Mispelled words irritate a lot of us but if you had to pick 1 word that just absolutely irks you when it's spelled wrong, what is that word? For me it's pregnant. If you can't spell pregnant, you do NOT need to be having sex!! what's yours?

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• I agree

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  by fuckyou on December 29th, 2008

• Let us not forget "they" used in place of their.

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  by Scott D - ex-QnA on December 29th, 2008

• Do people do that?

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  by Haruhi is on a quest on December 29th, 2008

• "They" being used as possessive is an accepted aspect of AAVE (aka Ebonics). This is much the same as misused words such as "Axe" in place of ask/asked.
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  You must live in a rural area or must not listen to much television. ;-)
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  You might find this article fascinating ...
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_Vernacular_English#Remote_phase_marker

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  by Scott D - ex-QnA on December 29th, 2008

• I have to agree with you on that. The misuse of "your" and "you're" also gets on my nerves constantly.

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  by Anonymous on January 13th, 2009

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• That is one of my biggest pet peeves

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  by Oh Mighty Evil One on December 29th, 2008

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• agreed!! TY

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  by Scrappy on December 29th, 2008

• LOL
  I have a childhood friend that spoke in that fashion. Of course he also said "Warshington", "Chimbly", and other abominations. I helped correct his speech before we became teens.

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  by Scott D - ex-QnA on December 29th, 2008

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• I read that 3 times trying to figure out why you were spelling the way you were spelling and then I figured out it was a joke (or so I hope). I agree. I can't stand it when people just throw a bunch of words together and they made NO SENSE at all. Then they get mad cause nobody gives them the proper answers. Well DUH!

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  by Scrappy on December 29th, 2008

• A joke? I never joke. I never lie, either.

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  by Cyanotic Wasp on December 29th, 2008

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• It is sad that kids are graduating knowing less and less and just think what it will be in 20 years. Just think that the kids who graduate this year will be MD's in 6-8 years. they can't spell on a 6th grade level but they will be doing surgery, prescribing meds, etc.. It's scary.

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  by Scrappy on December 29th, 2008

• Spoken from someone in pre-med classes, I agree. When your classmates break into giggles instead of dissecting a frog and ask questions like "What's a thesis"- I feel like a genius. Not in a good way, though.

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  by Haruhi is on a quest on December 29th, 2008

• I have watched the collapse of our "educational" institutions over my lifetime. I find it exceedingly disturbing that the English Composition text that I used for four years in high school is now the standard text for GRADUATE "Journalism" students!
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  Our "educational" system is an embarrasment. Were they have always been ideologically liberal, most "educational" institutions have devolved into indoctrination centers for Marxist/Leninist thought. Leftist ideology trumps any consideration tor teach the most basic of useful skills.
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  My wife has several friends who have been teachers in elementary school. Most haven't the communicative skills to compose a simple sentence. Their letters to my wife appear to have been written by 4rd or 4th graders ... and these are supposed to be TEACHERS!
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  I contend that my High School diploma (1964) is easily the scholastic equivalent of a current Bachelor's degree, if not somewhat higher.
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  That is one sad commentary on our state of "education".

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  by Scott D - ex-QnA on December 29th, 2008

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