Bad spelling that gets your goat

CrimsonDonald · September 14th, 2009, 07:17 PM

I`m not the best speller in the world and I haven`t won any spelling bee`s lately, but some of the spelling on this site is atrocious.
Believe you me, I would not be elected to the grammar police, and am just raising this question without naming names and it is asked in jest.
The spelling of "definitely" certainly has to be in the top 5 mispelled words on this site. People, it is not "definately"!!
Any more mispellings that others can think of?

bayoutider · September 15th, 2009, 01:03 AM

I use spel chek

fireater · September 15th, 2009, 01:55 AM

Iz thz a hukd on fonaks thred wid a suthurn draw?

goat hed..mak mi da (KLINT EESTWUD as DRTY HAREE)

Seriously, most of us need to keep a dictionary next to the keyboard, spell check doesn't always work.

bamachile · September 15th, 2009, 11:25 AM

their / there / they're
to / too / two
here / hear

RedStar · September 15th, 2009, 12:02 PM

What gets me above all else is when someone misspells a coaches name. How am I supposed to take you seriously, on a football message board nonetheless, when you can't even spell the name of a coach correctly? It's Kiffin not Kiffen, Saban not Sabin, Meyer not Mayer. What's the point of even coming on this site and writing about football, when it's obvious you can't do either?

derek4tide · September 15th, 2009, 05:16 PM

your/you're

GreatDanish · September 15th, 2009, 05:26 PM

dominate/dominant
Kirkpatrick/Kilpatrick

two off the top of my head.

SavannahDare · September 15th, 2009, 05:26 PM

All of those already mentioned get my dander up. It really is a shame that people don't take better care in reading what they've typed or take the time to open a dictionary.

The one that MOST bothers me though is when folks substitute "of" for "have." For example:

"He could of run the other way." WRONG!!

"He could have run the other way." CORRECT!!!

That one is my biggest irritation.

Relayer · September 15th, 2009, 05:53 PM

I'll admit that I have made some of the mistakes listed above, even though I know better. Sometimes my hands just type the word wrong when I actually know the correct word/spelling.

One example of misuse that makes me smile is when someone uses since when they meant to use sense.

ValuJet · September 15th, 2009, 08:27 PM

"There" and "their".

Everyone knows regarding Bama and Auburn last year, well, Bama stole there mojo away.

When someone types it the wrong way, well - they should of known better.

CrimsonDonald · September 15th, 2009, 11:57 PM

	Quote:	SavannahDare
	All of those already mentioned get my dander up. It really is a shame that people don't take better care in reading what they've typed or take the time to open a dictionary. The one that MOST bothers me though is when folks substitute "of" for "have." For example: "He could of run the other way." WRONG!! "He could have run the other way." CORRECT!!! That one is my biggest irritation.

Same as "should of" or "would of"! But then again we as southerners, would say "shouldah, couldah, wouldah" !

Boclive · September 16th, 2009, 07:33 AM

Funny how that one definately doesn't bother me.

Death and taxes man, death and taxes.

AlphaSnail · September 16th, 2009, 08:55 AM

Not so much spelling, but why in God's holy name is it so hard to get the phrase "I COULDN'T care less" correct? It's Could NOT, not could!

If you could care less, then whatever it is actually matters because there are things that you could- care less about.
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