# I pit dieing **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 7, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787 "2012-08-07T21:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/1 "2012-08-07T21:45:06Z")
Because it is not a word. Dying sucks too, but at least it’s spelled properly. I’ve seen an increase in this abomination on the boards, and it’s making me crazy! It’s not a hard word! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/2 "2012-08-07T21:59:32Z")
[Dieing is a word](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dieing)(see the second source, _The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language_). ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/3 "2012-08-07T23:50:46Z")
Lieing also, I see that one a lot. I understand that some people just aren’t great spellers, but I don’t see how those can not look obviously wrong to people. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/4 "2012-08-07T23:52:52Z")
Definately. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/5 "2012-08-07T23:57:15Z")
At first I read the title as “dieting”. Thought this was actually going to be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/6 "2012-08-08T00:20:00Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > Lieing also, I see that one a lot. I understand that some people just aren’t great spellers, but I don’t see how those can not look obviously wrong to people. That’s what gets me. I can understand how people make mistakes. But don’t they look at what they wrote and notice that it doesn’t look right? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/7 "2012-08-08T00:26:38Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Definately. I defiantly think you’re right, and no one is gonna tell me differnet! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/8 "2012-08-08T00:30:51Z")
I think its really a mute point. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/9 "2012-08-08T00:51:26Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > At first I read the title as “dieting”. Thought this was actually going to be interesting. And now you’ve payed the price. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/10 "2012-08-08T01:25:44Z")
I am a very good speller, and always have been, but once during a spelling test at School I completely blanked on a word, and could not figure out how to spell it. That word, after a lot of confusion, I spelled “lieing.” I knew full well that it was wrong, but was unable to come up with a better version. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/11 "2012-08-08T01:48:47Z")
We should stop being pre-Madonna’s. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/12 "2012-08-08T02:01:08Z")
Next you will banging on about colour, odour etc! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/13 "2012-08-08T02:02:33Z")
So…your saying this bugs you alot? ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/14 "2012-08-08T02:09:23Z")
Yah. Me to. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/15 "2012-08-08T02:51:01Z")
I pit making dies. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/16 "2012-08-08T02:59:33Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > I pit making dies. God made like, seven, dies. ---
**Author:** ![kp\_72110](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@kp\_72110](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kp_72110)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/17 "2012-08-08T03:31:09Z")
Idiots. Must be imbreads. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/18 "2012-08-08T03:31:52Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > We should stop being pre-Madonna’s. Laughed so hard I woke up Mrs. Call. ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/19 "2012-08-08T03:33:53Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > [Dieing is a word](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dieing)(see the second source, _The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language_). But that word (to cut with a die) doesn’t have the same definition, and it is rare enough that Google suggests dying (one of the first results is [this](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dieing), which suggests (#1) that the OP isn’t the only one annoyed by this misspelling). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787/20 "2012-08-08T03:39:00Z")
> [@Michael63129](#): > > But that word (to cut with a die) doesn’t have the same definition, and it is rare enough that Google suggests dying (one of the first results is [this](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dieing), which suggests (#1) that the OP isn’t the only one annoyed by this misspelling). The same definition as what? The OP didn’t specify what usage of the word he objected to. And on top of that, he did specify that dying sucks. So for all I know he’s referring to the practice of using dies instead of the end of life. So much for the phony justification. Of course I know he’s talking about the word dying. But he stated that ‘dieing’ is not a word, and it is. I don’t get to be the pedanter very often, I’m usually the pedantee. So I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-dieing/630787.md?page=2)