Just a small rant...

[tiggergirlinMI]

Ok, someone answer this one..it's 'Ohana and an apostrophe usually means a letter is missing, so what letter is missing in that word. Just curious why it's spelled like that????? You don't usually see an apostrophe at the beginning of a word.....so now I'm curious!!!

 

[MyGoofy26]

Many say that this thread isn't picking on anyone, but I'll bet it has hurt a few feelings.

Certainly not anyone's intentions. . . however, I don't understand why correcting spelling and grammar is such a hot button issue. Every board I've ever been to people seem to take more offense to comments about spelling and grammar (even when not directed at any one individual) than to just about anything else. My question is this. . . if no one is allowed to "correct" it, then how are people supposed to learn correct usage? If people have done something wrong your entire lives and no one has ever pointed out that they've been doing it incorrectly, then they're never going to know that they've got it wrong.

 

[csaribay]

Ok, someone answer this one..it's 'Ohana and an apostrophe usually means a letter is missing, so what letter is missing in that word. Just curious why it's spelled like that????? You don't usually see an apostrophe at the beginning of a word.....so now I'm curious!!!

I'm not completely sure, but it appears that the use of that apostrophe is an assumed possessive. Ohana meaning family, you could say:

The 'Ohana and I just saw Old Lahaina Luau, it was great!

That would entail the author (myself) talking about his family's experience at a luau. I'm not sure what Disney's use of the apostrophe is meant to mean (Ohana = Food Service CMs/ Ohana = The families that are patrons of the restaurant/ Ohana = Warm, family style experiences) but it is almost certainly an assumed possessive.

On the note of others not spelling perfectly, particularly those with learning disabilities, no harm or intent is meant. In this thread, I think it's fair to say we're poking at the wonderful language of ours, and personal pet peeves. Not such a big deal in the grand scheme of things, and I for one would never call attention to such in the context of a normal discussion. There's far too little time in this world to sweat the small stuff.

 

[MyGoofy26]

Thought I'd share this. . . it amazed one of my friends, haha. I read this before somewhere and forgot about it until we were discussing it in class a few weeks ago. It's basically how the English language phonetically makes no sense and one could argue that the word "fish" could be spelled "ghoti" instead. The "gh" would come from a word like "tough" . . . the "o" would come from a word like "women" . . . and the "ti" would come from any word that ended with "-tion" and would, when put together, phonetically give you the word fish.

 

[dbarker]

My grammatical pet peeve that has not been mentioned is used by my DH's family. The adverb "careful". They say: drive careful. It s/b "drive carefully". I try to correct this and they ignore me.

I am an outstanding speller. However, my typing is not the best. Therefore, I make typing errors.

 

[dawnball]

Touche, and well done. >>>>deep breath<<<<<

If James Bond's boss were prompted to stand in line to receive a pigtail extension and a billiard stick from de Lancie in Quebec . . .

Q would queue for a queue and a cue from Q on cue in Que.

>>>>>brain exploding<<<<<<

Oh my, aside from getting Q's identity wrong - that's quite nice..


If Q needs a massive quantity of pigtail braids harvested for a braid shoting pool stick and pays a half farthing each, inspiring de Lancie to get in line and sell his (in Quebec of course) - and I snap a picture and send it to my printer at DH's request...

I have...
on cue queued Q queuing in Q's cue-queue queue in Que for a que.

Say that one five times fast. I think my brain has now self-destructed for the night, but that was fun!

 

[pooch]

(Although I keep asking to be called the grammar "officer" as I think the word "cop" is an insult to the brave men and women who hold that very real and dangerous job)

I am constantly amazed at the lack of grammatical skills held by otherwise intelligent people. My favorite has already been mentioned (there, their, they're). Although I, too, am "typewriter - challenged", I do try to proofread my posts.

And I do believe this thread was started to be funny, which it is, and not insulting.

Pooch

 

[dawnball]

Ok, someone answer this one..it's 'Ohana and an apostrophe usually means a letter is missing, so what letter is missing in that word. Just curious why it's spelled like that????? You don't usually see an apostrophe at the beginning of a word.....so now I'm curious!!!

In Hawaiian the apostrophe is a glottal stop. So you have 'Ohana like you have Hawai'i. The glottal stop is called an Okina in Hawaiian and the symbol isn't really an apostrophe - but it's often represented by one. So technically, Ohana and 'Ohana are both correct - one is english (which doesn't really have a glyph for glottal stops) and one is in Hawaiian. However, 'Ohana is the proper name for the restaurant, and calling it Ohana is correct in the same way that referring to an Italian restaurant named "Albero" as "Tree" would be correct.

And to answer the question of what a glottal stop is - it's the sound in the middle of the english word uh-oh or uh-uh.

 

[jamal]

This may be my favorite thread of all time.

I also learned something new and I am grateful; I'm off to the trip reports board to fix the spelling of 'Ohana! I'm horrified!

 

[mickeymousemom]

What drives me nuts is when people say SUPPOSABLY...

Also...Some people obviously drink EXPRESSO....I drink ESPRESSO.

Ohana, Boma...not Ohana's, Boma's, etc.

My mom never takes things for "granted"...she takes them for "granite".

Some people go to the LIBERRY....I check out books at the LIBRARY.

As much as bad spelling is a HUGE pet peeve of mine...I CANNOT STAND mispronunciation(though I'm sure I do it quite a bit...it does a sound a little snotty saying FEBROO-ARY over FEBU-WARY )

I used to work for an Ophthalmologist. I didn't DIALATE your eyes...I DILATED them....EXCETERA, ET CETERA(this is the right word)

I also don't EXSPECIALLY like it when people don't say ESPECIALLY the right way.

..and there are actually people out there who think Alzheimer's Disease really is Old-timer's disease.

I love this thread, BTW!

 

[DISUNC]

Usually these things don't bother me, but I'm seeing it more and more on this (and other) boards.
The word is spelled "definitely", not "definately"!

Okay, now back to happy WDW vacation thoughts.

Tanks! Me probibley the worst spella on dis bored!

I will try to alleviate your angst! You are correct. We all should be spelling & writing much more accurately!

I NEED SPELL CHECK!

 

[DebIreland]

Thought I'd share this. . . it amazed one of my friends, haha. I read this before somewhere and forgot about it until we were discussing it in class a few weeks ago. It's basically how the English language phonetically makes no sense and one could argue that the word "fish" could be spelled "ghoti" instead. The "gh" would come from a word like "tough" . . . the "o" would come from a word like "women" . . . and the "ti" would come from any word that ended with "-tion" and would, when put together, phonetically give you the word fish.

Wow!!! That's amazing. It took me a while to figure it out but I see exactly what you mean now. 'Fish' / 'ghoti'. That is really something!!! Thank you, I can't wait to share that.
It's true that a lot of the English language makes no sense. My brother taught English in Spain for a long time and always said the 'rules' of the English language are crazy. He even felt guilty at times because the students would make tremendous efforts to figure something out and their efforts would be very clever and logical but still the results were way off!

 

[Toulouse]

And it's (I didn't see it but sure someone had the its/it's thing listed) FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, not "all intensive purposes"... LOL

 

[JPN4265]

Usually these things don't bother me, but I'm seeing it more and more on this (and other) boards.
The word is spelled "definitely", not "definately"!

Okay, now back to happy WDW vacation thoughts.

With everything going on in the world, this is what bothers you the most?

 

[LindsayDunn228]

PROTIP - type your post in Word first, do your happy little spell check, and then cut and paste it into a post.

And it is less making fun of people, and more about educating them, especially when, at least in my examples, people make their mistakes orally. You cannot blame dyslexia for that.

I agree.

An occasional typo I don't think is the peeve we are talking about. I know I have been typing fast and haven't caught the fact I was writing the word "too" and hit an extra button and came up with "tooo" or something. We are complaining about the ignorant grammar peeves, like people writing "would of" and "irregardless." I don't think those kinds of things have anything to do with dyslexia.

 

[EEyorelover22]

Here's another one: Bomas or Boma's- it's BOMA people!

 

[CastMemberDWA]

Sorry in advance to all southerners but I have got to chime in.

When I moved to Florida I found it amazing that people say the word "fixin" to mean that something is going to happen. Example:
"Looks like it's fixin' to rain." or "I'm fixin' to go shopping."

This kills me. You can FIX a flat tire, FIX your hair, or FIX dinner...but you cannot "fix" to go or do something.

:::stepping off soapbox:::::

I feel better now.

 

[poly_rules]

This is definitely a grate I mean great thread!

May I add a DISBOARD pet peeve? I stand in line, not on line while waiting to board a ride at WDW.

 

[mickeyfan2]

I definately see your point!!!

 

[WillCAD]

With everything going on in the world, this is what bothers you the most?

With everything going on in the world, you take time out to berate people for having a little laugh?

This is definitely a grate I mean great thread!

May I add a DISBOARD pet peeve? I stand in line, not on line while waiting to board a ride at WDW.

Actually, I think that's a US-vs-Europe thing. In the US we say "in line", but in most of the rest of the world, the expression "on line" is considered proper.