The point is moot!

[Notatourist]

The AFFECT of Poor ENGLISH is anger to those EFFECTED by it.

And as for the Moot point-I explained this very point to a co-worker who told me that I was wrong. I had to remain mute to the argument lest I burst into hysterical laughter.

 

[krismom]

I saw a sign posted the other day inside a window if a Drive Thru- it said
"Be Profossional!" - which I found funny.

 

[Quest4fun]

I saw a sign posted the other day inside a window if a Drive Thru- it said
"Be Profossional!" - which I found funny.

There is an Italian restaurant in my home town that has some wonderful signage out front. It reads;

"Here your only a stranger but once."

I refuse to eat there no matter how good everybody says their food is. I explain that I will not eat a place with a misspelling on their building. Their reply is usually, "What misspelling?"

Ugh.

 

[Quacktatty]

The axe instead of ask comment reminded me of this one:

A woman I work with thinks the plural of request is requestes

 

[ford family]

Empathic, not empathetic.

Empathetic is fine, never heard of empathic.
Is it an Americanism?
Do you say pathic rather than pathetic or apathic instead of apathetic?

ford family

 

[rayelias]

Empathetic is fine, never heard of empathic.
Is it an Americanism?
Do you say pathic rather than pathetic or apathic instead of apathetic?

ford family

I have to admit, I always thought it was empathetic (like sympathetic).

The only empathic person I know is Troi. (geek check)

 

[noodleknitter]

Empathetic is fine, never heard of empathic.
Is it an Americanism?
Do you say pathic rather than pathetic or apathic instead of apathetic?

ford family

Empathic is the correct term. It was from "empathetic" by people comparing it "sympathetic."

Edited to remove filter word! Just got 30 points for that elsewhere!

 

[sha_lyn]

Are you trying to claim that empathetic is not a word?
if you are, the you are wrong
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathetic

 

[noodleknitter]

Are you trying to claim that empathetic is not a word?
if you are, the you are wrong
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathetic

Oh well. It was made into a word due to misuse. About 20 years earlier that I believed it to be, per your source.

 

[ammo]

I hate it when the English language (or just someone talking) adds extra syllables that are not necessary.

My dad is a lawyer and his biggest pet peeve is "practicable". Lawyers use it ALL the time and its not even a word. The word is "practical" but lawyers think that practicable sounds better in legalese.

I also hate the word commentator. Its a real word, I know, but a commentator is one who comments. Why shouldn't it be commentor? I hate English. There are way too many rules and way too many exceptions to all those rules!

Practicable is a real word, and it means something different than "practical." A good synonym would be "feasible." So something that can be accomplished is practicable, but that doesn't necessarily make it practical!

Edited: Sorry -- I just read past your post and saw that somebody already recognized this.

 

[belle&sebastiansmom]

Irregardless

 

[poohs_hunny]

My pet peeve is "should of" instead of "should have."

In this case, it may be that they are actually saying the contraction "should've". I say this all of the time, and it sounds just like "should of". Of course, if it's written that way, that's another story.

 

[TDC Nala]

Oh, but the best one is "waiting with baited breath"

It's "bated breath" unless you plan to catch fish with it.

 

[EMom]

In this case, it may be that they are actually saying the contraction "should've". I say this all of the time, and it sounds just like "should of". Of course, if it's written that way, that's another story.

Oh no, they spell it "should of." Had they used the contraction in conversation, the difference would be virtually indistinguishable. That's exactly why I think people make this mistake. They only HEAR the words...They do not READ enough to recognize their error.

 

[travelbug]

So many people seem to eat samwiches instead of sandwiches.

Punkin instead of pumpkin -- another really common one!

I have a friend that refers to a viaduct as a viadock. I haven't had the heart yet to correct her.

 

[bumbershoot]

They only HEAR the words...They do not READ enough to recognize their error.

Hello, Phonics, well Hello, Phonics.......

IMO. As someone who never was taught to read; learned myself, picked up a newspaper at 2 years old and started reading out loud.

(since it was '71 and there were still war atrocities discussed in the paper, that ended my mom's subscription to the paper!)

 

[HerdOHuds]

The speech pathologist that I worked with years ago gave a presentation to the staff and used "axe" instead of "ask" and actually said, . . .

Wait for it. . . .

"psgetti" for "spaghetti"

 

[lyzziesmom]

There is an Italian restaurant in my home town that has some wonderful signage out front. It reads;

"Here your only a stranger but once."

I refuse to eat there no matter how good everybody says their food is. I explain that I will not eat a place with a misspelling on their building. Their reply is usually, "What misspelling?"

Ugh.

I don't blame you, I wouldn't want to eat the whole place either.



My XBF used to call himself a writer and once wrote a story about "tract lighting" in a "track housing" neighborhood. No matter how many times I explained the difference, he refused to believe that it was the other way around!

Another one that bugs me that I see all the time is "of coarse" instead of "of course." Of coarse would mean "of a rough texture."

I can tell I'm going to like this thread. I will be keeping an eye out for these and reporting back when I find good ones -- or bad ones, depending upon how you look at it.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I am not sure if this is a misspelling or if people think the words are the same, but it really bugs me when people say / write "sale" when they mean "sell."

My garage sale didn't go so well, so I think I'll sell my stuff on Ebay.

Not: I think I'll sale my stuff on Ebay.

 

[phamton]

There is an Italian restaurant in my home town that has some wonderful signage out front. It reads;

"Here your only a stranger but once."

I refuse to eat there no matter how good everybody says their food is. I explain that I will not eat a place with a misspelling on their building. Their reply is usually, "What misspelling?"

Ugh.

There is an attorney that advertises in Orlando on tv and bilboards and the writing under his name says: "Principal office in Orlando, branch offices in Maitland, Winter Gardens, Kissimmee, ..."

I even emailed them a couple of years ago and suggested they check the spelling but the ad still runs and I never received a reply.