Frequently Misspelled Words on FR (Vanity)

April 11, 2012 | Me

[rightwingintelligentsia]

For no reason in particular, I thought it would be helpful (or irritating, depending upon your point of view) to post a list of words that are commonly misspelled or improperly used on FreeRepublic.

Feel free to add any of your own.

I realize that this will open me up to greater scrutiny of the orthographic composition of my own future posts, but alas; so be it.

Aid = help vs. Aide=assistant (as in “an aide to Congressman Frank”)

Anointed (NOT “annointed”)

Border (as in the line between U.S. and Mexico) (NOT “boarder” as in the guy who gets a bedroom in your house and dinner for a fee)

Gauge (NOT “gage”)

Huge (NOT “hugh”—yes, I know it’s a running joke, but FReepers still misspell it accidentally.)

Loose = opposite of tight. Most of the time, FReepers mean to type “lose.”

Martial Law (NOT “Marshall Law”)

Tenet (as in “principle”) (NOT “tenant”)

Existence (NOT “existence”)

Existent (NOT “existant”) Remember: “The ‘a’ in existent is nonexistent.”

Poll (as in “survey”) (NOT “pole” as in a stripper's primary accessory)

Principal vs. Principle: Principal = 1) First, or highest in rank; 2) Head guy (or gal) in a school; 3) Main portion of money in finance, e.g. principal of a loan.

Principle = Moral rule

Your vs. You’re:

Your = possessive. "Your mother doesn’t approve of your spelling skills."

You’re = Contraction of “you are” "You’re not likely to pass English."

[Revolting cat!]

Seriously, now, this is something that gets me irritated:

coulda, woulda, shoulda, instead of could of, would of, should of.

[F15Eagle]

Hilarious pic on the oft-misspelled “loser”

[RegulatorCountry]

Existence (NOT “existence”)

To be, or not to be? Pretty existential, dude.

[clamper1797]

This is hugh and seris ... my pet peeve is the misuse of the “i” before “e” rule. I know it’s a weird or even foreign concept to many, but I deined it necessary to seize the moment to attempt to rein in those who violate that rule.

[clamper1797]

This is hugh and seris ... my pet peeve is the misuse of the “i” before “e” rule. I know it’s a weird or even foreign concept to many, but I deined it necessary to seize the moment to attempt to rein in those who violate that rule.

[RegulatorCountry]

“Whoppie Goldberg” is pretty fun.

I’ve started spelling it that way intentionally.

[Army Air Corps]

I have to go take a shower and clean my beeber.

Be sure to check your beeber for any suspicious lumps.

[Lazamataz]

Amendment, not "Ammendment".

Lazamataz, not "Pathetic eggsucking jerkwad scumbag who deserves to die, slowly, of pancreatic cancer".

[South Hawthorne]

Well, with all due respect, you don’t know the bizarre manner in which I pronounce those words. I like to think of them as my own personal synonyms.

[240B]

That is what makes it real. if we were ‘professionals’, such as trolls, there would never be a mistake.

Because we are just real people, and feel comfortable on FR, sh*t happens.

it is all in fun, and we are all family anyway.

[Nervous Tick]

Damn! Your life must REALLY suck!

Damn! Your life REALLY must suck!

:-)

[brivette]

good one! btw I’m an ex-navy nuke.

[tnlibertarian]

'nekkid' not 'naked'.

Two totally different words.

'Naked' means you have no clothes.

'Nekkid' means you have no clothes and you're up to something.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

This thread is mute and irrevalunt!

[X-spurt]

Heil

[Army Air Corps]

I have to go take a shower and clean my beeber.

Be sure to check your beeber for any suspicious lumps.

[aruanan]

I have to go take a shower and clean my beeber.

And make sure it has the appropriate number of stunes.

[TexasCajun]

Spell-Checker is Stewpid !!

[jaydubya2]

“Peaked” vs. piqued

[Revolting cat!]

[aimhigh]

Good post. If only my ‘king of the world’ complex came with a secretary . .

[clamper1797]

Laz would hit it

[aruanan]

Existence (NOT “existence”)

You mean "NOT "existance"?

[tnlibertarian]

Lazamataz, not "Pathetic eggsucking jerkwad scumbag who deserves to die, slowly, of pancreatic cancer".

Is 'PEJSWDTDSOPC' okay?

[Psycho_Bunny]

It’s difficult to concentrate on grammar and spelling because I only post naked.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

loose or choose.

Lose or chose.

?

Oh my brain is strained.

[Revolting cat!]

‘rightwingintelligentsia’ is three words, not one!

[SgtHooper]

Eh, would that be a vise? Athough, I have been caught with my vice! :-)

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Damyankee Carpetbaggers are running wild today!

[Lazamataz]

She’s got some sort of Alien Baby About to Emerge thing happening with her chest.

[reg45]

I think you are homonymophobic.

[EggsAckley]

What do you mean by “Existence (NOT “existence”)?

[KC Burke]

One I misuse: irregardless.

A irregular word used when the correct word would be either “regardless” or “irrespective”.

For another fun inquiry ask ten people how to spell the building used to store aircraft.

[backwoods-engineer]

"roll" when they mean "role".

I saw this on PJ Media this morning.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Eh, would that be a vise?

Yep!

You found half of ‘em... keep looking.

[reg45]

“nekkid” is much more fun.

[wolfpat]

“Rediculous” means to “diculous again.”

[Jack Hydrazine]

It’s, ‘hoard,’ not ‘horde’ for preppers! But if you want to start a horde modeled after Genghis Cohen and his buds, please do so.

[alnick]

Plural words with ist suffixes. For example: “Terrorists have attacked.” Not “terrorist have attacked.”

[SERKIT]

I should of known their was alot of grammer problems on FR. But that’s a hole nuther problem.

[evets]

Ha ha. I wonder if rightwingintelligentsia
corrects errors on emails to?

... oh well, it's nice to have a hobby.
(Oops, I meant to write 'too' not 'to'.)

[Revolting cat!]

'to backpeddle'

[BfloGuy]

For another fun inquiry ask ten people how to spell the building used to store aircraft.

I get that one right but then I'm never sure how to spell the thing you use to hang up your clothes. I think it's because my ex-wife's closet was so big it really was a clothes hangar.

[Savage Beast]

Also do not use I as an objective case pronoun.

In fact--get all the prounouns correct.

[re_nortex]

“Could of/would of” instead of “could have/would have.”

Bless you! Along with "loose" for "lose", those two botches are near the top of my list. That said, I can overlook "it's" and "its", which I consider more of a typo than an intentional misuse of the language.

Okay, question, please. For days FR has been timing out like crazy for me. It took me seven tries to get my posts and four tries to get to this thread. Anyone else?

I've had no problems whatsoever and have posted rather frequently over the past 7-10 days. Of course, I use Linux and run my own DNS server. Both of those make me pretty much impervious to network-related problems modulo those on the remote server or at points in between.

[Political Junkie Too]

Don't you mean whored?

-PJ

[righttackle44]

It is MOO point! It's like a cow's opinion. It doesn't mean anything.

[DManA]

It must really suck being you.

[gundog]

I could of had a V8?

[Carpe Cerevisi]