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emz 
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 Posted: 09 August 2008 at 9:28pm |
I like when people are talking about something being 'gutting' and say 'guttering' 
'It's so guttering'.... um? Guttering: the stuff on your roof? Makes one Emma very perplexed!
DH says:
yous instead of you
seen instead of saw
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I *suppose* he's from Westport and his mother is a shocker too so he does have some excuse. You would think though after 5 years of being together that I would have drilled it into him by now, wouldn't you?
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MummyFreckle
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Posted: 09 August 2008 at 9:34pm |
My pet hate is when people say "aks" instead of ASK.....WTF....isnt that basic english!
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Posted: 09 August 2008 at 9:57pm |
 AuntieSarah wrote:
Has anyone read Eats, shoots and leaves? |
I haven't read the book but the title always cracks me up. Makes me think of the panda eating, shooting then leaving - LOL.
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nikkitheknitter
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 11:25am |
AuntieSarah wrote:
Has anyone read Eats, shoots and leaves? I read it a few years ago but I remember enjoying it, though I think it made me even more of a punctuation nazi than I was before! |
Yuhuh. I have it at home (stole it from mum  ) and loved it! It made me more of a punctuation nazi but then I realised how much of the english language I have absolutely no idea about as well. I was quite ashamed!
I have started using semi colons a lot more after reading E,S&L. he.
The next one isn't quite as funny and I still haven't finished it despite starting it years ago. 
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MelanieAndBree
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 12:24pm |
Okay so i couldnt care less about grammar, if its something INFORMAL. Like, ohbaby for example. Or a text to a mate.
I think that being overly fussy about grammer is just annoying. Yeah when its something proper i understand. But if your mate texts you and is all "hey man, sup?" are you really going to say "Im a woman. and its "what is up" not "sup". Its like woah, chill out a bit. lol.
Txt speak does get to me sometimes, like when people spell words with a z or replace a ltetter that is pointless cause why dont you just spell it properly in the first place your not using any less letters.
Or when my mate says "suxs" WTF? why the extra s?
haha and a couple of my mates (they are sisters) they spell really horribly. Like one just spelt Bored BOARD.
Spelling annoys me i guess. Im sh*t with grammer. Like commas and what not.
Oh and signs and sh*t i always crack up when they have typos.
hahaha to show how bad her spelling is this is just what she msn'd me
"man i just lighted a candel and it smellt like burnt sallery"
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mummyofprinces
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 4:36pm |
SimSam wrote:
My pet hate is when people say "aks" instead of ASK.....WTF....isnt that basic english!
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I have a friend and cousin who do this, its actually a speech impediment. I used to feel the same way about "f" instead of "th" except my cousin also does this and speech therapy did not help her any!
My grammar is terrible and I will add in an apostrophe when it isn't needed. What annoys me is people who don't spell check there CV before applying for a job! Way to impress!!! Or when they fail to realise that we can see what you titled your CV, sheesh.
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Bobbie
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 4:39pm |
Yeah I'm only really a grammar nazi for public signs etc. where people should really know better.
I have no problem with informal communications on OB etc.
God knows I'm pretty bad at times anyway 
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 6:03pm |
Another one that makes me laugh is when people say they're "wrapped" with something instead of "rapt".
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 6:10pm |
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Haha yeah at suxs, that gets to me too! And wrapped lol.
Their/there/they're is my biggie.
It also really bugs me when my friend will text something like "r u cuming tonite?".... why she can't just write 'coming' I don't know. It's dirty with a u!! Lol.
Sometimes I say words all wrong, especially if I'm tired. Quite embarrassing considering I'm a teacher and all lol.
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 6:24pm |
Haha, that "cuming" annoys me as well. It doesn't look right at all! Especially when my mum texts it to me!!! I feel like replying "actually it's none of your business"
I think that most of the time I'm pretty good with spelling & the like. Dh on the other hand is really bad. He always spells "does" like "dose". Bugs me so much. Especially when he's doing a quote, and I read it after he's sent it to he client, and it has soo many spelling mistakes. They must think a muppet has written it up! Surprises me when he gets the job though.
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 10:10pm |
I hate that "cuming" as well, it just looking so rude.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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MelanieAndBree
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 11:06pm |
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Yeah and its stupid. Like its harder to type O instead of U!
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Posted: 12 August 2008 at 6:35am |
How the heck did that sign get through??? 
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nikkitheknitter
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Posted: 12 August 2008 at 9:19am |
MelanieAndBree wrote:
Yeah and its stupid. Like its harder to type O instead of U! |
Don't count me as defending it because I also think it's crap, but I think the logic is that O and M are on the same button so you have to wait that millisecond longer until you can push it again... whereas if you push U then you can just keep on pressing IYGWIM.
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Posted: 12 August 2008 at 1:38pm |
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I also don't get why people have to type lyke instead of like - its the same number of letters....and the I isn't on the same key as l or k
AND I hate excess use of apostrophies - it actually makes my stomach feel yuckky.
Annnd (along the same lines) Box's, bus's thanxs and suxs (lol mel said that too, and lol at burntt sellary)
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The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P
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Posted: 12 August 2008 at 2:08pm |
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Hehe, my "annoying" ad at the moment is the Westpac Helicopter one...
"and done CPR"
Was kinda cute at first, now just plain annoying.
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nikkitheknitter
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Posted: 12 August 2008 at 2:16pm |
queenbean wrote:
Hehe, my "annoying" ad at the moment is the Westpac Helicopter one...
"and done CPR"
Was kinda cute at first, now just plain annoying.
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Omigoodness. I knooooooooooow.
It's like you can see the cycle of bad english starting right there when the kid repeats it straight after him. Arghsfksjhgksrbg
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Posted: 12 August 2008 at 2:29pm |
queenbean wrote:
Hehe, my "annoying" ad at the moment is the Westpac Helicopter one...
"and done CPR"
Was kinda cute at first, now just plain annoying.
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Couldn't have said it better myself queenbeen
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Posted: 13 August 2008 at 2:01pm |
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can anyone explain the new suzuki ad - "swift - it's smiles better".
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Basic English - 101
