Most annoying misspellings

You'd have to have the patience of Ghandi to put up with those.

your > you're

Definetely

"Loose" when they mean "lose".

What R3 said. There is DEFINITELY no 'A' in the word "definitely".

And it's utterly ridiculous to spell the word "ridiculous" with an 'e'.

I've seen it spelled many times as 'Definetely' which drives me crazy.

"Everyday" when someone means "every day."

"Dominate" when they mean "dominant"

hipocracy

I agree with most of these, as I see these errors alot.

*smacking R10*

recieve, wierd, alot

its/it's, naturally

The country in South America is spelled Colombia. The University in New York is Columbia.

"payed" instead of "paid"

I see a lot of people here at the DL who struggle with -ed at the end of words.

A person is cast in a play, not casted.

A role on a TV show is recast, not recasted.

A party costs $500, not costed.

And so on.

"Loose" when the writer means "lose"

"Propoganda" instead of "propaganda"

I see that, too, R16. I am often asked how want my coffee grinded when I go to Starbucks.

Personals ads featuring "discrete" guys OWNS this thread!

Seperate

Cemetary

Unless he's looking for seven guys, R19.

Yes, R19 has it.

He's the athiest atheist I've ever met.

R19 - yes. And the idiots don't realize "discrete" is a word, just not the one they want.

Color.

Scarey.

Woah.

Whoppi.

At least with discrete/discreet, you can't blame it on not using a spellchecker.

It's voilà, not viola.

Your when they mean you're.

Who's when they mean whose.

[all posts by tedious, racist idiot removed.]

R27, you beat me to it. We have had a dumbass here for years now and that dumbass loves to misspell Miss Goldberg's first name.

[quote] the patience of Ghandi

G-a-n-d-h-i

There, they're, their

Mary-marry-merry.

How many pronunciations? Three for me. Each has a different sound where I come from.

Cloths instead of clothes.

Breath instead of breathe.

Tomarrow instead of tomorrow.

Ordered from most annoying (and only perhaps merely coincidentally) most commonly seen by me, I submit "judgement", "alright", and "noone". Several of you have put forth errors of usage rather than misspellings.

I saw this one on the closed captioning of "The Roosevelts": "straight jacket." It seems to have become almost accepted usage these days, along with "step foot in," "butt naked," and "should have went."

R24: I always hear those discrete guys singing "I Fall to Pieces" myself.

Nobody seems to know how to spell “itinerary” any more. I have seen at least 12 wrong variations of it on travel sites. Is it really that difficult?

Most annoying Grammarians.

commericals

[quote]Tomarrow instead of tomorrow.

Who the fuck spells it "tomarrow"?

It's Liza with a Z

Not Lisa with an S

'Cause Lisa with an S

Goes "sss" not "zzz"

It's Z instead of S

Li instead of Lee

It's simple as can be

See, Liza!

Then M-I-Double N,

then-E-Double L-I,

You double up the N, thats "nn," not "ll,"

Then E, double the L, end it with an I,

That's the way you say...Minnelli...

Liza Minnelli!!

It's easy!

It's easy! See, it's Leezy!

No! Liza........!

This thread is alright.

"conscious" when "conscience" is intended.

For a lot of people "ironic" is spelled "coincidental."

Also, "Jessie" when referring to "Jesse."

Prolly instead of probably.

That's just annoying, R49. People who do it are assholes, not necessarily stupid.

R1 flying under the radar.

There was a freak here on DL who kept spelling "does" as DOSE.

It was beyond annoying.

(Probably his intention).

Aren't there larger thins in life to worry about? Is it any wonder that so many of you are just plain nuts?

Pron

Lens Dunham

Wary instead of weary and marshmellow instead of marshmallow.

I confess that I sometimes use "prolly" and "kewl" in a jokey manner.

Colour, favour, favourite, faetus, diarrhoea, whilst, aluminium, etc.

R53 conveniently ignores the term "pointless bitchery" at the top left of the page again.

And again, R58 just can't resist being one of DL's top schoolyard bullies.

Is that what "pointing out the blatantly obvious to those who have evidently missed it" is in your eyes, R59? You must quite a back story with such a high level of sensitivity.

too / to

All the American ones.

"Maths" for "math".

"Aluminimum" for "Aluminum".

[quote]Aluminimum

Stupid Yanks can't spell a-l-u-m-i-n-i-u-m

However weirdly you spell it, it's still 'Aluminum' and has four syllables.

The United States and Canada are the only two countries in the world that spell it"aluminum." The international scientific community uses "aluminium."

Like anything outside the US matters. Feh.

so do the british put the accent on the 1st or 2nd syllable of laboratory?

R68

2nd laBORatory

Actually, it's more like la-BORE-a-tree.

Both judgement and judgment are accepted spellings.

Someone was complaining about "cancelled" (two 'l's) the other day ... I think it's pretty much accepted now. But never "travelled" or "jewellery" (in American English, anyway.)

Here, hear.

This "inspirational" Instagram post not only pretends that people who say "All Cops Are Bastards" don't actually mean what they say, they spelled "flawed" as "flaud."

Priveledge, priviledge and similar misspellings.

THE worst and most pervasive, including in otherwise respectable media, is "lead" instead of "led" as the past tense of "lead."

Past tense is not the metal, people!

There, their, they're, don't get to excited.

Just today someone posted a funny "ad" for a Karen doll here on Datalounge. The creator used the word "independant." If you're going to go to all the trouble of creating something clever that you're going to share with the world, why can't you be bothered to use spell check? No one cares anymore.

"Woah."

As in "The lion woahed?"

diffuse, where defuse is correct.

Hilarious bestiality story: On Squirt dot org, if you turn in somebody for a number of infractions, such as advertising a competing website, you get 5 free days of their premium service, such that it is.

In their reporting form, one narc category is 'bestiality.' I reported somebody for this a couple weeks ago. They were seeking a farm or large dog situation, per their profile. Anyway, Squirt only gave me 3 free days instead of 5! I wrote them and asked, "Did you reduce the number of days for reporting bad profiles?" and they replied, "No, it's still 5 days for most categories, but only 3 for reporting bestiality."

Have a bless day.

He's prejudice.

The repass will be in the church basement.

"Hilarious bestiality story"

You know, I doubted you could provide us with one.

And I was right.

Hunny for honey.

So many people sell "dinning tables" on OfferUp. To the point I want to message them and ask them to correct it.

Villian v Villain...it's the latter, and even I get this one mixed up as an English major.

Finally, I've worked in hotels for 20 years, and it's always astounded me when I see an email, memo, or guest complaint re: the "manger." Who can't spell "manager," and if they couldn't, how the hell can they spell the thing that Baby Jesus was born in?!? Several memos from the "mangers" themselves have had this snafu: "If you have any questions, please speak to your manger." I finally told one "manger"--who was a know-it-all bitch--that I didn't think Jesus was born in her. She was perplexed, until I showed her a Post-It where I'd spelled out "manger" and "manager." Needless to say she wasn't pleased, but I sure as hell enjoyed bringing her down several levels.

it's masturbate not masterbate

looser for loser

'could/would of been'

Cak. Graxy.

“He use to “.

“Suppose to” etc,

Ya'll for Y'all.

Like fingernails on the chalkboard!

Bet the "Oh dear" bitch is rubbing one off to this thread!

It's cute that you think there's just one of us.

Bless your heart.

Charlie Horse.

It's "Charley Horse!"

[quote]"Loose" when they mean "lose".

DL posters are horrible for doing this.

JUDGEMENT. the correct spelling is JUDGMENT without an E - i know it seems wrong but it's not.

and i have to deal with this on a daily basis as i'm a loan processor and one of our title companies (!) doesn't know that they are spelling this incorrectly. i also have several co-workers who have been in the business for years that don't know the difference.

i have only been a loan processor for 2 years. it's fucking annoying as hell.

Almost as bad as what it denotes: antisimetic

r98's "antisimetic." Try "antisemitic."

That was my answer, to the prompt, of this thread

Oh, sorry, r100.

Must go have coffee now.

R88, Granted, those errors are egregious. But they are not spelling mistakes.