No MadHatter, you aren’t. I posted about the same exact gripe in my thread, “Loosing my marbles and going bananas” that I started three days ago.
I have a lot of grammar pet peeves, too many to list. But the one that comes immediately to my head is “dieing,” as in the ing form of “to die.” Damnit, it’s spelled D-Y-I-N-G.
“But,” I hear you ask, "Wouldn’t that be the ing form of the word “to dye?” No. According to dictionary.com, dye + ing comes out to “dyeing.”
I don’t really mind if you spell “dyeing” as “dying” (I was guilty of this for a while also), but “dieing” just looks stupid.
Now excuse me, I’ve got to peel a ptoatoe.
I think threads like this are cathartic. You need to get it out, dammit!
I am also the last person to be picking spelling apart. I know I make lots of errors. But I don’t want to keep on ignorantly making them, so threads like this (which point out the error without personally pointing out the person who makes the error) is a good thing.
No, it’s not the end of the world if you spell it wrong, and no, it does not detract from the message someone is trying to convey. But they have dictionaries for a reason - because there is a right way and a wrong way to spell something. It isn’t the worst thing in the world to have the correct spelling pointed out to you!
That is SO true! I see that a lot! (Oh! should I say “alot” and piss off everyone? 
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Nope…
-Shmulie
I can’t spell either. I am such a looosserr.
Chill man, you’ll live longer.