Grumpy Grammar Grinch Grouses...

**LBTC** · 10-25-2006, 05:29 PM

Love this thread - you girls are a hoot!

It's
Its

Why do even lawyers get these ones mixed up?

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

**yellow** · 10-25-2006, 06:18 PM

Ladies, ladies. Tripple is a BEER! Belgain, nonetheless. And I quote:

A trappiste brewery is characterized by the beer being brewed in the abbey by a member of the monastic order. Most trappiste breweries create a "dubble", "tripple" and a "small" beer for daily consumption by the monks.

(From this website.)

My contribution to the grammar grouchiness (I stole this from another forum):

"You definitely don't want to spell it 'definately'. And if you lose weight, your clothes are too loose."

**mary9761** · 10-25-2006, 06:37 PM

funny, if I'd started this I could have said Grumpy Grammar Gramma Grinch Grouses or Grumpy Gramma Grammar Grinch Grouses

**yellow** · 10-25-2006, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by mary9761

funny, if I'd started this I could have said Grumpy Grammar Gramma Grinch Grouses or Grumpy Gramma Grammar Grinch Grouses

Mary, you are awesome. Between this and your "owed"...thanks for the chuckle!

**CyclChyk** · 10-25-2006, 07:04 PM

Sort of OT but kind of not.......
My most annoying written word is "YOUR" when referring to "YOU ARE"..... I mean really, is YOU'RE so hard to comprehend?

Most hated spoken mis-words are numerous but top two:
"accrost" instead of accross. Since when was a T added to this word??
"ain't" instead of aren't. 'Nuff said.

**LBTC** · 10-25-2006, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by CyclChyk

Sort of OT but kind of not.......
My most annoying written word is "YOUR" when referring to "YOU ARE"..... I mean really, is YOU'RE so hard to comprehend?

Most hated spoken mis-words are numerous but top two:
"accrost" instead of accross. Since when was a T added to this word??
"ain't" instead of aren't. 'Nuff said.

Egad!

Those are some of the worst! Although in a post or an email I might use a silly variation like ain't just for effect....it's not part of my spoken lexicon.

I wish I had something funny to say, like the rest of you! heehee

You rock!
~T~

**wannaduacentury** · 10-26-2006, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by CyclChyk

Sort of OT but kind of not.......
My most annoying written word is "YOUR" when referring to "YOU ARE"..... I mean really, is YOU'RE so hard to comprehend?

Most hated spoken mis-words are numerous but top two:
"accrost" instead of accross. Since when was a T added to this word??
"ain't" instead of aren't. 'Nuff said.

LOL, Has anyone found "yonder" yet?? I haven't and I've been in the south all my life tee hee. libury is another when it should be Library, yes I work in one too. Jennifer

**SadieKate** · 10-26-2006, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by wannaduacentury

LOL, Has anyone found "yonder" yet??

Sure, you can wonder over yonder 'safternoon.

My Texas teacher grandmother was once asked one by of her students, "How do you spell 'safternoon?"

**mary9761** · 10-26-2006, 05:51 AM

Originally Posted by yellow

Mary, you are awesome. Between this and your "owed"...thanks for the chuckle!

I'm glad I brought a smile! BTW, I can't take credit for writing the OWED bit, I found it some time ago on the net and just had to keep it.

**Bad JuJu** · 10-26-2006, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by mary9761

I'm glad I brought a smile! BTW, I can't take credit for writing the OWED bit, I found it some time ago on the net and just had to keep it.

Awww, I thought you were a blossoming poet.

And here's another grammar matter that bugs me:
What's with writing the plural of words like "ghosts" and "priests" with no -s at the end? I've noticed this that last two or three semesters and it makes me tear my hair out (which is not to say "tare my hare out"

).

**SadieKate** · 10-26-2006, 08:22 AM

Oh, you mean more than one priest or ghost is "priest's" and "ghost's"?

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