants to shoot you.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:40 pm
by Keep It Real
I say axe because it sounds cooler than ask and people understand imediately what im saying so its pretty insane to get angry about that and ima ima ima hustler homie nigga ask about me

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:40 pm
by seremtan
English is just bizarre. To wit:

through
thought/bought
bough
enough/rough
cough
furlough
noughat

LOL

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:42 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
Fender wrote:Case, look out. Juggy wants to shoot you.
he never says it to me irl.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 7:09 pm
by sliver
werldhed wrote:I get a lot of people looking at me funny because I pronounce ... "err" as "urrr".
No fucking wonder. I'd punch you if you said that to me. Whether or not the dictionary says its ok, how the fuck is anyone supposed to know what you're talking about if you say "sometimes i urr in my calculations"? Sounds like fucking ebonics: "i like the way you do that right thurr ... i urr on the side of caution ..."

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 7:30 pm
by werldhed
sliver wrote:
werldhed wrote:I get a lot of people looking at me funny because I pronounce ... "err" as "urrr".
No fucking wonder. I'd punch you if you said that to me. Whether or not the dictionary says its ok, how the fuck is anyone supposed to know what you're talking about if you say "sometimes i urr in my calculations"? Sounds like fucking ebonics: "i like the way you do that right thurr ... i urr on the side of caution ..."
Typically, people are supposed to know what I'm saying 1) based on the context in which the word is used and 2) because they've received at least a small amount of education to know how to speak at a level above "stupid fucking idiot."
Don't worry though; if your basic language skills are too primitive to understand what I'm saying, I won't use large words like "err."

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 9:33 pm
by ajerara
I dread February because all month long I have to listen to news anchors and everybody else on TV say Feb-yoo-ary like hillbillies. It's like hearing somebody say liberry instead of library. Why can't they be bothered to pronounce February correctly?

Re: Common Errors in English

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 11:03 pm
by ^misantropia^
inphlict wrote:“ATM” means “Automated Teller Machine,”
You're saying it doesn't mean "Ass To Mouth"?

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 11:06 pm
by corncobman
A lot of people in Dublin say specific as pacific,

Be more pacific.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 11:09 pm
by Billy Bellend
if you spay that shit on you get all the chicks garenteed :yo:

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 11:42 pm
by l0g1c
I hate "supposably." And of course there's the rampant misuse of the word "literally."

Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 12:55 am
by Transient
It bugs me when people say they "could care less".

Though I'm sure a bunch of you couldn't care less that it bugs me. :p

Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 12:57 am
by Transient
Oh, and people who use the apostrophe (or lack thereof) incorrectly in the word "it's/its".

Its going to rain today. >:E
The shoe lost it's shine. >:E

Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 12:59 am
by +JuggerNaut+
Transient wrote:It bugs me when people say they "could care less".

Though I'm sure a bunch of you couldn't care less that it bugs me. :p
please don't bring that up.

Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 1:26 am
by mjrpes
Keep It Real wrote:If there were never any common errors in English the language would never change and we'd be flaming each other like gay renaissance men.
Thou art a chamber of the haunches, a fornicator of the matriarch.

Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 1:30 am
by andyman
I don't like when people say anything at all because 90% of the time it's not thought out and retarded. I'm blabbering abut normal speech, not interweb business

Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 1:56 am
by tnf
I still need to hook a new monitor up to my cpu and then withdraw some money for it at an atm machine.