A very interesting thread on misspellings and misusing words on the European forum:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34594959

And by the way, if anyone thinks a spell-check function will eliminate all their message errors, think again. Many of the things that frustrate us are words spelled properly but used improperly -- something the spelling check will never find. Granted, there are words like seperate or definate that could be caught.

A year or two ago, I was chastised by some Fodors regulars for pointing out to a poster that his/her message included some misspelt words. Now I find that lots of Fodorites are becoming as irritated as I have been with the atrocious spelling.

Maybe I'll go back to my criticisms of bad usage and bad spelling. I'll have to masticate on that.

IMHO it is not the bad grammar or the incorrect words, or the words that are not spelled correctly that annoy and bother me.

What I do find very irritating is when some posters get mean and rude and think it is clever to put someone down.
Thank goodness they are in the minority.

I think people tend to confuse the spelling of Niagara with Viagra.

If you have a minute to waste (or waist
) take a stab at this little English test. http://www.scientificpsychic.com/engtst1.html

There's another new one on the board.

When tourists visit a new ciy they go

"Site seeing" and it actually is "Sight seeing"

But, irregardless, it's still a good sight.

Or perhaps a new city.

Since you mentioned spelling....
It's OAHU not Ohau
It's KAUAI not Kaui or Kuaui
It's LUAU not lua

aaaack. Those are like nails on a chalkboard for me!

I think I just chipped a tooth when my irregardless got stuck somewhere between my irrespective and my regardless.

~ eerie-dundant

Please don't think I was trying to put anyone down. As was pointed out many times, I make mistakes myself. The advise/advice mixups just seem to jump right out at me.

If you can stand just one more -- the phrase is "I couldn't care less" NOT "I could care less". Unless, of course, you do actually care.

Tu daze fonx le'sn:
Th wrd is "om-lette"
We uze it in a sentens, kay ?
Yu hit me agen an om-lette u have it !

R5

If anyone feels obligated to respond to this thread, they should not.

It's not even a word. Obliged...yes ;-)


Marion

but doesn't matter how many misspelled and misused words we'll see we're all looking forward to more questions and more fun, right?

As some smart person said, s**t happens.

< om-lette u have it ! >

…and I no doubt deserve it! LOL

I am somehow reminded of an episode while attending a conference in downtown Chicago. A greeter was sent downstairs to the lobby of the Amoco building to meet our group and escort us upstairs. We lined up to shake hands and exchange greetings as we entered the building. With good fun, I did a royal job of twisting things as I approached her.

She looked at me, extended her hand, and with a smile said, “You’re a gourd.”
“‘Scuse me?”
“You’re a gourd…”
Continuing with my ruse, I said, “Aw c’mon! I know I’ve put on a few pounds, but…”
“No!” She put her hand to her mouth to contain her laughter, then exclaimed, “My name is Eura Gorde!” ….but I knew that…

~ with apologies to Eura.

HO - HO - HO!!


Nice to see all the good children here playing nicely with one another.

- Santa

But Easytraveler, I'm a retired police officer and quite often carry a concealed weapon. So, in my case, it is "bear arms".

Oh bear,Now your gonna tell us she has a sister





named Ima...
He-he.
R5

Marty Feldman? I thought he said his name was Eye-gor.

It's foliage not "foilage" unless you're wrapping trees in aluminum foil. And as others have noted, it's itinerary, not "itenary" or any of the other 100 variations. And although Fodors is not as yet audio, if you find yourself about to say "realator" instead of "realtor" , best be in the next county where I can't hear you.