One spelling mistake that really bothers me...

[aisling]

Usually non english speaking people tend to have a more proper command of english than us lazy bastards.....college edumacated an all

[9V]

as far as i know, "exiting" means "dying". Right?

[crumhorn]

curiously exit and excite are both the opposite of entrance

[Forge.]

jesus man, the English language is morphing into something completely different right in front of our eyes......

most of the kids I teach when they email me all type in TXT speak and spell things wrongly but all in the same way. e.g. to this whole new generation it seems 'phone' is now 'fone' - 'when' is now 'wen'... there's a whole load of words that I think could actually end up spelled this way in the dictionary once these kids are old enough to take the jobs of the dudes who decide what goes in them.

We're seeing the biggest changes to the language at the moment since Shakespeare - but it's worth noting that Shakespeare made up something like 2000 words and spelled things however the fuck he liked.

[footsy]

This post makes me exited :]

[Forge.]

This post makes me exited :]

BAM!

[crumhorn]

This post makes me exited :]

I find it entrancing.

[stringtapper]

This post makes me exited :]

I find it entrancing.

That's what she said.

[aizo]

can't stand when people type "rediculous"

[Forge.]

can't stand when people type "rediculous"

they are actually casting a Harry Potter spell on you.

[Da hand]

can't stand when people type "rediculous"

that's riddikulus

[regretfullySaid]

It'd at least be nice if people misspelled "you're" with "yore". No one ever uses that

[macmurphy]

it's not to do with spelling but i was almost moved to kill a puppy when i found out that people had actually started saying 'LOL'
instead of, like, you know, laughing

[dazzer]

^ laughing

[9V]

it's not to do with spelling but i was almost moved to kill a puppy when i found out that people had actually started saying 'LOL'
instead of, like, you know, laughing

the term "LOL" in italian is a neologism, people on chats etc. use it like an expression, e.g. "haha" (LOL). Just a few know it is an acronym for "laugh out loud". So, if you read italians writing "LOL" it stands for "haha", and the verb is "lollare" (to laugh in a chatroom)... LOL for me means "love of life" by swans



(Anyway, I'm so glad I'm better than you... ARE) ...LOL!