# For The Last Time-- There Is No "A" In Definitely! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643 "2006-07-15T19:17:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/1 "2006-07-15T19:17:20Z")
What is going on in this world? There have been no less than 16 posts on this board in the last two days with this misspelling. I’ve seen it at work more and more, written by _doctors_, no less. My fellow Americans, and other peoples of the Earth: Definitely is spelled D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y. See, no A! Please join me in wiping this abomination of egregious stupidity out of our society, and perhaps our great-grandchildren will only read about in it the archives, having never had to suffer through it first-hand. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/2 "2006-07-15T19:24:11Z")
I wonder how many other wrong spellings get over 30 million hits on Google? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/3 "2006-07-15T19:26:02Z")
…oh, wait, ‘google’ gets 2.7 billion 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/4 "2006-07-15T19:34:04Z")
Definately. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/5 "2006-07-15T19:37:13Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Definately. > 😃 Why, you little!! ::strangles you:: ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/6 "2006-07-15T19:44:43Z")
> [@trublmakr](#): > > There have been no less than 16 posts on this board… No _fewer_. That’s one of MY pet peeves. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/7 "2006-07-15T19:45:09Z")
This is definitely one of my spelling demons. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/8 "2006-07-15T19:46:18Z")
**For The Last Time-- There Is No “A” In Definitely!** I doubt that it’s really “for the last time.” The offense (and complaints about it) will be going on ad infinatum. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/9 "2006-07-15T19:48:03Z")
My apologies. I pull this one occasionally. Definitely has always been a hard word for me to spell. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/10 "2006-07-15T19:50:50Z")
Is there an A in Anaamika? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/11 "2006-07-15T19:53:49Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > No _fewer_. That’s one of MY pet peeves. Oh, sorry. I know that one, but it does slip my mind from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/12 "2006-07-15T19:59:35Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > My apologies. I pull this one occasionally. Definitely has always been a hard word for me to spell. Me too. Along with ridiculous. I try not to but I type a whole lot faster then I spell check. Damn it, now I can’t remember the others words I almost always misspell. Google checks my spelling almost all of the time though. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/13 "2006-07-15T19:59:43Z")
> [@trublmakr](#): > > Why, you little!! > > ::strangles you:: \*Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I’m being repressed! \* [/python] ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/14 "2006-07-15T20:00:22Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Is there an A in Anaamika? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/15 "2006-07-15T20:01:46Z")
Separate. Douche bag. (If you are going to insult someone, at least spell it correctly! Or use simpler words, like “Bad man!”) Too, two, to. They’re, their, there. Stalks of asparagus, not stocks. Moot, mute. Jeanus, no shit, jeanus. I am not a grammar nazi, but oh, I could go on for hours… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/16 "2006-07-15T20:18:58Z")
> [@dahfisheroo](#): > > Too, two, to. They’re, their, there. Stalks of asparagus, not stocks. Unfortunately, because those are all generally homophones, simply listing them doesn’t provide clarity to those who think that you can have to much stocks of aspareguss in they’re pantry. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/17 "2006-07-15T20:25:03Z")
So it’s a mute argument? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/18 "2006-07-15T20:30:09Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > you can have to much stocks of aspareguss in they’re pantry. This hurts. ---
**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/19 "2006-07-15T21:21:33Z")
Also, pleeez, folks, it’s a pulpified gunshot wound track, not a tract. Whaaat? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643/20 "2006-07-15T21:22:31Z")
> [@dahfisheroo](#): > > So it’s a mute argument? I KEEL YOU NOW! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-last-time-there-is-no-a-in-definitely/364643.md?page=2)